Plenty at Stake for President on Tuesday Night; Silence in Ohio Shows Left Wants Low Profile

President Obama may not be on the ballot on Tuesday, but his re-election effort faces some key tests as voters go to the polls in important 2012 states like Ohio. With the fate of collecting bargaining rights for public employees on the ballot in that key battleground, this is a major test to see if the President's vaunted get out the vote operation from 2008 is still a well-oiled machine ready for 2012. That's why officials from organized labor and the Obama re-elect team have been on the ground in Ohio trying to turn out the vote on the ground, and back at the White House spokesman Jay Carney was adamant about where the president stands on the measure.

Have been working away at the phone banks here in Ohio; simply cannot believe how many people have been talked into voting yes, just be telling them the facts about Issue 2. Well worth the effort to make calls!

Just asking public union members to pay 10% of their retirement and 15% of healthcare, because the taxpayers have been paying it entirely. And the firemen do have a say about their safety equipment; Shannon Jones, author of the Bill wrote a special clause just for them.

Of this issue goes down to a no vote, layoffs will occur (they are already happening) and taxes will go up. If it goes to a yes vote, taxpayers will be protected, we will be able to hire more police and firemen, should we need them, and it will help Ohio get their spending under control.

Whenever signs are put up for Vote YES, they are stolen overnight; voters think the police are taking them down, while all NO signs are not bothered. They are also destroying signs for Vote YES. Real decent folks, you know?!

Say prayers for Ohio tomorrow. God will see us through it.

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