Could Obama's Words from the Primaries Ring True on Election Day?

On April 4, 2008, Barack Obama spoke to a crowd of 17,000 at the North Dakota Democratic Party convention in Grand Forks.



Recently, the traditional Republican stronghold has been moved to leaning McCain or even to a tossup in many election maps.

Although Obama closed his campaign offices in the state months ago, North Dakota Democrats have not given up. In fact, many have continued the work that they began under the Obama campaign before staff offices began to close. Erina Barta, a student at the University of North Dakota who has been working diligently to increase Obama support in the state is one of many who are ecstatic with Obama's recent jump in the ND polls. "It's nice validation for anyone working on the campaign," she said, "and it shows people that you can't just assume things about North Dakota" (The Minn Post).

So, will Obama carry a state that hasn't voted for a Democratic candidate since Lyndon B. Johnson?