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Oh I know Ohio underperformed. It did for several reasons that will not exist in 2008, namely the poor economy and Governor Bob Taft.

Bob Taft and the tax raising Ohio Republicans cost two people I know seats in the state Assembly they were running to replace term limited Republican assemblymen.

The state's commie belt (Cuyahoga, Summit, Lucas, and Mahoning counties) is continuing to lose population while southern Ohio (Republican) holds its own or grows. The GOP trend in Ohio, despite the 2004 blip is near irreversable as the state Dem party is dead.

Look at Hamilton and Franklin Counties and get back to me. One needs to look at metro areas as a whole. Sure the inner city counties are losing population (except Franklin County), but the Dem percentages go up there in tandem, because some of the loss is voters moving to suburban counties. Metro Columbus is trending Dem, and is the fastest growing metro area in the state, and metro Cincinnati in Oho is a bit too, as some of the GOP voters are drained off into Kentucky, and now, incipiently, Indiana (Dearborn County).