In the modern Presidential era, 2 situations have remained a constant - no Repub has won the Presidency w/o winning Ohio. Currently, Romney is polling about 2-3 percentage points behind Obama and a negative for him.
But also, no (FDR not withstanding) modern sitting President has been elected with the unemployment above 7.2%. Currently, reported unemployment rate for the country is 7.8% and HIGHLY unlikely to improve that much before the election (as reported in the national news - real unemployment numbers make this far worse). This is bad for Obama.
So which taboo gets broken this year?
But also, no (FDR not withstanding) modern sitting President has been elected with the unemployment above 7.2%. Currently, reported unemployment rate for the country is 7.8% and HIGHLY unlikely to improve that much before the election (as reported in the national news - real unemployment numbers make this far worse). This is bad for Obama.
So which taboo gets broken this year?