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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Romney is losing must-win Ohio
Romney's favorable rating is underwater. Almost two-thirds of voters approve of Obama's decision to bail out the auto industry, a staple of Ohio's manufacturing economy. The president leads Romney by a wide margin on the question of who would do more to help the middle class.
King: A troubling trend for Mitt Romney And when voters are asked which candidate would do a better job handling the economy, Obama has a sturdy lead, undercutting the thematic premise of Romney's candidacy.
Romney aide: Obama 'spiking football' early in Ohio
Interviews with some two dozen Republican strategists and elected officials across Ohio revealed an array of explanations -- and no easy answers -- for Romney's failure to catch on there.
Some pointed to the Obama campaign's aggressive effort to hang Romney's opposition to the federal bailout of Chrysler and General Motors around his neck. Others said a hangover remains from the divisive 2011 battle over collective bargaining rights that hurt the GOP's standing with working class voters.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/26/politics/romney-ohio/index.html
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(60,334 posts)Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,896 posts)There must be 35 or 36 people there. Some of them are actually old enough to vote too!
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(1,370 posts)Nobody will notice.