News: Obama Leads in Close Race on Eve of Election  Photo
Credit: RealClearPolitics  Map showing the dispostion and
electoral weight of each state, with red favoring Romney, blue
favoring Obama, and gray indicating a toss-up.  After more than
a year of campaigning and nearly $2 billion in spending, the
2012 campaign season is finally nearing an end. Though the math
looks better for Obama, the outcome is far from certain.
Boosted by his handling of Hurricane Sandy, Obama holds a small
but significant lead in the electoral college. For Romney, the
path to the White House runs through Ohio (18 electoral votes)
where Obama has maintained a razor-thin edge in most polls.
According to poll averages from RealClearPolitics, voters in
Ohio prefer Obama over Romney by 2.8 percentage points.  Without
a victory in Ohio, the Romney-Ryan ticket would need to carry
virtually all other swing states, many of which lean towards
Obama. As a possible alternative, GOP strategists have pointed
in recent weeks to a possible upset