Connie Schultz & Sherrod Brown

Back in October, there was The Lewis B. O'Donnell Media Summit at my campus in Oswego, New York.

There were big names at that particular Summit. Charlie Rose, Al Roker, Ken Auletta, to name three. One of the panelists and the only woman who was invited that day, was Pulitzer Prize winning Journalist and former Cleveland Plain Dealer Columnist, Connie Schultz.

I had never heard of her and I didn't expect much, going in. Well, I was wrong. She dominated the conversation and made me so proud to be a woman that day. So I found her on Facebook and I "Friended" her.

Probably the best thing I did on Facebook, all year. She is thoughtful, outspoken, moderates her posts and keeps the Internet trolls to a minimum.

She is also married to US Senator Sherrod Brown, a person I had never heard of, either.

She mentioned the other day that he is now head of the Senate Banking Committee this year, though as the minority party I am not sure how much influence he will be having, moving forward.

Because of my interest in Connie, I bought 2 of her books and read them this winter. One of them is a day by day account of the year that Sherrod ran for the U.S. Senate. The book is called "...and His Lovely Wife". It was well written and quite eye opening. Sherrod is a Progressive, rather then a Centrist or Liberal. His politics revolve around the working class and as a matter of fact, he wears a canary in a coal mine pin on his suit every day, to remind him of who he represents. I admit that he is now on my radar.

Connie linked to an article from The Washington Post yesterday and I wonder the same thing...Why isn't Sherrod Brown running for President?

A very good question and an interesting article. Check it out.

The photo is from that Washington Post article and all rights are theirs. The photographer did a great job capturing Sherrod in all his chic rumpleness. :-)