Sherrod Brown and Hillary Clinton...

As I was taking a painting break, I stopped by the Cleveland Plain Dealer to see what was going on in the world of Ohio Politics. I spotted this blurb by Mark Naymik:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will headline a private fund-raiser Saturday for Democratic senate hopeful Sherrod Brown.

The event, which is not being publicized by the Brown campaign and is not open to reporters, could generate about $400,000, Clinton’s advisers recently told The New York Times.

So, I headed on over to the New York Times where this article gives just a bit more detail:

Mrs. Clinton, a possible candidate for president in 2008, is planning to head to Ohio this week to hold a fund-raiser for Representative Sherrod Brown, who is trying to unseat Senator Mike DeWine, a prime target of the national Democratic Party.

Mrs. Clinton's political advisers estimate that she will help raise at least $400,000 for Mr. Brown in a state that national Democratic leaders see as ripe with opportunity because of growing unhappiness with President Bush and problems plaguing the state's Republican leadership.

I headed over to Sherrod Brown's event schedule and sure enough there is no mention. However, maybe it's just because they have not put up information past Friday yet. Or it could be that Sherrod is happy to take the possible $400,000.00 but doesn't want some of the more anti-Hillary bunch to notice. If that was the case, Mark let the cat out of the bag...

Another Ohio visit is scheduled to help Ted Strickland raise funds. While the New York Times article states that Senator Clinton is doing this to help fellow Democrats, all but the most naive realize she's doing some early favor collecting and positioning.

2008 is still far enough off that I don't have a clear favorite though I do still admire quite a bit about John Edwards and just hope we don't have a repeat of John Kerry....

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