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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChris CiLizard in 'the Fix' now rates Ohio as a tossup.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/11/01/ohio-moves-back-into-the-toss-up-category-on-fix-electoral-map/I don't believe any of them. There are too many variables especially after Sandy. In addition, a lot of people depend on the race being close in order to get people to notice them.
He talks about checking a slew of polls and talking to operatives from both parties before reahing this decision. He may be right, but I don't believe he has a solid basis for it.
The witches from Macbeth could stir up more precise predictions.
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Chris CiLizard in 'the Fix' now rates Ohio as a tossup. (Original Post)
Are_grits_groceries
Nov 2012
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regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)1. The last five Ohio polls, per 538.com...
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All released within the past four days.
I can't see any way that's a "toss-up."
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)2. He's one of the worst
I heard him doing this earlier too
You have to wonder if he's getting perks of some kind
wilt the stilt
(4,528 posts)3. Rich kid from CT
went to Loomis prep school. That is just like my public high school in Yonkers. Gee, I wonder who he is for? He wants Romney to win so bad.
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)4. The illusion of "tossup" is valuable to bloviating pundits. nt
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)5. WilliamPitt of DU now rates 'The Fix' as a bag of fuck.
mzmolly
(50,992 posts)6. He notes a "slew" of polls flipping the state into a toss-up status?
asjr
(10,479 posts)8. Chris is so bad he is going to grow a third side of his
mouth. The other two are getting monotonous.