In case you were wondering, Elizabeth Edwards isn't interested either.

On tour to promote her new book "Resilience," the wife of former Sen. John Edwards answered the slightest of hints that she might be a candidate for Senate, according to U.S. News & World Report's Washington Whisper's column:

There's an upcoming North Carolina race that needs a fresh Democrat, but Edwards says that when it comes to politics, she's been there, done that. "I was president of my junior class in high school. It was a pain in the neck," she says. "It should cure anyone of any desire to run for office."

Edwards was included on a test of seven different matchups against U.S. Sen. Richard Burr by Raleigh Democratic firm Public Policy Polling last month.

Others who have said no: Others who have said no to a run on the Democratic side: U.S. Reps. Bob Etheridge and Brad Miller, Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, Attorney General Roy Cooper, State Sen. Malcolm Graham, state Reps. Tricia Cotham and Grier Martin and Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker.

U.S. News' headline: "Sen. Elizabeth Edwards? Even She Isn't That Resilient."

Hat Tip: Taegan Goddard

Have House Republicans given up on Rep. Robin Hayes?

An internal document provided to U.S. News & World Report writer Paul Bedard lists the Concord Republican among the likely casualties of an expected Democratic wave of Congressional wins in the November elections.

Hayes is among 10 Republicans from New York to Alaska the memo lists as "likely gone."

"The document provided to Whispers is no gag: It comes from one of the key House GOP vote counters," writes Bedard on his blog, Washington Whispers. The source called it a 'death list.'" 

Hayes faces Biscoe schoolteacher Larry Kissell in a rematch after beating him by just 329 votes in 2006. Hayes recently took heat for saying "liberals hate real Americans" at a rally for presidential candidate John McCain in Concord.

The debate Thursday was also something of a college reunion.

Republican gubernatorial candidates Pat McCrory and Bill Graham both went to Catawba College, a small liberal arts college in Salisbury, and serve on its board of trustees.

Graham, who has given more than $1 million to the college, was elected to the board in 2000 and serves on its executive committee. In October of last year, a new dorm, Graham Hall, was named for him and his wife, Shari, both members of the class of '83.

McCrory, class of '78, became a board member in 2005 and serves on the development committee, which oversees fundraising. He is also involved with recruiting new students.

The two candidates also worked together on U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole's campaign and attended the Republican National Convention in New York City.

Catawba College was rated 16th by U.S. News and World Report in the class of "Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the South," below High Point University (No. 6) and Lenoir-Rhyne College (No. 13).