Here's a mostly complete list of John McCain's surrogates in North Carolina for the general election:

Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, wife Cindy, son Doug, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, former Sen. Bob Dole, former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, former Arkansas Rep. Asa Hutchinson, Republican National Committee deputy chairman Frank Donatelli; Republican Party chairwoman Linda Daves, former N.C. Republican Party chairman Ferrell Blount, state Sen. Neal Hunt, House Minority Leader Paul Stam, state Reps. Ric Killian, Nelson Dollar and Harold Brubaker, Dr. Jeanne and David Smoot, country music singer Cowboy Troy, Nascar team owners Jack Roush and Joe Gibbs, former Nascar driver Richard Petty and former prisoner of war Col. J. Quincy Collins Jr.

City inspectors have shut down the building housing Pat McCrory Raleigh headquarters.

An Oct. 2 inspection of the Velvet Cloak Inn on Hillsborough Street found the building to have bare electrical connections, an inoperable fire alarm and a nonfunctioning sprinkler system, David Bracken reports.

The Republican gubernatorial candidate had been running his local headquarters out of the former hotel, which is being remodeled into condominiums.

"We've temporarily closed it and our Raleigh staffers are working from home until the hotel reopens," said spokeswoman Amy Auth.

She said that supporters wanting to pick up signs can get them across the street at the state Republican headquarters. They can also contact the Charlotte office at 704-714-4344.

The Velvet Cloak is owned by Raleigh developer David M. Smoot, who has appeared as a surrogate for Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Press conferences for the McCrory and McCain campaigns have been held at the hotel.

Update: Auth said that the McCrory campaign office has moved into room 368, a part of the building that is not closed for business.

That's news to the city. "Everything's supposed to be closed," said Larry Strickland, director of the inspections department for Raleigh. "I'll have our inspectors check on it."