Arizona Sen. John McCain is heading toward the Republican nomination in the presidential race, and Roy Cordato critiqued McCain’s contradictory stances on energy costs in an op ed this week for the Washington Examiner. Meanwhile, John Hood discussed with the News & Observer the roles of two Charlotte Republicans, Pat McCrory and Robert Pittenger, seeking the North Carolina governor’s and lieutenant governor’s jobs. Speaking of McCrory, Jeff Taylor’s blogs about the current Charlotte mayor drew attention from the Charlotte Observer‘s blog, “The Daily Views.”