Wisconsin's Primary is Tuesday, and it's Obama 47%, Clinton 42% (but what's the Margin of Error, Quinnipiac??)
Ohio (on March 4): Clinton 55%, Obama, 34%
Texas, also March 4: Clinton 49%, Obama, 41%

Ohioan Jill Zimon has written the most comprehensive and enjoyable pundit's guide to Ohio. I defy Tim Russert and his roundtable to do better:

Few people thought Ohio would matter. And honestly, not even that much space - cyber or otherwise - was spent trying to convince anyone in Ohio that we should move the primary. I don’t know if that was prescient as much as typical of Ohioans being slow to accepting, let alone desiring change. Still, Louis Jacobson of Congress Now said Ohio would matter regardless of when we held our primary and I tended to think the same.

6. With three weeks between Super Tuesday (2/5) and Ohio’s March 4 primary, and only a few states in between, the patterns the candidates are making as they crisscross through Ohio look like the back of a needlepoint canvas. Just check out the posts on Glass City Jungle by Lisa Renee Ward. She’s based in Toledo and tracks as many events as she can (see her left-hand sidebar with campaign contact info). Additionally, pretty much every Ohio political blog has added some kind of an “upcoming” widget to help people track what’s going on when and where.

5. Ohio is home to more than 100 institutions of higher education. So, although the state’s population is in decline and has been for years, it’s an excellent proving ground for the youth vote - will they, won’t they, and if they do, who will they do it for? In Ohio, for the youth vote I tend to follow Annie at The Chief Source who has posted about Clinton, Kyle who blogs there as well but tends to follow Obama, Ben Keeler at The Keeler Political Report is a good conservative to follow and David Potts at Ohio Valley Politics does a great job following Valley Ohioans.

4. It’s the economy, stupid. Especially in Ohio, stupid. Sorry - I don’t usually go for name-calling, but anyone who knows anything about Ohio’s voters concerns, has got to know that it is indeed the economy, stupid. Iraq continues not to be the number one issue. The subprime mortgage mess, health care, jobs, poverty and education also compete for title of the most serious issue that Ohioans want addressed.

3. Ohio’s political blogosphere is stratospheric in its depth and breadth. Fahgeddabout bothering with Ohio’s MSM (oh, okay - I subscribe to the RSS feeds for all the MSM’s political blogs - the Columbus Dispatch has The Daily Briefing, the Plain Dealer has Openers and the Cincinnati Enquirer has Politics Extra - as well as their breaking news and other feeds). But seriously? If you want to see what the Ohio blogs are saying - and you will if you decide to follow Ohio even minimally between now and March 4, subscribe to BlogNetNews Ohio and keep an eye on Lefty Blogs - Ohio. I have more than 100 Ohio political blogs in my Bloglines reader. And I read them all, everyday. Lots of primary source blogging and breaking news items.

2. I live in Cuyahoga County - ground-zero for board of elections shenanigans and suspicion. I’ve heard the new director, Jane Platten, speak before and she’s very earnest. But, well, just read #9 again. :)

1. I love attention - and I don’t even have to resort to name-calling. All I have to do is be an undecided voter who lives in Ohio. That’s it. Is there any easier way to get hordes of e-mails in your inbox telling you how much your voice (read: vote) is needed? How much your voice (read: vote) makes a difference? How much your voice (read: vote) will count? Then again, if you go back to #2 and #9, well, you can understand why all that is a tough sell to Ohio voters.

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Jill will be covering the upcoming Ohio Decision 2008 Presidential Candidates debate on February 26.

Dana Tuske previews the battleground of her home state Wisconsin and this longtime Republican writes, "still don't know who I'm voting for. Because Wisconsin has an open primary, I can vote either Democrat or Republican. Will Barack Obama get my vote? Will I give in to John McCain? Should I take a chance and choose Ron Paul? Or Hillary Clinton?" Dana, you're killing me!

And Dori Glanz gave this great preview from the Texas Democratic viewpoint: "And with Texas emerging as a critical state in this year's Democratic presidential primaries, this time we might well be justified in talking big. Texans will go to the polls on March 4th, and 228 delegates are at stake. That's the most of any states left to vote. Conventional wisdom among pundits seems to hold that Hillary Clinton has a built-in advantage in Texas because of the Hispanic population. But in the race between Senators Obama and Clinton, we have all learned that conventional wisdom means little in the face of momentum, new voters, and fast money."

In the meantime, we still have a sitting U.S. President, and he's in Africa, where apparently he's very well-liked. He's made good efforts here, and I give him credit. From Virginia Simmons at the ONE blog:

Reuters: Bush offers more aid to fight malaria in Africa
The Independent UK: Popular in Africa: Bush has given more aid than any other US president

Hawaii also holds caucuses this Tuesday. It's Obama's home state, and his campaign is making an effort. 20 delegates are at stake.