Eight Ball: 7-for-9


The Eight Ball picks up two points, and a contender moves into the running.

Earlier this afternoon, the magic toy from Target correctly agreed with The Raleigh Soup that Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue's chief of staff, Zach Ambrose, would become her campaign manager, and that N.C. Department of Commerce official Don Hobart would replace Ambrose.

In a release sent not long afterward, Perdue's office confirmed both.

Ambrose has already stepped down from his position as chief of staff, which paid $110,970 a year.

Hobart, a native of Johnson County, has worked for then Attorney General Mike Easley, U.S. Rep. David Price and former Gov. Jim Hunt. He'll start Sept. 24.

The current standings: Eight Ball 7-for-9; Raleigh Soup 2-for-2; N.C. Spin 1-for-3; TechJournal South, N.C. Policy Watch, Speaker Joe Hackney and the Whiteville News Reporter 1-for-1.

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