Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle argued that Barack Obama would win North Carolina in November.
At a press conference at the campaign's Raleigh office this afternoon, he argued that Obama would make North Carolina a battleground state in the presidential election.
After an introduction by former House Speaker Dan Blue, Doyle noted that Wisconsin was the most closely won state in the 2004 election, with John Kerry winning by just 10,000 votes out of 3 million cast.
He told a group of about three dozen reporters and supporters that Hillary Clinton led early on in the state, but Obama won the state by 18 points after "changing the equation" with significant turnout.
"He won everybody," he said. "He won every demographic group. He eliminated the gender gap. The independent vote came to him in a big way."
Doyle also joked about Davidson College's recent upset win over the University of Wisconsin in the NCAA tournament.
"I was wondering whether I should show up here," he said. "We were expecting to play (UNC-Chapel Hill) about a week ago."
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Re: The Wisconsin of the South?
He meant that until a week ago, they hoped to play UNC, but since Davidson took them out...
— RTB