For the second time in three months, President Obama went to Virginia to campaign for Democrat Creigh Deeds, who is trailing Republican Bob McDonnell in the race to replace term-limited Gov. Tim Kaine. Obama reminded the crowd at Old Dominion University in Norfolk that he knows what it's like to be an underdog and nobody should count Deeds out.
"I don't believe in can't, I don't believe in giving up," said Obama, who won Virginia last year with 52 percent of the vote. "I am absolutely confident that we can, if you are willing to work in this last week, if you are willing to make your voice heard in this last week."
Obama later said that he was amazed that he could not stop the rain from coming down. I cant believe that I dont have the power to control the weather. Those rain drops are racist.
Some analysts say not even presidential star power can save Deeds at this point. A recent Washington Post poll puts him 11 points behind McDonnell, 44 to 55 percent.