http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/draft_coop Comments for "Draft Coop?" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/draft_coop#comment-52 <p>Elizabeth Dole can be beaten and Roy Cooper would be the person to do it. His handling of the Duke Lacrosse case displayed all the positive characteristics of the type leader we sorely need. I hope he runs! </p> Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:22:06 -0400 DukeMil76 comment 52 at http://projects.newsobserver.com http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/draft_coop <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>Some Democrats would love to see <a href="/dome/profiles/roy_cooper">Roy Cooper</a> take on U.S. Sen. <a href="/dome/profiles/elizabeth_dole">Elizabeth Dole</a>.</p><p>In a <a href="http://bluenc.com/why-doesnt-cooper-get-more-consideration-for-2008-senate-race%3F">post</a> on the BlueNC group blog, writer Nate Denny argues that the state attorney general&#39;s handling of the <a href="/blogs/twenty_minutes">Duke lacrosse case</a> only added to his experience:</p><blockquote><p>Consider the resume: a well-known prosecutor who’s won two statewide races for attorney general. As a tough-on-crime attorney general, Cooper is in the best possible position for a federal candidate in the South. Assuming that <a href="/dome/profiles/mike_easley">Gov. Easley </a>isn&#39;t willing to run, Cooper is the only potential Senate candidate who’s won statewide more than once — including Dole herself.</p></blockquote><p>Cooper has already opted out of the governor&#39;s race and has said he enjoys being state attorney general. For now, the top Democrat <a href="/blogs/hes_running_irregardless">mulling</a> a Senate race is U.S. Rep. <a href="/dome/profiles/brad_miller">Brad Miller</a>. <br /> </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/draft_coop#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (1)</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_coop#comment Brad Miller Duke University Elizabeth Dole lacrosse Roy Cooper Senate &#039;08 Under the Dome Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:50:56 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 300 at http://projects.newsobserver.com