Ohio Could Shape the Winning Democratic Message

The Economist: “In these waning summer days of waxing Democratic optimism, of rising hope within the party that it will regain some power in Washington and start to overcome a national reputation for elitism and ineptitude, no state seems more pregnant with possibility than Ohio.”

“Once a bellwether for national politics, Ohio has trended solidly Republican this century as the party gained ground with working-class voters. But polls suggest the Democrats have a chance at not only a Senate seat but also the governorship, which they have managed to hold only once, for one term, since 1991. They could even pick up a House seat or two.”