Battleground states: The road to 270 electoral votes to win the presidency
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>> Up for grabs.
In Florida, unemployment tops 9 percent, tourism is slow to recover, gas prices are high and trouble persists in the housing market; all that works against Obama.
But his team is aggressively organizing in the state, and his visit last week was his 16th since taking office, more than almost any other swing state.
(President Barack Obama is greeted by Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., center, and Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn as he arrives at Tampa International Airport on Air Force One, Friday, April 13, 2012, in Tampa, Fla.)
In Florida, unemployment tops 9 percent, tourism is slow to recover, gas prices are high and trouble persists in the housing market; all that works against Obama.
But his team is aggressively organizing in the state, and his visit last week was his 16th since taking office, more than almost any other swing state.
(President Barack Obama is greeted by Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., center, and Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn as he arrives at Tampa International Airport on Air Force One, Friday, April 13, 2012, in Tampa, Fla.)
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What Mitt Romney needs is a good VP candidate to pick up some of the leaning states. What Obama needs is a miracle, or an economy on the upswing.
Scratch that,
Romney shouldn't have a woman VP. For one reason alone. I can only imagine how comedians would say "Romney's first wife Ann, and his second wife __(insert VP name here)__"
It wouldn't go over well.
Sorry, Rifelman but if you count the solids and strongly leanings Obama is currently winning 228 to 170. Obama only needs Florida to put him well over the top.
Rifleman,
This comment got posted to another article by mistake. It should have been posted before the other comment on here.
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Rifleman,
I agree. If Romney picked an evangelical VP or one that most evangelicals could support- then I'm sure that would help him put southern voters at ease. If he have a woman VP, who knows- maybe even that could help him (or hurt I guess).
But as for Obama, Romney's business experience vs Obama's not fulfilling his promises- plus with Obama basically saying "In your face" to any religious conservatives. It surely isn't helping him much.