The Republican gubernatorial candidates faced a rough crowd this morning.
At a meeting of the N.C. School Boards Association, the three candidates — Bill Graham, Bob Orr and Fred Smith — debated education before several hundred people in the ballroom.
They began with a two-minute introduction. But just as Graham was finishing his prepared remarks, a voice rang out from the crowd.
A woman said she wanted the three men introduced. She said she wasn't sure who was talking until she had asked a coworker sitting next to her.
"Can we have an introduction please?" she asked.
Graham asked, tongue in cheek, if he would have to give his introductory speech all over again.



