* N.C. Association of Educators president and superintendent candidate Eddie Davis suggests adding Sen. Jeanne Lucas' name to the Vance-Aycock Dinner. (AC-T)
* State Treasurer Richard Moore, already a frequent guest on CNBC, is among those for the "Power Lunch" show's tour of Charlotte. (Char-O)
* Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and former Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr cross paths while touting their gubernatorial campaigns in Burke County. (Morganton News-Herald)
* U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry defends Blackwater security contractors during Congressional hearings, noting that no visiting lawmakers have been hurt. (Char-O)
Comments
Re: Monday quick hits
October 8, 2007 - 11:45am — ProctorThe campaign managers for Beverly Perdue and Bob Orr will no doubt be looking for ways to keep their candidates from getting all tangled up while looking for votes in Burke County. So here are two possible itineraries to consider (pick one of these two):
Either Orr could have lunch in Valdese while Perdue dines in Glen Alpine,
or Perdue could stop for coffee in Icard while Orr is enjoying a java in the heart of Drexel.
Of course, sometimes campaign managers of candidates competing in separate party primaries like to arrange a "chance meeting" of the two candidates so as to add an extra dash of publicity in the races against their fellow Democrats and Republicans, so how about an environmental protection event in Connelly Springs?
Of course, if Orr and Perdue wish to go ahead and schedule a friendly debate in Burke County, they could call up WRAL's morning news show and ask Morganton native Bill Leslie to go home to moderate. He could even play some of those Blue Ridge songs of his on his guitar before the candidates commence to speechifying just to get everybody into a good frame of mind.
Then, for good measure, don't forget to add a reporter from the Morganton News-Herald and a Catawba Valley bureau writer for the Charlotte Observer to the panel, and folks will be hearing about these campaigns all the way to Hickory, Lenoir and Rutherfordton.
Could Tim Russert match that?
Just think, if all the candidates running for governor and lieutenant governor would pair up across party lines and go hit the hustings across the Old North State, then by the time the party's respective nominees are selected, folks would have a pretty good idea of what the candidates hope to achieve for North Carolina in the next four years.