Chris Kromm says that political analysts are asking the wrong question.
The debate over North Carolina's Electoral College votes will matter for the first time since The Band held its farewell concert should not be whether Barack Obama can beat John McCain, he argues on the Facing South blog.
As is often the case, the issue might not be whether N.C. has the potential to go for Obama — it's whether Obama and the Democrats will invest (or be able to invest, given other competing priorities) the resources, time and energy that would allow Obama to capitalize on that potential.
Kromm says the case can be made for either Obama or McCain winning the state.
Dome tends to agree with Kromm on this point. Clearly, North Carolina is not going to be in the top tier of swing states in 2008, but Obama's unprecedented fundraising ability could allow him to spend money in more marginal states — even if only to drain McCain's resources.
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