Indiana is in play. Romney only leads Obama by 6...

[Drunken Irishman]

And it's Rasmussen, so, it very well might be closer.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/indiana/election_2012_indiana_president

Six points ain't nuthin', especially for a right-leaning state like Indiana. Don't know if Obama can win it, but I think that's a good starting point for the campaign there.

[book_worm]

1. My guess is that IN will be one Obama state from '08 that will swing back to GOP roots

remember Obama won it very narrowly last time. Six-points is good for a dem in a presidential race, but it's probable it will hang in there for Romney.

[rufus dog]

2. Agree with your assessment

But this is a state that was historically in the 20 point range for the repubs. Bad news for the bad guys, this would be like CA or MA being competitive and the media would be all friggen over it.

[hrmjustin]

6. The media is not on it because Obama won it last time.

It would look foolish of them to jump up and down and say he is only six points down in IN. Remember 6% in raw votes means about 180,000 votes. Now it is true that bush won the state by 400,000 the first time and 450,000 the second time. But Obama won it by 30,000 votes or so. To go from winning by 30,000 to loosing by 180,000 or so is not something to brag about.

[LiberalFighter]

4. Bain was a major player in Indiana

Mourdock was a major player in Indiana
Pence was a major player in Indiana

We have a triple play against the Republican Party in Indiana.

[Brigid]

5. That's right.

I'm hoping to see some pretty devastating ads this fall from the Demcratic Party here.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. Probably will go GOP at least nationally

hoping we can snatch Lugar's Senate seat and the Governor's mansion though.

[DCBob]

3. If Indiana is really this close then Rmoney is toast.

Indiana should be a dark red state.

[former9thward]

8. This is an online poll.

I would not trust an online poll no matter what the numbers were.

[hrmjustin]

9. I agree

[yellowcanine]

10. Why is Rasmussen publishing online polls?

You might as well take a preference poll using the neighborhood dogs and different brands of dog food to represent the candidates.

[center rising]

11. something tells me Indiana goes red this time

[Rochester]

12. Indiana will probably swing back to red, but...

...if we can keep it close enough that Romney has to spend some of his finite supply of campaign money shoring it up, that makes it easier for us to hold states like Ohio, Virginia, and Florida among others.