Why is Obama not trying to win SC ?

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Is South Carolina not at least partially in the North Carolina and Virginia media markets? I'd think they'd be seeing quite a few ads already, no? I could be completely wrong on this.

But I'll concede I've been hoping Obama will leave South Carolina be. I think Obama could flip it if he campaigned hard enough.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I have a hard time understanding the "War on Whites" idea, especially when Obama has actually been pretty lackluster on African American issues. It's not like he's really been a champion of any one group. That's why whites aren't voting for him: his percieved incompetence across the board. African Americans would break less for Obama if they didn't have an affinity with him that supercedes politics.

That's not to imply they still wouldn't turn out for a white Obama... he'd just lose enough of their support for this so-called ethnic divide to be less of an issue.