Strickland took some political questions after the event. He said that the Democratic primary process is "terribly broken" and "almost irrational" and that the party should get rid of caucuses which are "inherently undemocratic" because they exclude people serving in the military, the elderly and those doing shift work. Asked whether a running mate from Ohio would help in the general election, Strickland pointed to former OMB Director Rob Portman on the Republican side and Sen. Sherrod Brown on the Democratic side and declared "I have said that that person will not be Gov. Ted Strickland."
