Can Mitt seize Ohio opportunity?

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | August 18, 2012 | Salena Zito

[NCjim]

[RWGinger]

That was wonderful to see
THANK you for posting

It feels so good to see people reacting to actual plans being put forth by RR instead of fainting at 0dumbo’s BS
THIS time I think people are paying attention.

[SamAdams76]

Ohio has voted for the winner of every presidential election since World War II except in 1960, when it chose Richard Nixon over Jack Kennedy.

Actually that just exposes the fact that Nixon actually won that election. Lot of hanky panky went on in Illinois, along with a few other states. Joe Kennedy basically bought that election for his son (and he wasn't going to pay for no landslide, dammit!)

[LS]

I thought only Sarah Palin was supposed to draw crowds.

[LS]

Good point. To the article, however, I think the coal/gas issue is going to work significantly to Romney’s favor in November, and a lot of former and Current Dems are going to vote for him for that reason alone, and I don’t think OH will be that close. Been wrong before, will be wrong again, but I’ve had my share of calls.

I see none of the 08 excitement for ZEro here in Dayton.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

My friend in Ohio says people that he talks to are just plain tired of the nonsense from obumer.I hope its enough.

[Perdogg]

I am going to go out on a limb. I think Mitt will win the following states that 0bama won in 2008, ceribus paribus:

New Hampshire, PA, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, all of Nebraska, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, maybe Minnesota and maybe ME-2. I do not believe NJ is a lock for 0bummer.

[Perdogg]

Are these people who supported 0bummer in 2008?

[Logical me]

If the voters of Ohio do not understand their King Obama has loaded many of his army of Federal Workers with kill ammunition (hollow point) then let the damn fools suffer when their King kills America.

[wolfman23601]

Possible, but I think 0 takes Virginia again. Too many blacks here to overcome.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Yes.Union people.

[MNJohnnie]

O takes VA? So the same people who overwhelmingly elected McDonnell are going to vote for his complete anti-thesis this year?

I doubt it.

[wolfman23601]

McDonnell’s opponent was white. VA also elected Barack Obama and Doug Wilder.

[wolfman23601]

And no it is not the “same people” that voted for McDonnell. McDonnell was elected in 2009... our governors race is in odd years with no senatorial or house races. The dem candidate was very weak and the blacks stayed home.

[kabumpo]

E X A C T L Y what I was about to say - best evidence that it was Nixon who won.

[Perdogg]

No I think Romney will do well enough in NoVa. I think he will he do well in Newport News also.

[ridesthemiles]

Ohio better work just as hard at purging their voter rolls & getting the voter fraud out of the elections.

[donozark]

Most of the OBAMA stickers I see around here are faded. Torn. Indicating of course, 4 years old. I just do not see any ground swell support for him as in last election...

[StAnDeliver]

“a state George W. Bush won only by about 200,000 votes in 2004.”

ONCE AGAIN -- Ohio wasn't close.

The final margin of Bush's Ohio victory was 126,885, just under the population of Dayton (166,179) as Ohio's 7th-largest city. It was a substantial Ohio win by Bush in '04 by any measure.

To illustrate, the amount of votes that Kerry lost Ohio by, was much greater than the number of votes needed by Bush to have taken WI, PA, MI, and NH in a Reagan-like sweep -- in fact, less than 100,000.

[LS]

I think PA, NJ, and MN are no’s unless Zero continues to stumble. But I think you’re ok with the rest.