I Witnessed A Conversion
First a little background. I live in an area of Columbus, Ohio that is sandwiched between two VERY well-to-do suburbs (Dublin and Upper Arlington, for those familiar with the area) and one fairly well-to-do suburb (Hilliard, which is where my kids go to school). In my neighborhood, I have seen almost no yard signs whatsoever for either candidate. One guy at the end of the street has a Rmoney sign and a Josh Mandel sign. I have seen only two other yard signs (both Rmoney signs), but at least one of them, and maybe both, are now gone (they are no longer being displayed--for what reason, I have no idea). When I've walked through the neighborhood, I haven't seen any Obama signs, but that doesn't really bother me, because I tend to think that most people in this neighborhood are like me (i.e. they're Obama supporters and will vote for him, but just aren't putting a yard sign out, 1) because it would likely be stolen, and 2) because this election is such a forgone conclusion that buying one would really be a waste of money). During the 2008 election, there were no fewer than 30 Obama signs in this neighborhood (I know because I used to count them as I went on my walks through the neighborhood).
There is one particular neighbor who lives along the main road, and has a wooden rail fence at his property line (because there's a small pool inside the fence). During all of 2008, this guy stapled McCain signs to his fence. He put up one during the primaries, and then after McCain won the nomination, he plastered like 15 of them all right next to each other, all along this fence that faces the road. So all this time I'm thinking that much like the guy who had a Josh Mandel sign in his yard, this guy is a "true believer" ideologue (because who could possibly like Rmoney or Josh Mandel if they weren't completely brainwashed?) These days, every time I drive by this person's property, I keep waiting to see the Rmoney signs stapled to the fence, but there hasn't been any signage this year (and I really expected him to start posting signs during Primary season).
Today I drove by and there were Obama signs in his yard. I'm so completely floored right now that I had to come on DU and tell the world about it. I mean, I knew that a LOT of Republicans absolutely HATE Rmoney, but I never thought they hated him so much that they would enthusiastically endorse Obama. I've met a lot of Republicans who are voting for Obama because they hate Rmoney, but they were doing it reluctantly. This guy is energized enough to buy and post yard signs. There must have been a miraculous conversion at some point along the way.
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did it. 
I live quite near the junction of northeast columbus and westerville (Rmoney has spoken there at least 2 times that i know of). Some of the neighborhood kids go to W'ville school district(more property tax money+better school reputation) and some go to the C'bus school district (bad rep+low graduation rates). I walked my dog yesterday, a long walk in the neighborhood of Otterbein College (the location where he told students to borrow money from their parents). I didn't see but one Rmoney sign, at least 5 mandel for senate signs and a few local congress creep (Pat Tiberi-Repulsive troll). I did see at least 5 Obama and 4 Sherrod Brown for US senate. This is the town the freaking governor Kasich lives. Todays' morning walk was more in my neighborhood park. No Rmoney, no Mandel signs 2 Obama and 2 Sherrod Brown signs. May the conversation be so....
and town (surrounded by mostly purple to blue counties). I usually don't see a whole lot of democratic signs before elections. A smattering here and there, but not a lot. Mostly repub signs.
This year, I am seeing a pretty even mix of both D & R signs. Maybe a slight edge to the R's, but really a good number of Dems too.
Interestingly, though, I have not seen ONE single Romney sign. NOT ONE.
Two houses down from us is a guy who always has all the repub signs out. He has a string of signs in his yard for all the repub candidates - but NO ROMNEY SIGN.
In '04 I stayed for 2 months with a Dem couple in Upper Arlington who were nice enough to put me up while I volunteered as a kerrytraveler from CA in the campaign's Franklin County Field Office (which was located in the union hall by the steel mill).
I did a double-take at the mention of Dublin because I have another friend in that area, but he's a retired coal miner from the Sardis area and his townhouse isn't that upscale. Turns out he's in Powell, near W. Powell Rd. & Sawmill Pkwy.
You're probably right about the quiet Obama support there this year. Franklin Co. went for Obama over McCain 60% to 39.1% (a margin of more than 116,000 votes), which was better than Kerry did there (his margin was some 41,000 votes, 53.6% to 45.6% for Bush).
It would be interesting to find out exactly why your neighbor isn't supporting Romney. If you do find out, be sure to let us know. Inquiring minds and all that... 
