Perdue

So what are the real progressive issues, and are any of them being discussed on the campaign trail in North Carolina?

Reverend Jeremiah Wright said some horrible things about America. He is evil. Forget about the good he has done in his life. He is evil. I saw it on CNN.

The campaign commercials of Bev Perdue and Richard Moore frighten and confuse me.

Results of a poll showing Jim Neal, Barack Obama and Beverly Perdue with leads in the races for senate, president and governor.

State Treasurer Richard Moore kept his candidacy alive as the NC State AFL-CIO decided to endorse neither him or Lt. Gov. Perdue in the 2008 gubernatorial primary.

I have not yet chosen a candidate between Richard Moore and Beverly Perdue. I originally took that position because they were both public servants of great ability who each brought different merits to the campaign for Governor. I was happy to consider voting for either, so I didn't decide to vote for one or the other.

That's no longer the reason.

Bev Perdue and Dan Besse are speaking at the North Carolina Soil and Water Conservation Disricts annual meeting tomorrow at the Grove Park Inn. They will be speaking at the Legislative Luncheon being held in the Grand Ballroom. They haven't been checking our tickets all weekend so if you are in town, come on over. I will be the tall guy with a green shirt on.

The Wilmington Star-News has a great editorial this morning that reads in part:

Beverly Perdue, a simple maid from the mountains whose modesty and virtue propelled her to the dizzy heights of the lieutenant governor's office, has been shocked to learn that a top aide to Treasurer Richard Moore used a state computer and a false name to ask for information, apparently in hopes of embarrassing her somehow.

Glad to see the N&O doing some background research. Go read the story for all the details. Lots of interesting tidbits on the sources of wealth of the current crop of gubernatorial candidates.

The N&O ran a story today about how Bev Perdue's campaign sent out an email to its list alerting folks to the fact that Moore has raised money from those that do business with our pension plan. I'd personally be interested in knowing if those contributions came before or after Moore decided to include the respective businesses in the business of North Carolina before jumping to any conclusions, but even still, politicians raise more money from their friends than their enemies (sometimes in bathrooms and sometimes not).

Thoughts on this?