Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland endorses Biden for president

[Iamaartist]

Last edited Tue Dec 17, 2019, 08:48 AM - Edit history (4)

Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has endorsed Joe Biden for president, delivering important support from the state’s industrial working class regions while highlighting some of the former vice president’s potential challenges in the state.

Strickland, who led the state from 2007 to 2011, told The Associated Press in an interview on Monday that he knows and respects Biden and believes he has the best chance of beating President Donald Trump in Ohio. Strickland, a Democrat, spoke ahead of an official announcement expected Tuesday.

The 78-year-old former congressman said Biden’s electability is just one factor in his decision.

“He obviously is more experienced and more knowledgeable about foreign policy than the others,” Strickland said of Biden and his Democratic rivals. “I feel like the world would breathe a sigh of relief if he’s elected.”

He said Biden was a natural choice after that because the two have known each other for decades. Strickland served as national co-chair of the Obama-Biden presidential campaign, and Biden endorsed Strickland for U.S. Senate in 2016.
“Joe Biden will be able to, on Day One, begin to repair the damage of the Trump era and enable Americans to feel proud of their political leadership again,” Strickland said, calling Trump “an embarrassment.”
While the Obama-Biden ticket capitalized on Democrats’ reliable coalition of minorities and white urban liberals in Ohio,

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Go Joe. 😎🎨

[Iamaartist]

2. Still another endorsement....dont matter from pass...

[NurseJackie]

8. What does that even mean?

Yup an endorsement with those optics...

"those optics"?? What does that mean?

[Hortensis]

10. 941, VP Biden is NOT a "politician from the past" but

currently the Democratic Party electorate's favorite to be our next president of the United States.

[LanternWaste]

13. No doubt, you're compelled to spin this absolute positive as badly as possible.

But we get it... with Bernie's lateral polling movement (what you guys are calling 'surges') steadily relegating him to asterisk territory, you guys are pretty much forced to grab anything you can to throw at the wall.

Optics, indeed.

[dware]

14. LOL.

Just couldn't resist the dig at our most qualified candidate to beat Trump could ya?

Face the facts, BS is not going to be the Dem. nominee for President, that title and honor goes to soon to be POTUS Joe Biden.

[Cha]

16. What "optics" are those, Joe? Do tell us.

[NurseJackie]

4. Political endorsements from folks who are well-known in their state or community...

A couple politicians from the past...

I know it's disappointing... sour grapes and all that. Nevertheless, political endorsements from folks who are well-known in their state or community are always preferable to "celebrity" endorsements.

I mean... I know that Ted Strickland is no "Killer Mike" or John Cusack... but in the important state of Ohio, his voice and support will help to persuade voters AND get them to the polling places.

[Iamaartist]

6. K&R Thanks NurseJackie..I agree

[Cha]

17. lol.. whatever could be the complaint about former

Gov Ted Strickland endorsing Joe Biden?!!

Thanks for your post, Jackie!

[Iamaartist]

5. You Rock...Joe

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[Amimnoch]

7. Very important one.

No president since JFK has taken office without Ohio’s electoral votes.

That the former governor feels Biden is the one to back holds a lot of weight with me.

[Iamaartist]

9. K&R

[Gothmog]

11. This is a great endorsement

Link to tweet

[Iamaartist]

12. Thank-you for tweet link Gothmog 😎🎨

[Peacetrain]

15. GO GO GO JOE!!!!

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. K&R

[Iamaartist]

19. K&R