Bons sinais do decisivo Ohio

The first survey, from Public Policy Polling (PPP), has President Obama up by five points on Romney in Ohio (50% to 45%). The poll was exclusively after the end of the Democratic National Convention.

O Filipe destacou o impacto da Convenção Democrata nas sondagens, a favor de Obama.

Importa, todavia, apurar Estado a Estado o estado de alma do eleitorado e, de facto, os ventos parecem soprar a favor de Obama. No Ohio, Estado que se precisa de ganhar para ser eleito Presidente, pelo menos assim tem acontecido, Obama deu um salto e distanciou-se de Romney. Não deve ter sido por acaso, pois a indústria automóvel, uma das bases da economia deste Estado, esteve em foco, por Bill Clinton, a propósito das medidas da Administração Obama, perante a oposição de Romney:

The auto industry restructuring worked. It saved more than a million jobs, not just at GM, Chrysler and their dealerships, but in auto parts manufacturing all over the country. That's why even auto-makers that weren't part of the deal supported it. They needed to save the suppliers too. Like I said, we're all in this together.

Now there are 250,000 more people working in the auto industry than the day the companies were restructured. Governor Romney opposed the plan to save GM and Chrysler. So here's another jobs score: Obama two hundred and fifty thousand, Romney, zero.

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