An anonymous blogger is trying to draft Roy Cooper for U.S. Senate.
Started on Nov. 15 — just 11 days after the attorney general won his third term — the Draft Coop blog aims to get the Democrat in the race against Republican Sen. Richard Burr.
"Roy Cooper has been a successful Attorney General," the blogger writes. "In office, he has worked on protecting children, battling meth labs, and increasing DNA testing of crime scene evidence. He was widely praised for his handling of the Duke Lacrosse team rape controversy."
The blog also notes that Cooper won the most votes of any state Democrat in 2008 and argues he was "an effective legislator" in the state Senate. Recent items have cited a Public Policy Polling match-up of Burr and Cooper and debated whether state Treasurer Richard Moore might run.
A similar blog unsuccessfully attempted to draft U.S. Rep. Brad Miller for a Senate run in 2008.
Hat Tip: Tom Jensen
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