Clinton just got a big boost in North Carolina. That state's governor, Mike Easley, will endorse Hillary Clinton today bringing with him the bulk North Carolina's blue collar voters.
"He's clean in the culture. Easley's wrecked the Charlotte Motor Speedway doing 150 miles per hour, and Bubba likes that," said Saunders, referring to NASCAR fan Easley’s 2003 race car crash. “He's a hunter. He's a strong Second Amendment guy. He gives her great cultural validation in the state of North Carolina."
Clinton aides were jubilant.
"Huge deal," Clinton's North Carolina director, Ace Smith, told Politico.
Smith, sticking with the campaign’s official line, said that if Clinton could keep the margin within 15 percentage points — she currently trails Obama by 12 percent in an average of polls – she'd have won a victory.
But other Clinton backers were more optimistic, saying Clinton had a shot at the definition of victory she set for Obama in Pennsylvania: Victory.
"The governor clearly feels she can now pull this out," said a prominent Clinton supporter.
All of this is going on while Obama has to deal with Reverend Wright's demanding ego. Ben Smith notes, in another Politico piece, that Wright's well-covered routine at the National Press Club yesterday originated with a Clinton supporter.
Obama's campaign has disavowed Wright's media tour, and a correspondent notes an interesting detail:
Wright was invited to the National Press Club by a journalist and minister who supports Clinton.
The Tribune reports that Wright was invited by Barbara Reynolds, a former USA Today editorial board member who has written on personal blog of her support for Clinton.
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