Ohio in Play Again for Obama

Collective-bargaining law's defeat offers president hope
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 10, 2011 3:17 PM CST
Election 2012: Ohio in Play for Barack Obama, Says Politico
President Obama holds a baby while greeting supporters in Cincinnati, Ohio.   (Getty Images)

President Obama’s campaign had largely written off Ohio in its plan for reaching 270 electoral votes—but now strategists are eyeing victory in the state once again, reports Politico. The president still isn’t depending on a win there, but the defeat of GOP governor John Kasich’s collective-bargaining law has provided hope for Obama. So has the ascent of Mitt Romney, whom the Obama campaign doesn’t think will play well in the state, an insider says.

“There are a lot of scenarios in which [Obama] gets to 270 without Ohio. But there are no scenarios I can think of where the Republican candidate can get to 270 without us,” says former Gov. Ted Strickland. “And that means we are his firewall.” Still, if he wants to win, Obama “needs to put it in overdrive.” And while things improve for the president in Ohio, he faces weakened poll numbers in North Carolina and Virginia, states he had hoped to win. (More Ohio stories.)

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