Gov. Perdue spent days attacking the bi-partisan state budget before issuing her veto yesterday. Unless she’s lured the handful of Democrats back to her side, the last few days have been more about campaigning for re-election by throwing red meat to her left-of-center base than about the budget itself.
Meantime, President Obama will be in the Triangle today, no doubt one of many, many, many, many visits he’s likely to make in an effort to win North Carolina in his re-election campaign. While here today, the president will stop by Cree in Durham and visit with his “Council on Jobs and Competitiveness,” which is led by GE’s Jeffrey Immelt, the super-rich, tax subsidy and incentive loving Obama supporter. The CJC will be holding a “listening” tour today. Immelt’s role with the Obama administration has drawn the eye of the Washington Examiner’s Tim Carney in this very interesting piece.
