Buried at the very end of Jonathan Martin’s Politico article is a clue hinting that the White House is effectively giving up on Creigh Deeds:

Asked if the president was planning on visiting Virginia again for Deeds, a senior Democrat familiar with White House thinking would only say: “We’ll see.”

If the White House had any plans on the drawing board for Obama to drop by again, the answer would have been yes. It’s not like lengthy travel times are an issue.

As I noted below, Obama’s numbers in Virginia are pretty mediocre. But if your model for victory requires Obama voters to make up as large a segment of the electorate as possible, you need the president to stop by close to Election Day.

You also need to be willing to say “I’m a Barack Obama Democrat” when asked directly by a debate moderator, instead of dodging and insisting you’re “a Creigh Deeds Democrat.”