I can’t imagine even if you are a old school democrat that you wouldn’t be creeped out at the level of media distortion and outright lies..?
Even if for no other reason that I would be worried what comes around goes around..?
I've no idea why, for instance, NC is considered "In Play". Even with a once in a generation Democrat landslide in 2008, Obama still only managed to win by a few thousand votes.
It's not in the bag for Romney, though.
In SW Ohio, there are virtually no Obama yard signs or bumper stickers... a few scattered here and there – nothing like 2008. Not many Romney signs either for that matter, but more than Obama for sure. Lack of enthusiasm for either candidate?
As the Post writes this trash, Ohio in its statehouse has: A republican House, a republican Senate, a republican Governor, a republican Sec of State, and a republican Treasurer, ALL statewide offices elected by the traditionally conservative majority in Ohio.
At best, Ohio should be viewed as 50/50 repubs and democrats. The real truth is that a decisive number of Ohio voters are not now and never have been locked into the party system. In fact, there's no such thing as registering with a party in this state. When you register you simply register. If you take a repub or dem ballot on primary day, then they list you as a repub or dem in their stats until the next primary day.
So, it's simply is not realistic to call Obama 2008 voters "democrats". They were folks who voted that way in that election, a different way in the previous election, differently in statewide elections, and differently in the 2010 election. They belong to no one.
Ohio is ALWAYS won by turnout. When Obama won Ohio in 2008 we had about 8 million already registered voters but only 5.5 million chose to vote.
Conservative apathy won for Obama and nothing else.
Obama won Ohio by 5 points in 2008.
In 2010, the GOP won by 17% in a senate race, 2% in the governor race (beat an incumbant), won 13 out of 18 house races, beat the incumbant AG by 2%, won SOS by 13%, auditor by 5%, and treasurer by 14%.
Of course, the only conlcusion I can make is that Dems should be oversample by 11 points!
It amazes me that the WORST occupant of the Oval Office, a TOTAL out and out FAILURE on all fronts, and there are those imbeciles who want to give him four more years! The only possible way he could do better is because it would be hard to do worse, but believe me, I think he might. Just wait ‘til we lose an American City to a raghead nuke, and Hussein can’t decide if it was a terrorist attack or not!
Uh huh... sure he is.
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is the spread nine or seven?? “but the Washington Post finds Team Obama in full hopey-changey frenzy and by sampling 7% more Democrats than Republicans comes out with a result that Obama leads in Ohio by 8-points, 52 to 44: “
This poll deserves the “Most Biased Poll of the Day” award.
Consider Cayahoga, a Dem stronghold, Obama win by 68-30 in 2008. Absentees now showing 54-24 split---Rs down six, but Dems down 14!!!?
Or Franklin (Columbus), which Obama won by 21 points (!!) and now he is trailing in absolute numbers by 5,500 absentee ballots---and that number has increased by 1500 in the past week.
Or Hamilton (Cincy), where Obama won by 7 in 2008 but now the Rs have a 2:1 absentee advantage?
Actually, I think there is one in his favor.........all those new additions to food stamps and "disability". More welfare recipients means more votes for The One.