>>> Some pollster believe that Ohio should no longer be counted as a toss-up state because President Barack Obama is gaining strength in the polls. Real Clear Politics:
Ohio: Romney vs. Obama
Polling Data
| Poll | Date | Sample | Obama (D) | Romney (R) | Spread | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 6/19 - 7/24 | -- | 47.4 | 42.4 | Obama +5.0 | ||
| WeAskAmerica* | 7/24 - 7/24 | 1115 LV | 48 | 40 | Obama +8 | ||
| Rasmussen Reports | 7/18 - 7/18 | 500 LV | 47 | 45 | Obama +2 | ||
| Purple Strategies | 7/9 - 7/13 | 600 LV | 48 | 45 | Obama +3 | ||
| PPP (D) | 6/21 - 6/24 | 673 RV | 47 | 44 | Obama +3 | ||
| Quinnipiac | 6/19 - 6/25 | 1237 RV | 47 | 38 | Obama +9 |
In my humble opinion, Ohio's vote is being influenced by what citizens think of Gov. John Kasich. Ohioans do not approve of Kasich, and they certainly do not like Mitt Romney.
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* Republican Mitt Romney doesn't want anyone to find out what a total twit he is on foreign policy, so his campaign has banned the press from his big fundraising event in Jerusalem.
HuffPost:
..Romney's campaign is barring reporters from a fundraiser at
Jerusalem's King David Hotel and not saying why. At U.S. events,
Romney's remarks to donors in communal spaces such as hotels are
typically public.
President Barack Obama allows reporters to hear his words at
fundraisers, though he generally bars them from listening to
question-and-answer sessions with those in attendance. The president
sometimes allows coverage of his remarks at events in private homes.
Romney traveling press secretary Rick Gorka, asked to comment, simply
said, "Closed press, closed press, closed press," as he walked down the
aisle of the candidate's campaign plane during the flight from London
to Tel Aviv....
From the Jerusalem Post we have more on the Romney visit:
...The media will be limited to a photo-op before their Sunday morning meeting.
Over the past few months, the prime minister has downplayed the
perception that emerged following a New York Times article in April that
the two men were close friends. The article, which to some read as a
warning to readers that Romney was somehow “in Netanyahu’s pocket,”
characterized their ties as a “warm relationship, little known to
outsiders.”
Netanyahu immediately poured cold water on that depiction and in an April interview with CNN said that after working
at the same consulting firm with Romney in Boston 35 years ago he did
not meet him again until many years later when he was finance minister
and Romney was governor of Massachusetts....
Romney will be busy meeting and greeting people at his fundraiser that has minimum contribution of $50,000.
