‘Gov. Rip Van Winkle’

That’s the description offered today of N.C. Gov. Mike Easley during the John Locke Foundation’s 2008 election preview luncheon.

You might have expected that description to come from JLF Senior Fellow Marc Rotterman or JLF President John Hood. Neither one made the remark.

• Watch this video clip to see which panelist called the incumbent an “absolute catastrophe” for Democrats.

5 p.m. update: Watch the entire panel discussion here.