Here's a mostly complete list of Barack Obama's surrogates in North Carolina for the general election:
Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife Jill; Michelle Obama; Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius; U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan, former Govs. Jim Hunt and Ray Mabus; former Sen. Bill Bradley; former Sen. Jean Carnahan; U.S. Reps. Bob Etheridge, David Price, Brad Miller, G.K. Butterfield and Jim Cooper; Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee; Secretary of State Elaine Marshall; former Agriculture Commissioner Britt Cobb; state Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand; state Rep. Dan Blue; retired Gen. Wesley Clark; Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Lambert; Maj. Gen. Scott Gration; professor Sarah Sewall; veterans Paul Bucha, John McCary and Jon Kuniholm; musicians James Taylor, Jay-Z and Tift Merritt; actresses Alfre Woodard, Jurnee Smollett, Tatyana Ali, Ellen Pompeo, Danielle Panabaker and Edie Falco; members of the cast of "The Wire"; actors Kal Penn and Harold Perrineau; comedian Chris Rock, and Nascar driver Junior Johnson. The daughter of Jackie Robinson was scheduled to come but did not make it.
Previously: Obama's surrogates in the primary.
Alfre Woodard and the daughter of Jackie Robinson will tour North Carolina.
The noted TV actor and Sharon Robinson, whose father broke the race barrier in major league baseball, will promote Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Saturday.
The two will appear at a canvassing kick-off in Cary at 12:25 p.m. and in Charlotte later that day.
They are the latest Obama surrogates to speak in the state in advance of the general election. Former Sen. Bill Bradley and actor Kal Penn have also made appearances.
Here's a complete list of Barack Obama's surrogates in North Carolina:
Michelle Obama; Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle; Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius; U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Claire McCaskill of Missouri; U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia, John Conyers of Michigan and Danny Davis of Illinois; former Mississipi Gov. Ray Mabus; former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan of Missouri; former South Carolina politician Inez Tenenbaum; Newark Mayor Cory Booker; former UNC-Chapel Hill basketball star Sam Perkins; actor Kal Penn; actresses Sophia Bush, Alfre Woodard and Tatyana Ali, independent bands Arcade Fire and Superchunk.
Kal Penn is coming to North Carolina.
The Indian-American actor will make stops in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Elon and Durham this weekend for the Barack Obama campaign.
In case you've never heard of him, the Obama campaign provided this brief bio:
Kal Penn currently stars in the FOX television show House, and he has also appeared on the television shows 24 and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, and in movies such as National Lampoon’s Van Wilder and The Namesake. Kal Penn has campaigned for Senator Obama in numerous states, speaking about his belief in Senator Obama's ability to bring about change.
Still not sure who he is? Um, how about "Kumar" from the movie "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" and its recent sequel "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay"?
Given that the movies are the Gen-Y equivalent to Cheech & Chong (with a few jokes at the expense of Homeland Security in the second for good measure), it's not surprising that Obama failed to mention them.