[Colofornian]

Yup...Obama campaign is hoping that Ohio becomes the 2000 Florida...Only shot he has...

You see, by state law, Ohio CANNOT count provisional ballots until 10 days AFTER the election.

We likely won't know who Ohio went to until after this provisional ballot count.

My guess is that the Dems will have more provisional voters than anywhere else in nation...and will seek to challenge provisional votes that were eventually excluded...

And, of course, those provisional ballots will be under "lock and key"...but whose lock & whose key?

[tanknetter]

You see, by state law, Ohio CANNOT count provisional ballots until 10 days AFTER the election.

So, here's an interesting scenario. Romney wins the popular vote, but for the EC it all comes down to Ohio.

Romney opts for a run out the clock strategy. Throw up all sorts of legal challenges to stall and prevent Ohio from voting in the EC ... letting the election go to the House of Reps and Senate. In the House it's one state, one vote ... and since Republicans hold more state delegations Romney wins the Presidency.

However in the Senate the Vice President is chosen through simple majority. Which if the Dems hold the Senate means that we'll have the first split Executive since Adams/Jefferson (excluding cases where a President deliberately chose a running mate from the other party, like Lincoln did with Johnson).

Romney has to know that Ohio could be very very messy and he might have to go to Plan B. If that's the case it'll be difficult for him to govern with Biden at the head of what amounts to a shadow government (or, at the least, going all gaffetastic and chewing up valuable air time). So there's a decent possibility that the VA and FL trips, possibly even PA, are designed to bolster the chances of the GOP taking the Senate.