energized. 537 votes in the a campaign not long ago, too. laura? we talked about north carolina. surprisingly, an important state this year. in 2012, president barack obama held his convention, never came back. for the entire rest of the campaign. this time, hillary clinton has been there constantly, as you said, president obama will be there twice this week. donald trump will be there this week. it s become for a state reliably republican fon yer years and recently becoming available to gems is incredibly important. why? a blocker state. essentially, if hillary is able to win this state, then donald trump s already very narrow path to victory becomes almost impossible, because essentially it takes electoral votes mitt romney had off his column into the democrats. look for election night, how are things going? early east coast state keep in mind, north carolina. rock em sock em robots. mary katharine?