I COMPLETELY agree, Ohio is/should be. The fact that Romney is campaigning in PA and Michigan shows that he is trying to make viable an alternate scenario for victory in case he doesn't win Ohio.
That's it. PA and Michigan are long shots, but there seems to be a thought among the Romney campaign that they've hit Ohio as hard as they can, drained every ounce of support from the State, and they can't get to the number there that they need. They are also discouraged by polling and volume of early voters.
While they certaintly can't write off Ohio, it's apparent that they can't put all of their eggs in that basket. Moreover, for Ohio to be of any consequence for Romney, he'll likely need Virginia and Florida. If he loses one of them and Obama's firewall states of PA, MI and NV, Ohio won't matter.
