McCain's general election surrogates

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.

Obama's general election surrogates

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

Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife Jill; Michelle Obama; Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius; U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan, former Govs. Jim Hunt and Ray Mabus; former Sen. Bill Bradley; former Sen. Jean Carnahan; U.S. Reps. Bob Etheridge, David Price, Brad Miller, G.K. Butterfield and Jim Cooper; Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee; Secretary of State Elaine Marshall; former Agriculture Commissioner Britt Cobb; state Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand; state Rep. Dan Blue; retired Gen. Wesley Clark; Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Lambert; Maj. Gen. Scott Gration; professor Sarah Sewall; veterans Paul Bucha, John McCary and Jon Kuniholm; musicians James Taylor, Jay-Z and Tift Merritt; actresses Alfre Woodard, Jurnee Smollett, Tatyana Ali, Ellen Pompeo, Danielle Panabaker and Edie Falco; members of the cast of "The Wire"; actors Kal Penn and Harold Perrineau; comedian Chris Rock, and Nascar driver Junior Johnson. The daughter of Jackie Robinson was scheduled to come but did not make it.

Previously: Obama's surrogates in the primary.

Dick Armey coming to N.C.

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey is coming to North Carolina.

The former Texas Congressman will promote early voting on behalf of the John McCain campaign Thursday in stops at Jacksonville, New Bern and Raleigh.

Update: Armey may already be a bit off-message.

He told the Legal Times Monday that he isn't sure how McCain can win:

"Obama's clearly got the wind to his back and he's got a lot of money. McCain is fighting against the prevailing winds and he has less funds to do it . . . [McCain] just has to stay at it. I don’t know what you could do. He's got get-out-the-vote efforts, but I don't know what you could do to stop the wave that Obama’s riding."

Hat Tip: David Ingram 

Wesley Clark in N.C. for Obama

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark is in North Carolina for Barack Obama.

The one-time Democratic presidential candidate appeared at a National Guard Armory in Monroe today and will speak at a Java Express in Sanford and a library in Rocky Mount Wednesday.

Cooper to tour for Obama

U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper will tour North Carolina for Barack Obama.

The Tennessee Democrat, a member of the conservative Blue Dogs, will addres economic issues in stops in Pinehurst, Sanford, Rocky Mount and Chapel Hill.

He is a member of the House Budget Committee and the Armed Services Committee. 

Democratic pols plug Obama today

Eight Democratic pols are campaigning for Barack Obama today.

Former Gov. Jim Hunt; Secretary of State Elaine Marshall; U.S. Reps. Bob Etheridge, David Price, Brad Miller and G.K. Butterfield; Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand and former Agriculture Commissioner Britt Cobb will appear at an event at the Raleigh Farmer's Market at 9:30 a.m.

The event is focusing on the economy and regulation of Wall Street.

It was previously scheduled for late September, but the Obama campaign postponed due to the votes on the bailout bill. 

Eight Democratic pols to plug Obama

Eight Democratic pols will campaign for Barack Obama Monday.

Former Gov. Jim Hunt; Secretary of State Elaine Marshall; U.S. Reps. Bob Etheridge, David Price, Brad Miller and G.K. Butterfield; Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand and former Agriculture Commissioner Britt Cobb will appear at an event at the Raleigh Farmer's Market at 9:30 a.m.

After the event, Hunt, Marshall, Butterfield, Etheridge and Cobb will then travel to Greenville to promote Obama.

Update: The event has been postponed because Congress will be in session.

More surrogates for Obama

Two more surrogates are heading to North Carolina.

Vietnam war veteran Paul Bucha and Iraq war veteran John McCary will speak on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday.

The visit is timed to coincide with the first presidential debate, which will focus on national security.

Bucha previously introduced Obama during an event in Fayetteville in March. 

Republican John McCain has asked to postpone the debate to deal with the financial crisis on Wall Street, but Obama has said he expects the debate will go on. 

Another surrogate for Obama

Add another surrogate for Barack Obama coming here.

Actress Jurnee Smollett, star of the movie "The Great Debaters," will be at N.C. Central and N.C. State, UNC-Greensboro, Winston-Salem State, High Point University and N.C. A&T today.

On Friday, she'll visit Elizabeth City State University and East Carolina University.

The tour is part of a voter registration drive aimed at college students.

Voter registration closes at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10.

Sebelius stumps for Obama again

Kathleen SebeliusKathleen Sebelius stumped for Barack Obama again this weekend.

The Kansas governor previously toured North Carolina on behalf of the Democratic presidential candidate in April during his primary battle with Hillary Clinton. She returned in June for a fundraiser for Democratic Senate candidate Kay Hagan.

On Friday, she made two stops in the western part of the state, arguing that Republican John McCain had ties to Wall Street's current problems and rallying women, the Asheville Citizen-Times reports.

"It isn't just a string of bad luck that produced the tumult that we see on Wall Street," Sebelius said at a stop in an Asheville coffee shop. "It's a stream of bad policy and a stream of deregulation of the financial services industry."

The stops were part of a ramped-up effort by Obama to bring surrogates to North Carolina. His wife, Michelle, and running mate, Joe Biden, have made recent stops, and former Missouri Sen. Jean Carnahan will visit Tuesday.

Hat Tip: Laura Leslie 

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