Check your political calendar: It's the silly equinox.
Political reporters sometimes refer to the time of year when campaigns begin reaching (and overreaching) for offenses from their rivals as "the silly season."
After hitting a high in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, it's cooled off a bit. But the leaves are turning in the general election campaign.
Today, Republican nominee Pat McCrory's campaign sent out a press release noting that Will Matthews, a junior-level aide to Democrat Beverly Perdue, donated $50 to attend a fundraiser last night in Sanford, even writing on the memo line of his check "for the future of North Carolina."
"I am giving this young man the benefit of the doubt," said Campaign Manager Richard Hudson in a statement. "Surely he wasn't engaging in campaign dirty tricks when he attended our fundraiser with a tape recorder."
Perdue spokesman David Kochman said they had a good reason.
"Pat McCrory has a habit of taking different positions in front of different groups, so he went to hear what Pat would say in a room of Republican donors," he said.
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Re: Signs of the silly season
Bev Perude wouldn't have to send out a guy with a tape recorder and $50 if she wasn't scared. She talks about open government and won't debate in the west, east or anywhere in between. It will be interesting after listening to their tape recorder if we will hear some creative splicing/editing come out of their efforts.