Hang another "L" in the Wulsin column

Victoria Wulsin can't win for losing.

In 2005, she went for the vacant job of Cincinnati Health Director and lost out to Noble A-W Maseru.

Last year, she ran a spirited and uphill battle for the 2nd Congressional District seat and lost to incumbent Republican Jean Schmidt.

Now, despite some enthusiastic recommendations from area Democrat officials, she's come up short in her quest to for a spot in the cabinet of governor-elect Ted Strickland.

Wulsin - a physician who runs a non-profit AIDS prevention organization in Cincinnati, interviewed for the job of director of the Ohio Department of Health. But, Thursday, Strickland's office announced the appointment of a Fremont doctor, Alvin Jackson, to the job.

Wulsin said she was disappointed, but still hopeful of going to work for Strickland in some significant job.