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Cal Cunningham, who announced his candidacy Monday, has lined up a consulting team that he hopes will help him get to the U.S. Senate next year.

He has agreed to hire Murphy Putnam Media of Washington to handle his media, Rob Christensen reports. The firm has handled advertising for such Senate campaigns as Mark Begich of Alaska, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Tom Udall of New Mexico as well as such local candidates as Attorney General Roy Cooper and Congressman Bob Etheridge. Murphy Putnam also produced the half hour bio ad for the presidential campaign of Barack Obama last year.

Cunningham's pollster will be Anzalone-Liszt Research of Montgomery Alabama which has extensive experience in North Carolina. The firm worked for Kay Hagan's Senate campaign in 2008, for Cooper, for state Treasurer Janet Cowell and for Congressmen Health Shuler and Larry Kissell.

Handling direct mail will be Pete Giangreco for the Strategy Group in Chicago. He has worked a number of presidential campaigns including Obama, John Kerry, John Edwards and Bill Clinton.

These firms are in addition to the general consultants at Nexus Strategies.

Former President Bill Clinton today delivered a solemn message at N.C. State University, calling for people to become personally involved in solving the problems of the world.

"I don't think it's good enough anymore to define citizenship as being a good, honest worker and taxpayer and someone who votes," Clinton said. "I think we all have to ask ourselves what can we do to advance the public interest and advance the interdependent world."

The former president described a world beset by economic and political instability and inequality and environmental unsustainability. He hammered on the theme of interdependence, which he called "the fundamental fact of the 21st century."

Clinton spoke as part of the NCSU Millennium Seminar series, organized by Mary Easley, wife of former Gov. Mike Easley.

The speech came before a crowd of about 6,000 mostly students, staffers and faculty members in Reynolds Coliseum. U.S. Reps. David Price, Bob Etheridge and Brad Miller also attended, as did state legislators and elected officials.

More on the speech here.