McCorkle entering seminary?

markjohnson — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:17:41 -0500

Mac McCorkle, veteran Democratic campaign consultant, is heading to an offshoot of Princeton Theological Seminary for a semester.

He will be violating both tenets of the adage against discussing religion or politics.

And McCorkle, who was one of the conultants on Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue's successful campaign, is slowly extricating himself from politics.

McCorkle will serve as a development fellow starting in December at the Center of Theological Inquiry. He won't move to the New Jersey campus until March and will stay through June, which fits nicely with being able to see his son, Chip, graduate from Princeton University.

McCorkle, a Princeton and Duke law alum, said he'll be organizing programs that bring theologians together with policy makers and politicians to talk about weighty current issues. He'll be back at his Durham office in the summer and will continue to help Perdue, but he's trying to shift away from politics.

"I would like to do this kind of organizational, institutional consulting," McCorkle said, "and less campaign work."

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