* Attorney General Roy Cooper tells WTVD that he'll make a decision about whether to run for U.S. Senate in 2010 "very soon." (H/T: Draft Coop)

* Democratic consultant Gary Pearce says U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler's anti-stimulus vote may cost him heavily in the 2010 Senate primary.

* After getting stuck on his first day at the legislature, Sen. Don Vaughan files a bill requiring elevators be numbered to help firefighters find them.

* Republican Sen. Andrew Brock files a bill that would move North Carolina's presidential primary up three months to February.