Posted on 01/15/2012 8:56:51 AM PST by Kaslin
The idea of this stae being a TOSSUP mkes me want to tossup my dinner!! I’m an Ohioan and they USED to be fairly conservative.
To the author: “Bellweather”? Really? Try bellwether.
Btw the correct spelling is "bellwether," no 'a'.
I know that, but the headline writer doesn’t. I didin’t want to be the spelling police.
Does anyone think all those unemployed folks will cheerfully vote for “buyout baron” Mitt Romney, the candidate who looks like the guy who fires people like you and has built a career largely based on doing just that? I’ve seen commentators make the case that the rust belt and the industrial Midwest is the swing area that will determine the results of this election. Which is why if the day comes that Mitt Romney wins the nomination, I will offer my begrudging congratulations to Obama on unofficially winning his second term.
Is this all you have to say about the article? *rme*
Any state actually considering re-electing this piece of stinking trash should leave the union now.
Townhall needs some editors.
Oooh, he’s got the high school vote sewed up!
Too bad they’re under 18.
Ohio will be a tossup in the election and no geographic
region of the state can be ignored. However southeast Ohio,
say from East Liverpool to Portsmouth, does not contain
enough voters to even make a small dent in the vote totals
of the metro areas.
And, if one were talking about dark blue states, “Bedwetter” would be another option.
Its a great word, and unfortunately one of the most often misspelled. It has nothing to do with meteorology. A wether is a neutered ram, chosen to lead the flock, because, being neutered, he's less likely to go far afield in search of ewes. Tie a bell around his neck, and the others follow him. The bellwether is, thus, a leading indicator, predictive of the direction in which the flock will go.
If Obama doesn't win Ohio, that means he probably has already lost states he won in 2008 like Indiana, Virginia and North Carolina. Then it likely comes down to which way Florida swings.
Ohio’s cities are packed with government check types who will vote for Obama.Better to be a slave to the Dems than have to work for a living.Out here in the country,we’re very consevative.
Yes.
Yes, it is a great word. Not overused but almost always misspelled. Thanks for the etymology!
Any state actually considering re-electing this piece of stinking trash should leave the union now.
OR be kicked out later.
Cut um off from outside electricity and fuels to. let them sit in their dark Nimby funk.
And I live in one of those states that would likely get da boot.
You know what. You can actually tell the author that
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