President Obama Stumps For Creigh Deeds In Virginia

For the second time in three months, President Obama went to Virginia to campaign for Democrat Creigh Deeds, who is trailing Republican Bob McDonnell in the race to replace term-limited Gov. Tim Kaine. Obama reminded the crowd at Old Dominion University in Norfolk that he knows what it's like to be an underdog and nobody should count Deeds out.

"I don't believe in can't, I don't believe in giving up," said Obama, who won Virginia last year with 52 percent of the vote. "I am absolutely confident that we can, if you are willing to work in this last week, if you are willing to make your voice heard in this last week."

Some analysts say not even presidential star power can save Deeds at this point. A recent Washington Post poll puts him 11 points behind McDonnell, 44 to 55 percent.

But Deeds' camp insists their candidate can win if voter turnout is high, as it was in 2008. Obama brought new voters, young people and minorities to the polls, and if those same people turn out for Deeds he might be able to close the gap.

"If we are able to mobilize a lot of those Democrats that voted for Obama in 2008 that are thinking about staying home, we'll win," Mo Elleithee, a senior adviser to Deeds, told Bloomberg.

The election is Nov. 3.