kicking that off early this morning, as well. two critical states towards his re-election as well. let s tick there through again, shall we? ohio, 20 electoral votes. that s a lot. barack obama carried ohio back in 08, roughly 52% of the vote back then. and he did even better in pennsylvania, ticked up by two there. he carried pennsylvania with 54% of the vote and pennsylvania another swing state with 21 electoral votes. cnn s dan lothian with us now from sandusky, ohio. you are off the bus, officially, and now we can see your smiling face. that s right. i m on firm ground. good to know, terafirma. so give me the lay of the land. this is stop number two of four in ohio? reporter: right. this is stop number two, and the president will be arriving here about, i d say, within the hour, we should be hearing from the president. it s also a big ice cream social here. and we expect to hear more of what the president said in his last stop, which was about an hour away from her