That article has everything to do with Wisconsin and little to do with Ohio.
Wisconsin is a state where we know the Dem ground game was very recently defeated by the Republican ground game during the Walker recall election. It's also Paul Ryan's home state and unlikely to have substantial impact from Hurricane Sandy - you don't want to be politicking near people who have more pressing concerns: extended power outages, flooding expected in Cleveland, etc.
With the advantage of a superior ground game and the breaking of undecided, Romney only needs to close the gap to around 1.5 points to win Wisconsin - which wins him the election if he takes every state he currently leads in.
Wisconsin hasn't gone Republican in a Presidential election since 1984, and it won't this time, either.
Again, you read waaaay to much into the Recall, which most people thought was an awful idea.