Obama to Hit McCain Hard in Ohio

Obama's got something that looks pretty sour for McCain in Ohio.

TPM: The Obama campaign signaled today that they'll be making a major issue of job losses in the big swing state of Ohio -- and aggressively tying John McCain and his campaign manager Rick Davis directly to the problems hurting voters there.

Good. Hit McCain hard -- and when you get done, hit him again. The story's got McCain's own involvement, and has to do with Davis being a lobbyist and the fruit of his efforts being 8,000 Ohio jobs on the chopping block. McCain used his influence in the Senate to get this accomplished!

Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said, "By November 4 in the Cincinnati and Dayton markets this is something that is going to be known by every voter in this area."

In a follow-up story at TPM, it sounds like McCain is trying some kind of hex to keep Obama from talking about this issue. Something about 'talking about problems with losing jobs is humiliating to those who are unemployed.' Could something as transparently stupid as that actually work? I hope not.

McCain screwed himself on this deal, and no hexing is going to cover the truth.