The Romney campaign also has focused on three typically Republican states that went for Obama in 2008: Indiana, North Carolina and Virginia. Pundits say that Ohio is a must-win state for Romney, that his chances for the necessary 270 electoral college votes become nearly impossible without carrying Ohio. “Right now, you have that slight lead for the president Gov. “It’s a very critical state,” CNN Chief National Correspondent John King told Wolf Blitzer on Monday. The CNN Poll of Polls shows Obama at 48% and Romney at 45% in the Buckeye State. The latest collection of polls in Ohio shows a razor-thin margin separating the candidates. If the campaigns needed any more ammo for their efforts, they got it on Monday. “Ohio is ground zero for the jobs debate,” GOP strategist and CNN contributor Alex Castellanos said.Ĭastellanos, who was a top media adviser to the 2004 Bush-Cheney re-election campaign and a Romney adviser in 2008, said Ohio is “a microcosm of American swing voters: Reagan Democrats suburban soccer moms and even Up-Tinos, upwardly mobile Latinos, an increasingly important target for both parties.” In fact, Beck said, all political ad space in the major TV markets has been purchased through the November 6 election. The Obama campaign has flooded the Ohio airwaves with $57 million in advertising Romney for President has spent $34 million – anything to pick up the state’s vital 18 electoral votes.įive things we learned from the final debate
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