Pearce: Moore on the attack

Gary Pearce says Richard Moore is on the attack.

On his Talking About Politics blog, the Democratic political consultant writes that Moore's campaign for the gubernatorial nomination has gone on the offensive against Beverly Perdue.

He notes that Moore is challenging Perdue's decision not to debate and "doing all he can to tie himself to Barack Obama," even attending an Obama rally in Fayetteville.

Pearce says it's unusual for a Democratic candidate for governor to "cling so tightly" to a Democratic presidential candidate.

Meantime, she's making it hard for him to put any daylight between them.

Perdue’s strategy has been to never let Moore get to the left of her. When he opposed Duke Energy's Cliffside plant, she opposed it. When he endorsed Obama, she endorsed Obama. He called for raising the minimum wage (a Democratic primary perennial), so she called for raising the minimum wage.

Pearce says Moore has "taken heart" from a recent poll showing him catching up to Perdue.