Obama abandons North Dakota

A few months ago Barack Obama got it in his head that he could win North Dakota. Well he's got it in his head that he won't win the Peace Garden State, as AP reports:

Barack Obama, who has deployed more than 50 staffers in North Dakota in an attempt to become the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state since 1964, is pulling out.

An Obama spokeswoman, Amy Brundage, confirmed Sunday that the campaign's 11 North Dakota offices are being shut and its staffers dispatched to Minnesota and Wisconsin, where recent polls have shown a tight race between Obama and Republican John McCain.

She declined to say how many campaign workers were being shifted, but other Democratic activists put the number at more than 50.

McCain's campaign has no paid staff or offices in North Dakota. Last Thursday, the network of offices was used for a "Women for Obama Statewide Phone Bank Night" for supporters to call undecided women voters.

Look for Montana as the next state where Obama abandons ship.

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