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U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan is featured in an ABC News broadcast airing Thursday evening about the record number of female senators that take office today. The Democrat joined 19 of the 20 women for an interview with Diane Sawyer.
Hagan gets far less airtime than some of her colleagues, according to a transcript, but at one point expressed hope there will be a woman nominee for president in 2016.
Pat McCrory is red-carpet political fundraising has attracted its fair share of GOP stars: Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Steve Forbes and Nikki Haley.
But his campaign's April 30 check-gathering at the Angus Barn will likely top those events thanks to headliner Jeb Bush. The hosts for the event -- announced Thursday by his campaign -- include former Denmark Ambassador Jim Cain, appointed by President George W. Bush; Golden Corral executive Ted Fowler; Republican uber-fundraiser Kieran Shanahan; and businesswoman Judi Grainger.
Bush, the former Florida Republican governor, is widely considered as a future presidential candidate and known for his dedication to education policy. And it's worth noting he's in town next month as part of an education summit with former Democratic N.C. Gov. Jim Hunt.
The event will help McCrory boost his financial advantage over the Democratic candidates who will spend the next six weeks squeezing blood from a turnip and spend much of it to get the party's nomination.
A national online effort to find and nominate a candidate for president has begun a petition drive to get that candidate on the ballot in North Carolina.
Americans Elect, described as a "virtual Third Party," hopes to mobilize tens of thousands of people across the country to recommend and then vote on a presidential ticket in 2012.
Organizers say they've already gotten the 1.6 million signatures they need to get on the ballot in California.
"There's a real hunger out there for a third ticket in 2012 and for folks to participate in a more meaningful way in a primary," Elliot Ackerman, the group's chief operating officer, told the Observer on Monday. "Not just people who live in early primary states like Iowa and New Hampshire but every American."
The group's board of advisers includes Mark Erwin of Charlotte, an investor and former U.S. ambassador, former FBI Director William Webster and Mark McKinnon, a former adviser to President George W. Bush. Read more from The Charlotte Observer here.
