Ohio

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08265/913867-470.stm

...[Ohio] would seem ripe for a Democratic candidate this year. Its unemployment rate is 7.2 percent, well ahead of the national rate of 5.5 percent after years of losses of manufacturing jobs. The faltering economy has forced the new Democratic governor, Ted Strickland, to cut nearly $1.3 billion from the state's budget this year. Mr. Strickland led a political resurgence for his party in 2006, as Democrats captured the governor's mansion, a Senate seat and a U.S. House seat.

Maybe Obama had a good reason, but I do not understand why he didn't pick Ted Strickland to be his running mate.