I have to admit, Strickland fills the bill. It remains to be seen whether Hillary will do that. Can Strickland overcome the negatives Hillary has?
I googled Ted Strickland and he fits the bill in more ways than one. Did you know he was a former pastor? That will help Hitlery with the Christian and Hispanic vote. She would be stupid not to pick him. A Clinton/Strickland ticket will be tough to beat but not impossible.
From Wikipedia (Ted Strickland):
Early career and election to Congress
Born in Lucasville, Ohio, Strickland was one of nine children; his father was a steelworker. A 1959 graduate of Northwest High School (McDermott, Ohio), Ted went on to be the first of his family to attend college. [3] Strickland was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Asbury College (Wilmore, Kentucky) in 1963. In 1966, he received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky). He received another master’s degree in 1967 from Asbury Theological Seminary (Wilmore, Kentucky). He received a doctorate in psychology from the University of Kentucky in 1980. Ted is married to Frances Strickland, an educational psychologist and author of a widely-used screening test for kindergarten-age children.
Strickland worked as a counseling psychologist at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio; was an administrator at a Methodist children’s home; and was a professor of psychology at Shawnee State University (Portsmouth, Ohio). His only known PASTORIAL POSITION within a church was a very brief associate pastoral position at Wesley United Methodist Church located at the corner of Offnere and Gallia Streets, Portsmouth, Ohio (now Cornerstone United Methodist Church).
If we nominate a GOP candidate that can steal a Pennsylvania or a Massachusetts we would be alright.
As we speak, HRC and drive-bys are working frantically to reduce negatives. Recasting as Mother Theresa rather than Evita. Time will tell. I never thought she could win Senate in New York but it was easy for her. Ohio is a divided state. Strickland is a very populars new Governor and was highly popular as a Congressman from red districts (they tried to reapportion him out and he always bobbed back up to the surface). He may pave the way for Her Highness by 2008. But there are other states in play. I’d say the GOP should concentrate on the Mississippi River corridor which has been trending blue, shore up Florida, and try to retake Pacific Northwest. (Keeping the south and west too). The northeast is gone. Even Rudy would play hell trying to win NY and NJ.