Obama within 2 of McCain in NC.

[Drunken Irishman]

McCain leads 45-43. That's down from 48-45 last month.

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/north_carolina/election_2008_north_carolina_presidential_election

[Hope And Change]

1. Holy cow.Now that`s close.

[bunnies]

2. So they both lost support, but McNasty lost more.

huh. Why is Obama losing support I wonder...

[Barack_America]

4. That has been the trend in state after state poll released today.

With Obama essentially holding steady (maybe up or down a little), but McCain dropping sharply.

Really, really interesting.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. It very well could be static within the MOE, Obama dropping 1-2 points.

[Carrieyazel]

12. It's NC, he'll a tough time getting over 45% there.

[Renew Deal]

3. The pre-Hillary dropping out numbers are a little bogus

Because there are lots of mixed emotions (disunity) that make the numbers inaccurate.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

6. I'll take a one-point net gain per month til Nov.!

[TeamJordan23]

7. So another red state leaning possibly blue. nm

[Zachstar]

8. Obama winning NC would be GREAT!

Would help remove the impact two surefire McCain wins.

[book_worm]

9. Great news! I hope we can win VA and NC in the south.

[Richard Steele]

10. Back in '04, I was seeing B*sh yard signs and stickers by now. This year, no McCain stuff yet.

I've seen several homemade RonPaul signs along the roads, but
so far not a SINGLE McSame bumper sticker has crossed my path;
and the one person on my street who I suspect voted for B*sh
had a CLINTON sign in the yard during the primaries this year.

Seems like the folks supporting McCain in this part of NC
just aren't very enthusiastic about it.

It's a good thing.

[Carrieyazel]

11. Hasn't gotten any bump here like in other states.

It's close, but Obama hasn't led in any poll in this state yet. This post nomination poll was a great chance to demonstrate that NC could be in play. But it likely isn't.

[woolldog]

14. ...

[Fleshdancer]

13. It will only get worse if McCain continues his awful Iraq war rhetoric

I can only imagine how pissed off Ft Bragg was when McCain made the cavalier statement that it doesn't matter when the troops come home.

[phrigndumass]

15. Hope NC turns Tarheel blue!

:woohoo: