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Wake County Commissioner Paul Coble is quoted in an online publication saying there is "no question" the prosecution of John Edwards is political.

Coble's chief opponent for the 13th congressional district Republican nomination, George Holding, was the U.S. Attorney in Raleigh, remaining in office past his expiration date to oversee the Edwards prosecution.

Coble also referred to Holding's investigation of another prominent Democrat, former Gov. Mike Easley in another campaign finance probe. He said the Easley case was a waste of taxpayer money, noting prosecutors "didn't exactly put him away."

President Barack Obama will visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday as part of a nationwide tour to promote lower interest rates on student loans, the White House announced Friday.

He will also appear on a special broadcast of NBC’s Jimmy Fallon show taped on the campus featuring the musician Dave Matthews.

The Chapel Hill campus is the first of three universities on the tour designed to pressure Congress to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling this summer. More than 7.4 million students hold loans with 3.4 percent interest. The White House believes there is still time for Congress to prevent the increase from taking effect July 1.

The Democratic gubernatorial candidates sharpened their criticisms Tuesday night, drawing more pointed contrasts with each other’s records in the second in a series of televised debates. 

Former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge heard his congressional record on trade and his tenure as superintendent of public instruction come under fire. Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton found himself defending his attendance record and his advocacy of Democratic causes in the legislature. Read the story here. And get the pundits' take on the debate.

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-- The calls for Democratic Party chairman David Parker to resign snowballed Tuesday, leaving his tenure short on days. Gov. Bev Perdue, Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton and former Congressman Bob Etheridge all reversed course to call for his ouster after trying to avoid the controversy for days.

The Charlotte Observer is calling it the "April Surprise" and the paper's cartoonist gets in his take on the candidates' reactions to scandal.

Republican congressional candidates for the 7th District touted vastly different credentials Monday night in a Johnston County GOP debate. N.C. Sen. David Rouzer spoke of his legislative experience cutting budgets, while opponent Ilario Pantano tried to paint him as a Washington insider.

GOP congressional candidate Ilario Pantano is getting some help from former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Rumsfeld will attend a D.C. fundraiser for Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans, a political group that supports Pantano, an Iraq war veteran. The event is April 16 at the Capitol City Club. Pantano is a primary with state Sen. David Rouzer for the 7th district congressional seat in the May 8th GOP primary.  The winner will face Democratic incumbent Mike McIntyre. 

Congressman Walter Jones continues to land in the crossfire this election season. First, an indepdent group, Campaign for Primary Accountability, identifies him as a target. And now, the Republican is landing in a Top 10 list of incumbents who could lose their primary elections.

The Washington Post's political pundits give Jones' Republican challenger Frank Palombo, a former New Bern police chief, a good shot in the May 8 primary. 

Republican David Rouzer sticks to a tried-and-true formula for his first television ad in his congressional campaign: attack President Barack Obama.

Rouzer, a state senator running in the 7th Congressional District, is airing the ad in the Wilmington TV market, his campaign said. His aides called it a "strong buy" but refused to release any details, making it difficult to gauge the ad's effectiveness.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell and one of his Republican opponents are both touting a new poll for the Kissell campaign.

The poll shows Kissell leading each of three Republican candidates in the 8th District race. He led Richard Hudson, who pollsters ZacMcCrary and John Anzalone called the "perceived Republican frontrunner," 46 percent to 36 percent.

Former presidential candidate Herman Cain rallied a crowd of Republicans behind congressional candidate Bill Randall today, while defending his own suspended political campaign.
Cain was rueful about dropping out of the race, and he continued to advance his “999” tax plan and attack President Obama. He ticked off a familiar list of key issues he said plagued the country, including the economy, energy, illegal immigration and immorality, saying they could be blamed on a lack of leadership. He lamented that there is an “enthusiasm gap” among conservatives right now.
 

The State Board of Elections has rejected a request by Nathan Tabor, the Forsyth County Republican Party chairman, to get on a Greensboro congressional ballot after officials determined last month he missed the candidate filing deadline, the AP reports.