[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

I would agree, but DrDeb says the ground game in OH is a shell of what it was in 2004 for Republicans. What gives?

[LS]

Dr. Deb is right. McCain alienated the conservatives here earlier, was late getting started, and only after naming Palin did he get any excitement.

The vote here is either pro-Palin or anti-Obama. Very few people are hyped about McCain.

Moreover, in 04, the "ground game" mostly consisted of evangelicals and Reagan Republicans, neither of which has been courted by McCain's people.