There are five counties that hold the key to winning Ohio — and with it the White House.
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The Battle for Ohio: Can Obama Keep His Lead?
Cleveland
Barack Obama’s soggy supporters looked grim as they waited for the President in a cold sideways rain. Many had been huddled for hours without umbrellas, droplets beading on their skimpy ponchos and drenching the …
How Can Rob Portman Win Ohio for Romney If Its Voters Don’t Know Who He Is?
With Mitt Romney’s vice presidential selection expected in the next week or so, the insiders’ wisdom (read: What I saw on the Internet) points to two guys in the top tier of contention: Ohio’s Rob Portman and Minnesota’s Tim …
Political Pictures of the Week, July 27 – Aug. 3
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Political Pictures of the Week, July 14-20
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Political Pictures of the Week, June 15-22
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
As Joe Biden Visits Ohio, Mud Flies Over Chicken Parm
Steubenville, Ohio
Any last hope that this year’s election would be anything but an unprecedented wallow in muck, misstatement and disrespect was lost Wednesday, at a neighborhood spaghetti joint on the border between Ohio …
The Obama Campaign Unleashes ‘Real People’ in Ohio
It must be general election time. “Real people,” that mythical breed of talking-point-driven, down-home American, have been unleashed in Ohio. They will be trotted out like exotic animals throughout Ohio this week, as the Obama …
Handicapping the Veepstakes: Is Rob Portman the Answer to Republicans’ Palin Problem?
Part 2 in our ongoing series. You can read about Marco Rubio’s prospects here.
The candidate: Rob Portman, U.S. Senator from Ohio
The bio: Portman’s resume is illustrious and lengthy: Dartmouth and Michigan Law, followed by …
House Primary Upset in Ohio: Signs of a Weak GOP Majority?
Imagine how crazy it would be if Michele Bachmann lost her House seat to a Tea Partyer even more conservative than she was—that’s the equivalent of what happened on Tuesday when three-term Rep. Jean Schmidt lost the Republican primary in Ohio’s 2nd District to political rookie Brad Wenstrup. The upset was big—just last cycle, …
Super Tuesday in Pictures
Voters in 10 states go to the polls to cast their ballots in the Republican presidential primary bonanza.
Why the GOP Has Auto-Bailout Blues
It’s been clear for a while that the long Republican primary fight is damaging the GOP in ways that won’t be easily repaired before the fall election. Michael Scherer has nicely laid out the potential effect on the Hispanic vote. …
Romney’s Challenge in Ohio
Just hours after grinding out an ugly win in Michigan, Mitt Romney packed his bags for Ohio, another recession-racked Midwestern state where he’ll have to surmount similar demographic challenges without the benefits of home-field advantage.