Reaction from the capitol press

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on March 10, 2009 - 8:13am.
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Reaction from the capitol press corps on the State of the State:

* Greensboro News-Record reporter Mark Binker said the speech was notable for what didn't happen. "You didn't hear a lot of push-back afterward," he writes, noting that Republican and Democratic legislators seemed reconciled to the deep budget cuts promised.

* WUNC radio reporter Laura Leslie said the speech was "math-lite" for its failure to mention taxes or dwindling revenue and made little news in part because Perdue's been so accessible that everyone knew what she was going to say. 

* Independent Weekly reporter Bob Geary said that liberal groups hoping to hear that the state can't "cut, cut, cut its way" out of a $3 to $4 billion shortfall heard nothing, but Perdue didn't make any "no new taxes" promises either.

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