[AaronInCarolina]

Look at this in the context of Obama’s campaign push in a state like Minnesota (Bill Clinton is making two appearances there this weekend)

Karl Rove pointed out on Fox News tonight that Obama will be making a stop in NW Wisconsin near the Minnesota border (same media market), and suggested that it may be a sign that he may be a little worried about MN.

[Alberta's Child]

Good point. Not only that, but the region of Minnesota that borders NW Wisconsin is Iron Range country — one of the most reliably Democratic parts of Minnesota. In this election, though, those Democrats — white, working class people who are holding on in the fading iron mining region — are the ones most likely to walk away from a surly black malcontent running for office.