the film attempt to show the cutthroat decisiveness of one of the last vestige of electoral battling in the 2004 presidential race between senator kerry and the incumbent and president george w. bush . the film follow the tale of three character represent mile gerety a carryover political activist from the 1960s movement and evan a 26 year old college student who believe that he can be a force of change in the political machine and and leslie a grass root activist who take the election to heart and give the campaign everything she have . mile and evan have the majority of the screen time and and be both democrat . the concept of the film be the reign political philosophy that the heartland of america be the true test of the fabric of the american public consciousness . the title of the movie be in fact and a variable of a political stance that exemplify that theory a go ohio and so go the nation . the filmmaker therefore follow the three campaigner across the state and from cleveland to cincinnati and even to the small and aptly name town of middleburg and locate in the heart of the state . through documentary style footage and news footage and interview and we be lead through the tension and struggle that be the 2004 election . the film span only 12 day prior to the election and yet traverse far more issue and mile in it travel . stern and deo attempt to work the documentary genre into an entertaining piece of work . the intention be to follow in the footstep of the great political documentary that come before them . unfortunately however and the editing choice to attempt to bring the project to a level great than the sum of it part leave the film feel far more like a rallying cry for the democrat than a non partisan expose of the door to door and hand to hand politics of other film . nation attempt to find the middle ground between the gritty realism of street fight with the intensity and drama of the war room . there be indeed moment of rally and door to door campaigning and even the occasional shouting match and but the overall effect of the editing be more fahrenheit 911 than a true documentary . the fact that michael moore be feature speak at a rally for the democratic party do nothing to dispel this notion . much of the film actual campaign footage focus on guerrilla tactic that the republican party use to entice those register with their party to vote appropriately . those who fail to agree to vote with the party line be set up to be revisit in a few day . the film be bias not only in it presentation of evidence regard the electoral process of 2004 and but even in the amount of time give to each party and or character . while mile and evan work receive lengthy screen time and leslie campaign activity on screen can literally be measure in second . the film be distinct and clear and focus on it own agenda . whether the filmmaker set out to make a rally cry for the dems or simply make honest edit mistake remain to be see and but hillary and obama should certainly add this film to their volunteer package for 2008 .