As the US House nears a final vote on health care overhaul, President Obama’s visit to Strongsville will be his third campaign-style event in a week to rally support for the issue.
Strongsville tends to lean right. He lost to John McCain there by five percentage points. But the bulk of residents are independents, and John Green of the University of Akron says the trip could have a marginal effect if it can sway skeptical swing voters.
GREEN: The critical politics of the moment is to firm up support among Democrats. And to the extent that he can get independent-leaning voters to pay attention to Democrats, to maybe put pressure on Democratic members, then it could make a difference.
House Democrats are hoping to vote on the health care overhaul bill by the end of the week.