MANSFIELD: It’s all about Ohio — again. The economy has improved here, and so has President Barack Obama’s standing, putting pressure on Republican Mitt Romney in a state critical to his presidential hopes. No Republican has won the White House without winning Ohio, and Romney hopes to catch Obama in Ohio by slashing at his jobs record in working-class regions. “America doesn’t have to have the long face it has had under this president,” the Republican shouted Monday to a cheering audience in Mansfield, just weeks after Obama visited. “We can get America rolling again, growing again.” In a sign of the state’s importance, hardly a week...
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