I’ve had this sneaky feeling that Ohio would NOT be the key after all - that Obama’s team has let some other stuff slip away because they’ve been so Ohio focused. Be funny if they manage to steal Ohio, but lose anyway.
Would be funny, but Romney will win Ohio.
Yep, it could be Obama trying to throw a Hail Mary pass himself. They probably had very few plausible pathways to win the election. One of the few that might have worked was hoping all the 2004 Kerry states would fall into his bank automatically, plus the newly minted blue state New Mexico. Then he only needed to flip Ohio and one other state to win. That would take an enormous amount of effort in Ohio, but it would be worth it if the other states fell into his lap. We may see that strategy now crumbling as Kerry states like PA start falling to Romney. Trying to make Ohio go against a national trend is an unnatural way to win, hence really difficult to pull off.