Messina: Obama has the MO JO in NC

[bigdarryl]

http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/messina_obama_has_the_mo_in_nc#storylink=cpy

[smorkingapple]

1. Surprised Obama won't visit there even if just to play up momentum meme

[jcgoldie]

5. NC is a luxury for O

He's doing it right. Send Jill and Michelle there, and stay in the Midwest where the election will be won. If O leaves Ohio, Wisky, and Iowa at all, then he should go to Florida where the reward is highest and he can end this thing by snuffing out Mittens entirely.

[nc4bo]

6. Or maybe he wants to keep it a sleeper...

to keep from giving the teabaggers & Crew any additional enthusiasm.

The NC R's votes are better than 5-plane but still not as good as NC D's.

[Charlotte Little]

2. Obama has his eye on the prize...

...Ohio.

We can lose NC. No matter what anyone says - we cannot lose Ohio.

[dsc]

12. admittedly this would be exceptionally unlikely

but winning VA and NC is the same number of electoral votes as winning OH and WI. So if he won the first two he could easily win without the last two. Admittedly if he wins NC then I can see no scenario where he would lose Ohio.

[WI_DEM]

3. Great! Jill and Michelle are campaigning in the state before Tuesday

[davidn3600]

4. Both campaigns seem to have written this state off

It's hard to believe that if in fact the race in NC was this close that neither Romney nor Obama would stop for a visit.

Apparently they both have some internal numbers that we don't know about.

[fugop]

7. Nope, not written off.

Clinton doing a rally in Raleigh! Woo!

[Lord_Maculus]

9. Yep, just heard that in a bit of Prez Clinton's speech right now

that was just played on The Daily Rundown.

NC is not lost AT ALL... President Obama is just focused on locking down the states he's got the best shot in that will get him at or above 270. Bill and Michelle probably play better with the type of dems and swayable independents that are in NC than PBO does.

[LisaL]

8. Romney can not stop there because stopping there would be admitting he doesn't have it

in the bag. And Obama is concentrating on more likely to win states. But NC is not written off.
Michelle will be there, Jill Biden will be there, and apparently Bill Clinton too.

[oswaldactedalone]

10. Oswald is giving

the campaign at least 20 hours of canvassing on Sun - Tues. Even while working I've been talking up voting among Dem voters and giving out voter guides. I really want the win for all the NC OFA staff who have worked so hard.

[Cha]

11. Thanks bigdarryl..and Thanks to all those in NC who are out there

making that MOJO Happen in North Carolina!