Funny thing is the Ppundits are saying Ohio or Florida are key battleground states, but if the states that look fairly locked in for Obama all go his way then of the toss up states Obama only needs Colorado and New Hampshire to get over the line. This means he can lose Ohio and Florida and still become president.
There are really 5 toss up States. Obama can win with one or 2 of those states falling to him. Romney needs 4 of those 5 to fall for him. Iowa is pretty marginal for Obama, so if that's too close to call then the number of toss up states each candidate needs evens out a bit. But Romney still needs more of those too ups than Obama.
Interestingly the so-called Missouri bellwether didn't go with Obama last time and it's definitely not going with Obama this time, so if Obama wins then it's barometer reputation is severely weakened.
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