Clinton Campaign Planning For Contested Ohio Primary

[OhioChick]

Source: AP

POSTED: 4:31 pm EST January 20, 2008
UPDATED: 4:35 pm EST January 20, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With no clear frontrunner so far emerging in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, supporters of Hillary Clinton's campaign have started organizing in Ohio ahead of the March 4 primary.

Because so many state parties moved up their primary to Feb. 5, most election watchers in Ohio had thought that nominees for both parties would be as good as chosen before Democrats and Republicans here had a chance to vote.

Then Ohio could resume its role as a difference-maker in the general election in November, which in 2004 handed President Bush the electoral votes he needed for a second term.

Clinton and Barack Obama go into South Carolina with the nomination picture still clouded. If the tight race between the two continues for at least a few weeks, waiting until the day after Super Tuesday to start forming an Ohio operation here would be a risky move, said Clinton's Ohio delegate coordinator, James Ruvolo.

"If we wait until Feb. 6 to get organized, and it does matter, we're in trouble," Ruvolo, the former Ohio Democratic Party chairman, told more than 300 supporters at a union hall on Saturday. "So we're not waiting."

Gov. Ted Strickland, a Clinton supporter, also spoke at the rally before leaving for South Carolina to campaign for Clinton ahead of that state's primary, to be held Saturday. He urged supporters to help Clinton in other states through phone calls and fundraising.

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~snip~"I'm figuring it just might come to Ohio," said former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine of Cedarville, who was chairman of John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign in Ohio and has been helping to organize an Ohio campaign for McCain this year."

[still_one]

1. If they are sincere, then DEMAND PAPER BALLOTS /nt

[Kittycat]

3. Why bother - she'll probably just ask that the voter logs be cleansed.

[jasmine621]

2. One thing you will never be able to say is that Hillary isn't a fighter.

Wish Gore and Kerry had as much fight in them.

[Pastiche423]

4. Al Gore fought all the way to the Supreme Court

What else could he have done?

[OzarkDem]

5. Yeah, the pressure is on, we're feeling it

and I guess the Ohio Dem leaders who are asking for my help for Hillary will have to recall their screwed up priorities for health care reform here.

Reap what you sow, Strickland. Payback is a bitch.