http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/quick_hits_78 Comments for "Quick Hits" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/quick_hits_78 <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>* Worth noting: Former U.S. Sen. <a href="/profiles/jesse_helms">Jesse Helms</a> <a href="http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&amp;session=2&amp;vote=00295">voted</a> to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as U.S. Circuit judge in 1998; former Sen. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauch_Faircloth">Lauch Faircloth</a> against.</p><p>* Brian Nick, a former aide to U.S. Sen. <a href="/dome/profiles/elizabeth_dole">Elizabeth Dole</a>, was <a href="http://campaigntracker.blogspot.com/2009/05/ex-dole-aide-named-rising-star.html">named</a> a &quot;rising star&quot; by Politics magazine for consultants and advocates under 35.</p><p>* N.C. <a href="http://www.ncgop.org/">Republican Party</a> chair candidates <a href="http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com/2009/05/25/nc-gop-chair-candidate-chad-adams/">Chad Adams</a> and <a href="http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com/2009/05/23/nc-gop-chair-candidate-marcus-kindley/">Marcus Kindley</a> answer questionnaires on policy from Carolina Politics Online.</p><p>* N.C. <a href="http://www.ncdp.org/">Democratic Party</a> chair <a href="/profiles/david_young">David Young</a> <a href="http://ashvegas.squarespace.com/journal/2009/5/23/chairman-of-nc-dems-gut-tells-me-shulers-looking-at-run-for.html">says</a> on Asheville talk radio that his &quot;gut&quot; tells him U.S. Rep. <a href="/dome/profiles/heath_shuler">Heath Shuler</a> is thinking of a Senate run.</p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/quick_hits_78#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/under_the_dome/quick_hits_78#comment Brian Nick Chad Adams David Young Elizabeth Dole Heath Shuler Jesse Helms Lauch Faircloth Marcus Kindley N.C. Democratic Party N.C. Republican Party Senate &#039;10 Sonia Sotomayor U.S. Supreme Court Under the Dome Tue, 26 May 2009 11:36:23 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 14068 at http://projects.newsobserver.com