Crony capitalism is weak. The Republicans really tried to gin up Solyndra. I don't think it gets them any votes. They really didn't find a smoking gun. You asked if I thought that was a good line of attack. I don't think it is. Solyndra is a solar-panel company that got government money, and the solar-panel company failed as some companies fail - which is - Mitt Romney would make that argument as well. Much more effective is his attack on the president's comments that if you build a business, you don't build the whole thing; you build it with the support of roads and the creation of the Internet by the government and all of that. And Romney has taken the comment astoundingly out of context. But it's an effective line of attack because most people are totally unaware of the benefits they get from government. -Eleanor Clift

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Mitt Romney lashed out at President Obama in the crucial state of Ohio, also known as the Buckeye state. Ohio is unpredictable, meaning Ohio swings both ways in elections. Ohio is populous. It has 18 electoral votes. Ohio is a bellwether, meaning Ohioans have voted for the winning candidate in every presidential election since 1964. That's 12 presidential elections. Before a ginned-up crowd in Bowling Green, Ohio, Romney also attacked this Obama statement, quote: If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Someone else made that happen, unquote. The president was referring to costs of infrastructure and the role played by government in business infrastructure development. But Romney said the president intended something else, namely, to attack entrepreneurs. The Romney camp also has a new ad that attacks what Mr. Romney calls the president's quote-unquote crony capitalism.

John McLaughlin asks how successful are Romney's lines of attack?