The Magic Eight Ball has a new contender.
On the Talking About Politics blog, Democratic political consultant Gary Pearce claims that state Sen. Kay Hagan is thinking of running against U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole after all.
The Greensboro Democrat earlier ruled out a race, Pearce contends, because national Democrats were wooing state Rep. Grier Martin, who passed on the idea.
Now Hagan is reconsidering. She’s being wooed by North Carolina Democrats – and by Schumer. The garrulous New Yorker’s first task was to eat crow with Hagan.
We asked the plastic toy gathering dust on our desk. Its response: You may rely on it.
Update: N.C. Spin has also weighed in, saying Hagan is running.
Second Update: Greensboro blogger Ed Cone and the Swing State Project also say she's in.
Third Update: Greensboro N&R reporter Mark Binker says he's heard the rumors too, as has the Raleigh Soup.
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Re: Eight Ball on Hagan for Senate
Must have been an offer she couldn't refuse. She's almost always practical, with protecting her own self, and I think she'll regret it and knows she will.
So the wild promises from Chuckie must have been dear to her and credible, or plain threatening.