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President Obama visited the battleground state again this week, his 9th visit this year. Emily McCord speaks to Obama Campaign Manager Jim Messina to discuss the current state of the campaign in Ohio, the negative nature of TV ads and the campaign's fundraising strategy.

In the wake of the shootings in Colorado, neither President Obama nor his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, have said very little in regards to the state of gun control in the country. Emily McCord speaks to Joe Frolik with Cleveland Plain Dealer in the week's installment of PoliticsOhio. He says both men have supported different forms of gun control in the past, but during an election year, it's not likely they'll continue that discussion anytime soon.

Ohio Democrats and the Obama campaign have filed a lawsuit against the state to try and reinstate the three day early voting window before Election day. Jo Ingles with the Ohio Statehouse News Bureau reported on the story and spoke with officials in the Democratic party, and Secretary of State Jon Husted. She breaks down the situation for Emily McCord in the week's edition of PoliticsOhio.

With President Obama and Mitt Romney making campaign stop in Ohio over the last month, it's clear that the state is once again crucial to the election. But this year more than ever, the political stakes may be higher. On this week's installment of PoliticsOhio, Emily McCord speaks to Ken Bode. He's been a national political correspondent for NBC and PBS, and a columnist with the Indianapolis Star. Bode tells McCord that if the President wins Ohio and other swing states, it's very likely he'll win a second term without the popular vote.

The Supreme Court ruled struck down many of the components of Arizona's immigration bill week, but left the part that requires police officers to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect may be in the country illegally. An Ohio legislator wants to have a similar law in Ohio. Emily McCord speaks to Tony Ortiz for this week's edition of PoliticsOhio. He's with Wright State University and says that this is an issue that the Hispanic community in the Miami Valley is ver