Be nice if Ohio Democrats had used the whole experience, and maturity metrics going into this whole mess.  Oh wait – they were totally caught off guard.  Our bad.  From Marion Star:

COLUMBUS – Gov. Ted Strickland quickly named maturity as the top quality he’s looking for in a successor to disgraced Attorney General Marc Dann.

Not a surprise, given the steady stream of tales emerging from the office involving alcohol-soaked pizza parties, alleged drunken driving in state vehicles and parties with young employees.

It’s clear the 66-year-old Strickland, who hasn’t ruled out running for a second term in 2010, wasn’t referring to age. So what did he mean, and how do the possible replacements measure up to the “m” word?

“It’s important that people of experience and strong qualifications seek public office and that’s certainly the kind of individual that I will be looking for,” Strickland said early in Wednesday’s news conference, minutes after Dann announced his resignation.

OK. That was probably a nod to Dann’s acknowledgment May 2 that he was not prepared for the office or to run such a large agency. So what about the maturity part?

“Experience,” Strickland elaborated. “Management ability.”

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