Ohio Vote Shows Obama Winning Back the Rust Belt
Nov 10, 2011 10:00 AM EST
After last year’s elections, the president moved right. But Tuesday night’s result in Ohio confirms that Democrats can beat the GOP by fighting inequality, says Michael Tomasky.
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What this means for next year is twofold. First, it suggests that Davids Plouffe and Axelrod should work the Rust Belt. Plouffe in particular has been signaling a strategy that would put more emphasis on Virginia and Colorado and North Carolina (where the convention is being held) at the expense of states like Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan. But the way Democrats and majorities of independents are acting in those Rust Belt states now, they’re looking more like states Obama can hold. You may have seen the Ohio poll in which, despite his low approval rating, Obama beats all the Republicans handily—Mitt Romney by nine points, 50 to 41, and the others by double digits.
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