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Points. what was so extraordinary is two years later they elected a republican governor, and so everyone thought okay, president obama is going to have trouble in 2012 there. but now with governor walker having a little trouble with this, you know, it's a state that's really up for grabs. >> definitely. it's definitely a state up for grabs. it's very important to president obama although he can win without ohio. the republicans had the upper hand on this issue, it was felt, but they're fighting back and trying to make an example of republicans that they think pushed too far. they're firing up ...

From his low poll nux there and pull -- numbers there and pull the state out. how powerful will labor show itself to be, and can they basically undo this limitation on collective bargaining that the republican governor passed. >> is it a referendum on governor kasich and the republican party across the country. other states across the country, governor scott walker in wisconsin, he has the same sort of stature, not quite as extensive as ohio. is it a referendum on them so that if tomorrow they don't win, this is something that ought to scare the republicans a little bit going into 2012? >> i t...

Push i from labor, he can turn from his low poll nux there and pull -- numbers there and pull the state out. how powerful will labor show itself to be, and can they basically undo this limitation on collective bargaining that the republican governor passed. >> is it a referendum on governor kasich and the republican party across the country. other states across the country, governor scott walker in wisconsin, he has the same sort of stature, not quite as extensive as ohio. is it a referendum on them so that if tomorrow they don't win, this is something that ought to scare the republicans a lit...

Overreached a bit. governor kasich came in and the beat a very successful democratic incumbent that would hold him off. there was a lot of excitement about kasich. his approval ratings are pretty dismal having to do with this measure. incidentally, i think there's a good argument that ohio really overreached, went a lot farther than the wisconsin bill. ohio covers cops and firefighters, public safety employees. the wisconsin bill did not do that. the firefighters union in ohio, the bill was we're going to shovel this bill back down -- shove this bill back down kasich's throat. that was from th...

Points. what was so extraordinary is two years later they elected a republican governor, and so everyone thought okay, president obama is going to have trouble in 2012 there. but now with governor walker having a little trouble with this, you know, it's a state that's really up for grabs. >> definitely. it's definitely a state up for grabs. it's very important to president obama although he can win without ohio. the republicans had the upper hand on this issue, it was felt, but they're fighting back and trying to make an example of republicans that they think pushed too far. they're firing up ...