“Early voting looks good.... there’s not much enthusiasm for The One.”
Unlike some people, I’m just not panicking about OH.
I don’t see Mitt winning the national popular vote by at least 52-48 (which I expect), yet somehow losing the Electoral vote. I just don’t see it.
Romney’s ground game is apparently excellent, ABO voters are very motivated, and I don’t see how any of that translates into Obama winning OH or the EV as a whole. When the final undecideds break in the final week, races which look super-close right now will have a little more breathing space for Mitt.
I admit the polls get me worried at times, but we have to realize that Romney has been highly successful at everything he’s done (Bain, Olympics, MA Gov). We have to assume he has the organization in place in OH and elsewhere to GOTV, and since he is a leader he is not likely to simply copy Dem GOTV efforts - he is more likely to improve upon it.
See my update: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2947417/posts
Momentum is on our side.
If we match the absentee ballots of the Democrats, we will win, since the GOP actually won on election day in 2008 but were overwhelmed in the absentee ballots.
That won't happen this time.