Bellweather Ohio Is a Solid Toss-Up

Townhall.com ^ | January 15, 2012 | Salena Zito

[webheart]

Thank you. You learn something every day.

[webheart]

He has a plant in the audience that shouts out they love him, so he can say he loves them back. There is no spontaneity there. Sickening, just sickening.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

My sister lives in Ohio and swears they have flooded the State with Somali’s and Mexicans. This would explain why Ohio is no longer conservative.

[chris_bdba]

OMG the last I looked Obama was at about -30% in approval rate so I do not believe Ohio is a toss up.The anti healthcare referendum passed by IIRC something like 69% so no Ohio is not a toss up nor is PA.This article didn’t mention that the students there laughed at him?

[chris_bdba]

Oh and I am in SE Ohio and if he comes here they will have to hit the colleges to get anyone to come.I’d really expect his motorcade to be pelted by rotten fruits and veggies.

[ballplayer]

Wait until spring when the Price of Gas Is Projected to Be 5.00 a Gallon. Remember when Bush was President and Gas Was 4.00 a Gallon,that spark set off the Housing Collapse when the Variable Mortgages started to Rise,With the shape of the economy and Jobs now ,5.00 dollar a gallon Gas will collapse the economy for sure

[ballplayer]

Wait until spring when the Price of Gas Is Projected to Be 5.00 a Gallon. Remember when Bush was President and Gas Was 4.00 a Gallon,that spark set off the Housing Collapse when the Variable Mortgages started to Rise,With the shape of the economy and Jobs now ,5.00 dollar a gallon Gas will collapse the economy for sure

[ballplayer]

Wait until spring when the Price of Gas Is Projected to Be 5.00 a Gallon. Remember when Bush was President and Gas Was 4.00 a Gallon,that spark set off the Housing Collapse when the Variable Mortgages started to Rise,With the shape of the economy and Jobs now ,5.00 dollar a gallon Gas will collapse the economy for sure

[estrogen]

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.

Amen, we have a hunting camp in Amsterdam Oh and I seriously doubt that the population of these towns makes a dent. And at the risk of sounding politially incorrect .....most of the people don't even bother voting.

[no dems]

If the economy is as bad in 2012 as many predict it will be, Obozo can make all the trips to Ohio he wants; he’s toast.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Kaslin.

In the 2010 midterms, Ohio went Republican big-time. Its U.S. House and Senate seats went majority GOP; so did the governor's office... Quinnipiac University's latest rating of Kasich came out in early December and showed him with 38 percent approval and 50 percent disapproval; Obama was at 41 percent approval, 55 percent disapproval, in the same poll.

[Bshaw]

“Oooh, he’s got the high school vote sewed up!”

Obama has nothing sewn up in Ohio. I live in Cleveland, and in 2008 every third car had an Obama Biden number sticker. In contrast, I’ve seen only one so far.

[Bshaw]

“Oooh, he’s got the high school vote sewed up!”

Obama has nothing sewn up in Ohio. I live in Cleveland and in 2008 every third car had an Obama-Biden bumper sticker. In contrast, I’ve seen only one Obama-Biden 2012 so far.

People who voted for him in 2008 are either apologetic or shamed into silence.

[Theodore R.]

Maybe the problem is John Boehner being secretly for Obama.

[phillyfanatic]

If the voters remember, yes remember the last 3.10 yrs. or whenever the voting takes place Nov., the issue: Obamacare should be raised. Solyndra, Fast, no domestic energy allowances, Keystone, Holder, Van Jones, more taxes, regs, spending than any Prez , even FDR. Power grabs unlike anyone since FDR.Reducing our military and not protecting our borders. Janet Nap and other horrors in the Cabinet. If the stupid Pubs would use these points as ads, Ohio and other ‘even’ states would fall in the Pub laps. Let us see if they do REMIND VOTERS.

[phillyfanatic]

If the voters remember, yes remember the last 3.10 yrs. or whenever the voting takes place Nov., the issue: Obamacare should be raised. Solyndra, Fast, no domestic energy allowances, Keystone, Holder, Van Jones, more taxes, regs, spending than any Prez , even FDR. Power grabs unlike anyone since FDR.Reducing our military and not protecting our borders. Janet Nap and other horrors in the Cabinet. If the stupid Pubs would use these points as ads, Ohio and other ‘even’ states would fall in the Pub laps. Let us see if they do REMIND VOTERS.

[lentulusgracchus]

If Obama doesn't win Ohio, that means he probably has already lost states he won in 2008 like Indiana, Virginia and North Carolina.

There are a couple of disconnects like that in this article.

• If Ohio's a bellwether, then why does he NOT need to take it next November?
• If Ohio's a bellwether and Obama loses it, then he loses the general -- right? Or if he loses Ohio but is re-elected nevertheless, then Ohio isn't a bellwether after all, is it?
• If Obama can't carry the State with his Urban Tax-Eaters, then why would he start wasting his time talking to "typical bitter white people" in southeastern Ohio? They'll just throw him under the bus the way he's always thrown them under the bus. Right?

Sounds like Roocy got some 'splainin' to do.

[lentulusgracchus]

[Article] Obama has traveled to Ohio 17 times since becoming president.

Yeah, that sounds like he's got it sewn up. </s>