No it was not either...you know the Dems said the same thing about Ohio in 2004...they were wrong, and you are too. Ohio went for Obama period...I am saddened to say this but it’s true. I worked as McCain volunteer, many GOP voted for Obama in Ohio...it was mostly about jobs and trade. Thus, I don’t see how 2012 will be better unless the GOP wises up and realizes you can’t screw a state you need to win in every presidential contest.
It is possible to spin that away as fraud, but it is also equally valid to look at it as a shift in the electorate for this particular election. Which is it? I don't know, but I do know that my district sent a rabid liberal to Congress to occupy a seat that had been in 'Pub hands for generations. Combine that with the demographic shift I see evidence of every day, and I am inclined to go with the electorate changing explanation. In the end, the result is the same, the 'Rats get the votes. To win back OH, the 'Pub candidates are going to have to come up with candidates and policies that the voters can support, especially on the economic issues. The 'Rats, especially Obomba and Brown, killed us with those last time out, and the 'Pubs never really came up with an effective counter to blunt those attacks.