That’s the title of Rob Christensen’s column in Sunday’s Raleigh News & Observer. Sample:

Duke Energy seems to have this city politically wired.

How else can you explain why North Carolina’s political leadership has gone mute in the face of the Duke-Progress Energy merger blowup?

Democratic Gov. Bev. Perdue? Nothing. Gubernatorial candidates Pat McCrory and Walter Dalton – next to nothing. Senate leader Phil Berger or House Speaker Thom Tillis? Who, me?