Some say the attorney general from Rocky Mount might make a good Senate candidate.

No, not Roy Cooper. Not even North Carolina.

The long-serving attorney general of Georgia, Thurbert Baker, has been in the news as a possible senatorial candidate there in 2008 or gubernatorial candidate in 2010.

According to the Carolina Alumni Review, Baker won't rule out either:

"I can't stop people from talking," he said. "We'll see what happens down the road."

Meantime, Cooper once again said today that he's not interested in running against U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, no matter what pollsters and Washington-based reporters say.

"I want to be attorney general," he said.