Ohio Senator won't endorse Clinton or Obama - The Crypt's Blog - Politico.com

Ohio Senator won't endorse Clinton or Obama - The Crypt's Blog - Politico.com: "Ohio Senator won't endorse Clinton or Obama" Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said Friday morning that he will not endorse Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY.) or Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as the critical presidential primary in his state inches closer. "I'm going to stay uncommitted," Brown told a small group of reporters over breakfast Friday, adding that both presidential candidates have courted him for the all-important nod before the March 4 primary. "I will not endorse." "I just think, 'Let the voters decide,'" he added. Brown said he was "disappointed" with both candidates positions on the trade agreement with Peru because he said it would shut down factories and hurt local economies. Both Clinton and Obama said they supported the trade legislation but the presidential candidates missed the Senate vote back in November. Still, Brown said, "That's one reason I did not make an endorsement." The candidate who will win his state, Brown predicted, will be the candidate with "the one big idea about the economy." Clinton, he said, "has an advantage with blue-collar voters" while Obama "has an advantage with "young, upper-scale voters."