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...like throwing people under buses) makes it hard to believe that the ruling party can continue its power hold on power. But those who think the results of November's elections are a foregone conclusion would do well to watch a new documentary about the 2004 race in Ohio, ...So Goes the Nation...
...Since 1960, every elected President has won the Buckeye state, and in the history of the U.S. no Republican candidate has ever taken the White House without winning Ohio. Thus the political wisdom "As goes Ohio, so goes the nation," which explains why directors James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo set up cameras across the state in 2004 as both parties put Ohio in the cross hairs...
...Despite a conservative bent - its Governor and both U.S. Senators were, and still are, Republicans - a depressed economy and dissatisfaction with the Iraq war made the Kerry campaign hopeful they could put Ohio in the win column. More than hopeful, really. "Look at the advantages that my party had," says Democratic consultant Paul Begala, a Kerry adviser who's just one of the swarm of pundits interviewed by the filmmakers. "We had a soft economy, we had a very unpopular President...we had an unpopular occupation...and we had a candidate who had a terrific record of personal heroism...
...There's probably a reason Ohio has played the durable role it has in presidential politics. But despite the punditry and fancy talk about micro targeting, the movie doesn't really get at its central question. Instead it shows that the rules of politics remain pretty simple: stay on message and don't say stupid stuff. Advice that's as straightforward as good steak - and just as easy to screw...
...Politics is Local in Ohio Republican incumbent Deborah Pryce faces an uphill battle in her bellwether midwestern district, a clear sign that this is a very different kind of midterm election