The Inscrutable Governor's Choice for President?

Monday afternoon, when Gov. Ted Strickland, in a rousing speech, declared before the assembled union workers and their families at the annual AFL-CIO Labor Day Picnic that there is absolutely no doubt in his mind that Ohio will be the key to electing a Democrat to the White House next year, it seemed reasonable to ask the governor who he thought that Democratic president should be.



So we did. And the governor answered. Sort of answered.



"I have a preference,'' the governor said.



Then, he gave a big, charming smile.



"But I'm not saying who it is."



It is important, the governor went on, for him to remain neutral in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, which, as he rightly pointed out, will be long over by the time the primary parade reaches Ohio next March.