It’s looking more and more like Ted Strickland’s moves to get the political landscape of his choosing is paying off. Tim Russo is reporting that former ODP executive/political director Bill Demora is calling Chris Redfern’s bid to head the Ohio Democratic Party a done deal. Strickland backed Redfern early on for the chair. Stickland is also tying his campaign tightly to Sherrod Brown’s bid for Senate in order for them to feed off of each other’s regional strengths.

Point each to Strickland and Brown for neutralizing the grass roots and blogosphere. It will be interesting to see how much this alliance can deliver.