Beverly Perdue might want to send The Raleigh Soup back to the chef.
The anonymous political blog appears to be written by Democratic insiders who can't get enough of negative stories about the lieutenant governor.
Since the blog set up shop in mid-August, it's written about Perdue's gubernatorial campaign 19 times. By Dome's count, 13 of those have been negative.
Some of that can be attributed to the site's snarky tone, which is spread pretty evenly across the political spectrum. But many of the posts have followed the Richard Moore campaign's attacks on Perdue pretty closely, including four separate items on the controversy over her resume.
After the jump, a look at the Perdue posts.
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Posts mentioning Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue on The Raleigh Soup: (Neutral or positive items in italics)
Aug. 19: Perdue is "whoring campaign cash" from the "old boy network."
Aug. 21: Perdue is "chicken" for not appearing at the N.C. Agribusiness Council annual dinner.
Aug. 23: Richard Moore campaign has a "good point" about N.C. Association of Educators' endorsement of Perdue being rigged.
Aug. 30: Perdue's campaign needs to learn to vet e-mail addresses after abortion flap.
Sept. 7: Perdue looks a lot like Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
Sept. 13: Perdue is running for governor.
Sept. 13: Perdue's search for a new chief of staff "has been going on for months with few takers."
Sept. 18: Polls show Perdue is ahead in primary.
Sept. 10: Perdue has 114 supporters on Facebook group.
Sept. 21: Perdue has hired mostly men, while Moore has hired women.
Sept. 23: Someone should look into why Moore campaign was looking into Perdue records.
Oct. 1: Perdue uses kids as "campaign props" at event.
Oct. 2: Perdue's resume questions and reference to "coal miner's daughter" flap.
Oct. 6: Perdue resume issue in explicit detail.
Oct. 14: Perdue resume issue "isn't going away."
Oct. 15: Perdue vs. Moore race is interesting.
Oct. 18: Lobbyist advises Perdue: "Don't screw up."
Oct. 22: Perdue resume in explicit detail, again.
Oct. 25: Perdue accident questions from 1996.
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Re: Soup cold for Perdue?
Well, I posted a comment on the SOUP on this matter of Beverly Perdue leaving the scene of the accident way back in time, so I guess I'll repeat here that I think it does matter. I have not decided quite yet between Moore and Perdue (I've only decided that I will vote for a Democrat), but thus far I can't say that Beverly Perdue has given me any reasons to support her. On the other hand, I am starting to think I have reasons *not* to support her. I don't like it when a candidate pads his or her resumes with half-truths, and this business about her leaving the scene of an accident really stinks. As for the SOUP seeming to target her, I suspect that has to do with the perception that she is the front runner. Those are the folks that draw the fire.
I don't mind not knowing who the cooks in Soup's kitchen are; it's kind of entertaining.