While polling suggests that the North Carolina primary will be an even more lopsided victory for Obama than Pennsylvania was for Clinton, the Clinton campaign, like the Obama campaign in Pennsylvania, is pouring millions of dollars into the state and scheduling a barrage of campaign events. The Wall Street Journal pegs the rationale as a way for Clinton to avoid the blowout she suffered earlier in neighboring South Carolina.
Clinton wants to avoid the kind of blowout loss to Sen. Barack Obama she suffered in South Carolina in January. She is trying to demonstrate the breadth of her support to Democratic elected officials and other superdelegates who will sway the decision on the party’s nomination.
The latest Public Policy Polling poll of North Carolina puts Obama up 57 to 32, but this may be more about perceptions to superdelegates than winning elected delegates at this point.
She is trying to demonstrate the breadth of her support to Democratic elected officials and other superdelegates who will sway the decision on the party’s nomination.
