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Michelle obama, perhaps the president s secret weapon, making, what, 11 visits to north carolina since 2009? talk about mrs. obama s appeal there. well, she has stressed military families and helping them and, of course, north carolina has a very strong military presence with fort bragg and camp lejeune, the marine base. so military issues are very important. it s a way she s much more popular than her husband is here, and it s a way to portray herself and to portray, sell the obama administration in a very nonpartisan way because it has broad support, it goes across party lines, of course. arthel: and then, rob, you mentioned that 2008 election. of course, the obama/biden ticket getting 49.70% of the votes there, the mccain/palin ticket, 9.48. so close 39.48. so close. so i ask you, what is it about the politics of north carolina that makes it such an enigma? well, there s a couple things going on here. first of all, it s a upper-tier ....