McCain has to defend North Carolina

In a tragic turn of events for conservative North Carolinians everywhere, Politico reports in this article that North Carolina is effectively a battleground state. Obama has been here 3x in the past month and is currently spending several days in the state. I think at this point the McCain camp is a little dismayed at the situation b/c they now have to defend states they previously thought were solidly red. This will be a problem for the McCain camp as they have already pulled out of Michigan and now they are on their heels in places like NC. The race is turning against them. This race may already be over.