Fracking Adds Prosperity to Ohio -- Bloomberg via Carpe Diem

Link here.

“Thank God for the oil and gas business,” said Tim Putnam, president of Putnam Properties Inc., a commercial real estate company based in Canton, about 60 miles south of Cleveland. “It’s created a lot of optimism among people who live here.”

Barack Obama's former Chief of Staff says 2012 presidential election will come down to five states:

Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, Nevada and New Hampshire with Ohio being the most important.  Now do you understand why President Obama has made so many trips to the Buckeye State?

 Actually, Rahm never mentioned the five states in that CNN interview as far as I can tell, but pundits are coming up with seven toss-up states (the five listed above, plus Virginia and Florida).

It is to be noted that many pundits do not consider Michigan, Wisconsin, or Pennsylvania as toss-up states.

The most important question, though, is this: is it a) toss-up; or, b) tossup?