Many GOP Operatives Conceding Ohio

[TroyD]

September 29, 2012

Walter Shapiro:

"Many of the well-known Ohio Republicans I interviewed offered their blunt assessments only after they were guaranteed complete anonymity. That is often the Faustian bargain of political journalism in 2012: robotic talking points on the record or something resembling honesty with no names attached. The reason, though, that I am emphasizing the don't-quote-me part of the equation is that I was stunned by the vehemence of the thumbs-down-on-Mitt verdict. All but conceding the state to Obama, these Republicans were offering what may be the biggest rejection of Ohio since Philip Roth wrote Goodbye Columbus."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/09/29/many_gop_operatives_conceding_ohio.html

http://news.yahoo.com/goodbye--columbus--why-top-ohio-republicans-think-romney-has-lost-the-state.html

[JRLeft]

1. If true this race is over.

[DCBob]

3. yep.

no plausible path to victory for Romney without OH.

[Curtland1015]

2. I think you mean "admit Romney's ahead".

The polls are skewed! Mitt's actually ahead by eight points!

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Good!

It'll make watching anything on TV much less retch-inducing between now and November 6th...not that I watch that much anyway, aside from the local news, but it's a 30-minute ordeal laden with repug lies.