http://www.inthesetimes.com/archives/tags/ohio/ In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. en-us Expression Engine jessica@inthesetimes.com seamus@inthesetimes.com Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3969/the_view_from_ohio/ Winning Ohio will be important, maybe even essential, for Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain this fall. And the decision will likely come down to the wire, depending in part on wavering voters like Ruth Santo, a retired department store manager living in Rocky River, a flag-festooned middle- to upper-middle income suburb of Cleveland. Concerned about the economy and healthcare, and critical of President Bush, Santo worries most about young people like her grandchildren. "I don't even know what they're going to have," she says. "So many things are changing so horribly." Obama has some good ideas, she says, but she thinks McCain is "a bit of a rebel" who would also bring change. "I think Obama is too inexperienced,… election 2008 race Obama Ohio Rachel Jefferson