In addition to television and radio appearances this week, John Hood appeared in the News & Observer and Charlotte Observer to respond to questions about the impact of the recent Louisiana oil rig accident on the ongoing debate over offshore drilling. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily e-mail messages Hood’s columns on sales-tax reform, Gov. Beverly Perdue’s proposal to merge duplicative state boards and commissions, and the importance of the 2010 election cycle. A Burlington Times-News letter writer cited Hood in lodging a complaint about conservative commentators. Meanwhile, Hood’s contributions to National Review Online’s main blog, “The Corner,” attracted attention from websites such as Top Conservative Blogs, Conservative Blog Watch, Liberal Whoppers, World Actual News, and Regator.