They’ll hand it over... after the election, just like everything else!
It’s all political, you are right.
But both campaigns have figured out that wishy washy undecided voters (translation: some 27 year old unemployed law school grad working at Starbucks who plays Halo until 3 am) don’t really care.
They also know that normal Americans who are driving their kids to soccer practice in a minivan, before going home to cook dinner and pay the bills online don’t have time.
Nobody in Ohio is going to vote against Obama because of one week. 4 years of failure is a better sampling.