Carville: N.C. could be in play

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:59:57 -0400

James Carville argued that North Carolina could be in play in November.

At this weekend's Young Democrats convention, the political commentator said that Virginia, Arkansas and Florida will likely be battleground states in the presidential election this fall.

Louisiana, Tennessee and North Carolina could also be open to Democrats, he argued, though the deeper South, especially South Carolina, would be "problematical."

Carville advised Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign, which campaigned heavily in North Carolina. He pointed out that it was the only state they targeted that they didn't win.

"We came close," he said.

He argued that if North Carolina goes Democratic in November, it will be "good news" for the party.

"You couldn't write a map that the Democrats could carry North Carolina and lose the general election," he said. "There's no map that (Republicans) could lose North Carolina and win the general election. There are a lot of maps where Democrats could lose North Carolina and win."

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