Obama urges Democrats not to quit on Deeds

NORFOLK – President Obama presented a united front with Virginia gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds on Tuesday, urging supporters not to see the race as a lost cause even as polls show victory for the Democrat to be an increasingly tough prospect.

Obama, standing before an enthusiastic crowd of more than 5,000 at Old Dominion University, said Republican nominee Bob McDonnell could be defeated if the same voters and volunteers who helped put him in office last year could mobilize for Deeds before the Nov. 3 election.