The Countdown Begins...

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Hurricane Sandy has poised an excellent opportunity for political pull for Obama.  According to ABC news, "78% of potential voters said that the president has done a good or excellent job" in his work responding to the hurricane.  However, with only five days until the election, the polls say it's still anyone's game--a national tie.

I'll be honest, I'll be glad when this election is over.  I'm sure I'm not the only one sick and tired of receiving (illegal) political cell-phone calls, having my mail-box stuffed full of dozens of political propaganda papers a day, and having to listen to what-the-other-guy-is-doing-wrong-ads for the majority of my television viewing time.  I actually saw an ad that Obama had put out that was rather nice.  It was basically just an ad on how to get information on early voting--no political proclamations or the usual Romney sucks banter.  It was a nice change.

[Obama and Romney Resume Campaigning, No More Mr. Nice Guy]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/29/us-usa-campaign-ohio-senate-idUSBRE89S11T20121029

Ohio is coming down to one become one of the most competitive, sought after, and expensive states in the 2012 Elections and thus history.  The Senate is being closely contested by both sides with Republican State Treasurer and relatively young (35) newcomer Josh Mandel challenging the incumbent Sherrod Brown.  Brown was elected in the Congressional Democratic wave in 2006.  With the coattail effect cutting both ways, Ohio remains pivotal in not only the presidential race, but control of the upper house of Congress as well.

Obama "Far" Ahead Again in Ohio

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Though, for a while, the polls in Ohio seemed to be headed to take a turn towards Romney, Obama has surged forward yet again, with Obama now leading by five.  There seems to be some correlation between the candidate visits to the state last week--out of approximately 6 visits to the state last week, 4 of them were made by the Democrats and only 2 were made by the Republicans.  Today Joe Biden will make an appearance in both Canton--to speak at a local community center--and Lorain--to speak at a high school.