Reply #13: You're right about OH and PA

[VolcanoJen]

I do think that Ohio leans a few points right of Pennsylvania, mainly because our largest cities are still far smaller than Philadelphia and the metro area. Pittsburgh and its suburbs are more on par with Cincinnati, but also comparable in population.

Philly trumps Ohio, more or less.

But the Ohio GOP is in shambles, and the landscape in Ohio is a world apart from what it was in 2004. In 2006 we practically overthrew the government and even installed Sherrod Brown over sitting Senator (and ineffective asshat) Mike Dewine.

The secret to Ohio is grabbing a few more voters per precinct out of those Cincinnati suburbs. It's just hard to reach them; they want to come to the other side, but they're just not quite convinced. We're reaching out and making the case and if we can get just a few of them, and turn out the youth vote from our many colleges and cities... well, let's just say we're fighting until the end here in Ohio, and I think the Obama camp is in for the long haul (more than I could say for Gore certainly and Kerry toward the end).