Way to go, Ohio

After a busy couple of days (part of which I'll talk of later), I have a lot of catch up to do. So I thought I'd update the situation in Ohio first.

USA Today has an article about political ads in Ohio and undecided voters reactions to them. While reactions in general were pretty underwhelming in general, a Kerry ad received the highest vote, and another Kerry ad discussing Cheney and his Halliburton ties was the most persuasive.

All that may explain why Kerry is gaining in Ohio. A new Gallup poll has him actually ahead among registered voters, and down a couple percentage points with likely voters. And remember these polls probably do not include all the new Democratic voters that have been registered since the last election.

Finally, earlier we talked about Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell refusing voter registration cards that were on the wrong paper stock. Looks like he's changed his mind. Flip flopper.