pelley: good evening. with unemployment at 9.1% and stuck in that neighborhood for 27 months, president obama appealed today to one of the states that holds his job in its hands: north carolina. why north carolina? well, have a look at this. in the last election mr. obama won the state in a squeaker by 3 tenths of one percentage point. now unemployment in north carolina is 9.7%. our lead today is jobs. we have four correspondents on the beat. chip reid traveled with the president to north carolina. reporter: scott, in this critical swing state, there are dramatic differences in how people see their future. got hot dogs here! reporter: in durham north carolina some fans of the durham bulls are feeling pretty bullish about the economy. take andrew lewis who works in the booming financial industry. the entrepreneur spirit here in raleigh-durham is still alive. there s more new jobs and more new companies starting every day here than i think anywhere in the country. r