AP Says: North Carolina Governor to Endorse Clinton (Wizbang)

Gov. Mike Easley will endorse Hillary Clinton for president, The Associated Press has learned.
Easley was expected to announce the endorsement Tuesday morning in Raleigh, the state capital, one week before North Carolina's primary on May 6, according to persons close to the governor and to Clinton.

Um, wasn't the media screaming at us only two weeks ago there was no possibility Clinton could win the nomination and that she immediately needed to withdraw??? What gives?

Oh, wright, never mind.

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In any event, the closest Southern state to North Carolina, demographically and politically, is its neighboring state of Tennessee. Clinton won Tennessee.

Virginia is not apropos; it has a much more affluent and much younger populace. South Carolina is not germane; it has a much higher percentage of blacks and is more racially divided too.

So, does Clinton have a shot of winning North Carolina or at the minimum keeping the margin very close? Yep. You can bet your Ayers she does.

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Here's a link to the AP's article.

Comments (10)

I still think Obama will wi... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by jbw | April 28, 2008 6:01 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)

jbw:

I still think Obama will win NC, but it won't be a blow out. The endorsement helps but the black community is coming out large for Obama in early voting. Churches are leaving the pews and marching to vote.

Posted on April 28, 2008 18:01

Obama will be the No... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by Adrian Browne | April 28, 2008 6:22 PM | Score: -2 (4 votes cast)

Adrian Browne:

Obama will be the Nominee

"Hillary Clinton may still be nursing the hope that she'll somehow eke out a victory for the Democrat nomination. But, unless Barack Obama goes to jail or pulls a Spitzer, that's an impossibility."

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http://polipundit.com/wp-comments-popup.php?p=19781&c=1#comments

Posted on April 28, 2008 18:22

Clearly, Mike Easley is a t... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by kbiel | April 28, 2008 6:23 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)

kbiel

Clearly, Mike Easley is a typical white person who is bitterly clinging to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like him.

Posted on April 28, 2008 18:23

Wright never mind</p... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Rory | April 28, 2008 6:23 PM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)

Rory:

Wright never mind

LOL!

the Ayers thing-that's going to bite Obama in his, well-

John Ayers the brother of William-that also rushed to William's defense las week in the Chicago Suntimes donated multiple times to Obama's campaign-back before everyone was.

Also that gaffe about Obama claiming that Ayer's was an English professor?

Well Obama is partially right-I guess he knows him better than most because although he is an Education Specialist according to this blurb-at The University of Illinois website Ayers was the keynote speaker at this National Conference organized by the English Department-
Writing Conference at University of Illinois at Chicago

and teaching advanced honors seminars that make him sound like an English prof-W. Ayers & S. Edgerton, ED Composing One's Life: Autobiography and Pedagogy (2

Obama seems to know the details of Ayer's "second career"-better than most...

Um, wasn't the media scr... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by Brian | April 28, 2008 6:25 PM | Score: -5 (9 votes cast)

Brian:

What gives is you conflating two things. Easley's endorsement ≠ a possibility Clinton could win the nomination.

Posted on April 28, 2008 18:25

Shoot this didn't take mean... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by Rory | April 28, 2008 6:26 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)

Shoot this didn't take meant to say that I was laughing outloud at this-

You can bet your Ayers she does.

Posted on April 28, 2008 18:26

Well good!I hope O... (Below threshold)

7. Posted by Rory | April 28, 2008 6:31 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)

Well good!

I hope Obama is the nominee-all the Soros donations in the world won't be able to save him.

Look at this pretty little Soros bundle-

SOROS, GEORGE NEW YORK, NY 10108 SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT $12,000 P 02/27/2004 SOROS, JENNIFER NEW YORK, NY 10011 CONSULTANT $12,000 P 03/15/2004 SOROS, JONATHAN NEW YORK, NY 10011 SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT $12,000 P 03/06/2004 SOROS, ROBERT NEW YORK CITY, NY 10014 SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT $12,000 P 03/04/2004 SOROS, SUSAN KATONAH, NY 10536 BARD GRADUATE CENTER FOR DECORATIVE $12,000 P 02/27/2004

campaignmoney.com

Bet you Obama spent that in 4 minutes for ads in Pennsylvania-all that money and he lost!

Posted on April 28, 2008 18:31

Are blacks racist because ... (Below threshold)

8. Posted by GianiD | April 28, 2008 6:40 PM | Score: 9 (11 votes cast)

GianiD:

Are blacks racist because they are voting for Osama in such large numbers??

Posted on April 28, 2008 18:40

Blacks are coming out stron... (Below threshold)

9. Posted by Scrapiron | April 28, 2008 7:31 PM | Score: 4 (10 votes cast)

Scrapiron:

Blacks are coming out strong for Hussein even though he's not one of them. He's more non-black than black, And blacks aren't the racist in this country? Made so by the likes of King, $harpton, Je$$ie and Wright in they're quest for the dollar bill, nothing to do with religion. Keep em poor and ignorant and you con them.

Posted on April 28, 2008 19:31

I hope ol' rev wright is en... (Below threshold)

10. Posted by moseby | April 29, 2008 8:56 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

moseby:

I hope ol' rev wright is enjoying his swiftboat ride....

Posted on April 29, 2008 08:56