The path to the White House narrows for Mitt

If the current state-level polling holds, it is difficult to see how mitt Romney can win the White House. According to Real Clear Politics, which is where this map comes from, President Barack Obama has 247 electoral votes that are considered either solid, strong or lean blue — essentially states where he leads by better than 5 percentage points. Romney, on the other hand, is at 191.

To win the White House, therefore, Romney needs either to peel off support in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin or come close to running the table on the rest of the states. All Obama needs to do to win at this point, is keep the 247 and win Florida, or win Ohio and Iowa or some other combination that will get him 23 electoral votes. Given that polls show him leading in Florida, Ohio, Virginia — all but North Carolina among the so called swing states — we could see an electoral romp.

Romney can still win — events have a way of altering the play book — but his downright strange performances in the GOP debates and completely disorganized campaign do not bode well for him.

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet