been kind of a moderate state. so all these factors have kept, has kept the state really in play. a couple of factors that we're looking at here; military bases. strong military community, army, fort bragg, marines camp lejeune. both parties really making a play for the military vote. senator john mccain was in the state this week at fort bragg, for example. suburban women, another key factor. republicans had south carolina governor nikki haley up here, for example, going after that vote about two weeks ago. so those are some of the key factors going into north carolina. jenna: it's interesting to note, of course, that the conventions were in new jersey for the democrats. what's been the residual effect of that, if anything. did that have anywhere effect on getting voters enthusiastic again as they were for the president in north carolina in