Despite consistent polling that suggests a growing disparity between himself and Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama's campaign says that they will not give up on winning the battleground state of North Carolina. Senior campaign strategist David Axelrod and North Carolina campaign manager Jim Messina both strongly dispute the suspicions that the Obama campaign will pull out of the state in favor of the more competitive states where both candidates are much closer in the polls, despite others close to Obama, like former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, who believes that North Carolina is a lost cause.
Messina cites the Democratic Party's registering of hundreds of thousands of voters and early voting figures that indicate strong turnout from young people as a sign that all is not lost. Younger voters helped Obama carry the state against Republican candidate John McCain in the 2008 election, and it appears that group is key for a repeat in 2012.
Obama campaign says North Carolina is still in play - News Observer
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