Politics
Election 2012: Obama widens lead in Florida, Ohio
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. PHOTO/File
President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney 53%-44% in Florida, 53%-43% in Ohio and 54%-42% in Pennsylvania, according to a new swing state poll from Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times …. About seven in 10 Americans think the Obama administration’s landmark health care law will go fully into effect with some changes, an Associated Press-GfK poll found … Obama will take the case to Ohio voters Wednesday with tough talk on China … A new Romney ad seeks to blunt the furor over his 47 percent comments, insisting he and Mr. Obama “both care about poor and middle class families,” but that his policies will be better than the incumbent’s in helping voters.
When Mr. Obama heads to Ohio to campaign Wednesday it will be as a frequent visitor to a state that has received sizable benefits from the current administration in its role as a key swing state, write Jerry Markon and Alice Crites in the Washington Post. Between Mr. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, the two have appeared in Ohio once every three weeks on average since they took office.