Biden on Bad NASCAR Analogies and Record Turnout in North Carolina

Thu, October 23, 2008 - 9:49 AM

If Barack Obama is to become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win North Carolina in decades, it's probably going to take a shattering of previous turnout records. Though early voting numbers have been huge in the state thus far, his running mate, Joe Biden, isn't taking any chances. He's talking to a crowd of rabid Dems in Charlotte right now, and telling them to get out and vote early (though not often).

"Ladies and Gentlemen, there's no excuse (for not voting this year). None," he said.

Also, he just unleashed maybe the most tortured analogy for the campaign, comparing it to a NASCAR race, a blatant pander in racin' crazy North Carolina. "Right now the campaigns are tradin' a little paint...and the McCain campaign is getting a little loose," he said.

Not a lot of NASCAR fans in the house apparently, because the crowd stays pretty silent.

--Sean Mussenden