If he’s going to call it the I-70 corridor, then it includes Indiana. Indiana has gone Republican several times over the period of time he references. It just did not do so in 2008. But that was the aberration.
If he really wants to talk about Rust Belt, predominantly Dem heartland states, his “I-70” corridor needs to loop north to include Michigan and exclude Indiana. And perhaps widen out at Illinois to grap Wisconsin and Missouri.
But it was a clever metaphor. Image over substance again.
The Rust Belt is overdue for a fundamental alignment shift, and with RADICALS ruling the democratic party, its going to happen. Democrats in the rust belt are not limosine liberals or hard core communists... With the extremists taking over the Democratic party the Rust Belt is due for a long term realignment as working class white voters abandon the party of Marx.
Will this happen? Well I don’t know this election it is going to happen, without doubt, and if the dems keep trying to legislate like this is a european social democracy a long term shift and realignment will occur in the rust belt states.
Obama never had a prayer carrying the rust belt.. YOu can’t piss in the faces of Catholics and Working Class Whites for 4 years and then tell them, they should be happy about it.
Obama has no chance at IA, IN, WI or OH.. not a damned one will go for him this time... IL and MN ar the only two safe states for Obama... MI and PA can swing... PA isn’t going to swing though if Romney put ads on the air... And so far, that’s not happenting in PA.
If it doesn’t Obama will likely hold PA but only by a very slim margin. And if PA is only held by a slim margin ther eis no way in heaven or hell that Obama will carry Ohio, WI, IN or IA. MI and PA have 2 big cities that skew their overall vote D by 5-8 points... If Obama is only up a point or two in PA, and/or MI he doesn’t have a prayer in states like OH, WI, IA and IN that do not have such megacities dragging them down.
I can tell you this much, PA is within a point or two with no ads for Romney on the airwaves, and if PA goes Romney election night without him even fighting for it, Obama will lose states NO ONE is even considering vulnerable.
I see Obama getting no more than 42-43% of the popular vote nationwide.. though due to the population distribution today the EC wont’ reflect just how massive a routing he’s going to get.
Fight like its neck and neck, but I honesly do not believe Obama can get over 42-43% of the vote, and he’ll be damned lucky to get that.