Should the Obama campaign pull out of all swing states and focus on Ohio?

[5280]

Obama - 276
Romney - 262

Should the Obama campaign pull out of all swing states and focus on Ohio and pour all their resources there?  They can clearly win without all the swing states besides Ohio. Alot of the recent polls have Romney leading about 1-4 pts against the incumbent.

[NVGonzalez]

No. That would make Romney the first Republican to win without Ohio.

[SPC]

As we've seen for the last several months, Electoral College strategy is dynamic. If Obama pulls out of all states except OH, that frees up resources for Romney to do the same thing.

[Yank2133]

Yeah, that would be extremely dumb.

Not only would he let Romney off the hook, but he still competitive in every single swing state.

[5280]

If the R/R ticket won either New Hampshire or Nevada, they're still behind.

[morgieb]

Romney can still win minus Ohio.

ftr the math is wrong. Pretty sure if Romney wins Nevada it's a tie.

[5280]

Ohio is part of the 1st Obama firewall, Nevada and New Hampshire is the 2nd tier of the firewall which is more difficult to get through.

[BringinTheTruth]

Romney can still win minus Ohio.

ftr the math is wrong. Pretty sure if Romney wins Nevada it's a tie.

I think Maine 2 will go for Romney.  In that event, 269 becomes 270.

[Badger]

Romney can still win minus Ohio.

ftr the math is wrong. Pretty sure if Romney wins Nevada it's a tie.

I think Maine 1 will go for Romney.  In that event, 269 becomes 270.

Of course you mean ME-2, but it's difficult to distinguish between your train of thought and typos.

[cinyc]

Why?  Should Obama be moving more resources to Ohio?  Yes.  As should Romney.  But there's no reason to give up on the other swing states.  Obama is not hurting for money and can easily afford to contest all of the swing states.  

[BringinTheTruth]

Yes ME-2.  Typo.  Don't think the attack was warranted though.

[Cliffy]

Wouldn't make sense.

[Badger]

Yes ME-2.  Typo.  Don't think the attack was warranted though.

Your posting history thus far doesn't distinguish between "proud conservative" and "obnoxious attention whore". So unfortunately, it was.

[Lincoln Republican]

Yes ME-2.  Typo.  Don't think the attack was warranted though.

Your posting history thus far doesn't distinguish between "proud conservative" and "obnoxious attention whore". So unfortunately, it was.

This attack was absolutely not warranted.  Show some respect.

[Cryptic]

No, the polls are still close enough in many of the swing states for them to change.  I'd advocate the same for Romney too, if I was a Republican. 

[Brittain33]

Romney should consider opening some campaign offices in Ohio. For Obama, he probably hit diminishing returns in the state after the first 150 or so.

[Orion0]

Yes ME-2.  Typo.  Don't think the attack was warranted though.

Your posting history thus far doesn't distinguish between "proud conservative" and "obnoxious attention whore". So unfortunately, it was.

This attack was absolutely not warranted.  Show some respect.

Agreed. Leave the pointless name calling to the red avatars. Substance wins every time.

[TheGlobalizer]

Same dumb question gets asked every cycle.  Law of diminishing returns, saturation, etc.

[opebo]

Haha, no.  Heck he's looking good in Colorado now.  I might suggest a slight reallocation from Florida towards the rest, but other than that, no last minute changes.

[Stranger in a strange land]

Romney can still win minus Ohio.

ftr the math is wrong. Pretty sure if Romney wins Nevada it's a tie.

The Democratic turnout machine in Nevada is much stronger, while the NV-GOP has been siezed by Paulites and is in pretty much open rebellion against the national party. Obama in 2008 and Reid in 2010 both outran their polls by a considerable margin, and the state is trending Democratic. Romney will probably have to win the national PV by about 2 in order to win NV.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Yes ME-2.  Typo.  Don't think the attack was warranted though.

Your posting history thus far doesn't distinguish between "proud conservative" and "obnoxious attention whore". So unfortunately, it was.

This attack was absolutely not warranted.  Show some respect.

Agreed. Leave the pointless name calling to the red avatars. Substance wins every time.

Maybe look through the guy's posting history -- although you two probably wouldn't see anything wrong with it.
Regardless, Badger is right.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

No, he should focus on COIANHVA. Nevada and Wisconsin are lean O and Florida and North Carolina are lean R. He should blanket the airwaves in the small, cheap states of Colorado, Iowa and New Hampshire. He should spend the rest of the entire campaign in either Ohio or Virginia. Take those two states from Romney, and he has no path to 270.

[Badger]

Yes ME-2.  Typo.  Don't think the attack was warranted though.

Your posting history thus far doesn't distinguish between "proud conservative" and "obnoxious attention whore". So unfortunately, it was.

This attack was absolutely not warranted.  Show some respect.

Agreed. Leave the pointless name calling to the red avatars. Substance wins every time.

There's nothing partisan or unwarranted about my critique of this dude. I detest chronic trolls--and happily call them on it--regardless of their avatar.

This guy firmly belongs under a bridge.

[TheWildCard]

No, this would be a bad idea. As has already been pointed out there are some possible (but not likely) ways that Romney can win without Ohio, so he needs at least protection in those states.

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LOL no. How many phone calls does every undecided Ohio voter get already?