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May 29, 2008 - 8:14am
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Gilligan's daughter no help to Obama in Ohio
By Wally EdgeKansas
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is an Ohio native whose father, John Gilligan, served as Governor, but she wouldn't boost Barack Obama much in Ohio as a Vice Presidential candidate, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted earlier this month for WCMH-TV in Columbus and WCPO-TV in Cincinnati.
Among Ohio voters, an Obama/Sebelius ticket and a GOP slate of John McCain and Mike Huckabee each win 42%. Statistically, Sebelius boosts Obama by about the same percentage as Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and Chuck Hagel, an anti-war Republican Senator from Nebraska.
Actually, the Vice Presidential pick that helps Obama most is ex-Senator/'04 VP candidate John Edwards. The poll didn't include Gov. Ted Strickland, who enjoys a 54%-39% approval rating among Ohio voters.
Related topics: John Edwards, Chuck Hagel, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Ted Strickland, SurveyUSA, Ed Rendell, Kathleen Sebelius, John Gilligan
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Ohio will go for Sebelius because she's a strong, moderate, midwestern governor, and not because her father was governor. They just don't know here yet
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