http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/draft_dodger Comments for "Draft dodger?" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/draft_dodger <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/Millerhead_100.jpg" class="blog-icon" /> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>U.S. Rep. <a href="/dome/profiles/brad_miller">Brad Miller</a> will not take on Sen. <a href="/dome/profiles/elizabeth_dole">Elizabeth Dole</a> in the 2008 election.</p><p>With the decision, announced this afternoon, Miller ends weeks of will-he-or-won’t-he speculation among Democrats who considered him the party’s best hope for defeating Dole and had publicly <a href="/blogs/miller_genuine_draft">tried to draft</a> him.</p><p>Miller said last week he would decide by July 1, but the final decision came much earlier, Barb Barrett reports.</p><p>The third-term Raleigh Congressman has made his name recently working on issues affecting working families, pushing for reforms on predatory lending and going after the high payments for corporate chief executive officers.</p><p>With the Democrats’ takeover of Congress, Miller also became chairman of the investigations subcommittee of the House Science Committee.</p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/draft_dodger#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/draft_dodger#comment Brad Miller Elizabeth Dole Senate &#039;08 Under the Dome Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:00:16 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 1171 at http://projects.newsobserver.com