Winning Ohio

In the latest "Editor's Cut," Ohio's Sen. Sherrod Brown, who ran one of the tightest campaigns in the country last year, talks to The Nation's Katrina Vanden Heuvel about how Clinton and Obama can win the state's upcoming primary.

I will not endorse before the Ohio primary. I'm weighing what my state does, that's certainly part of it. Also, my conversations with both Barack and Hillary, and with Governor Sebelius calling for Barack, and with Bill Clinton calling for Hillary, and Dick Durbin – all the people who have called for them, in addition to talking directly with the candidates… [we] talk about trade, talk about a populist, progressive message in Ohio, talk about privatization and anti-privatization, and all the things they need to do around tax and trade policy.

Photo: Sherrod Brown, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator of Ohio, campaigns on the steps of the Lawrence County Courthouse on Oct. 31, 2006, in Ironton. Photo by Lori Wolfe/ The Herald-Dispatch