- Public Policy Polling survey gauges support for New Gingrich at 51 percent and Mitt Romney at 14 percent in North Carolina’s GOP presidential primary (PPP)
- The liberal advocacy group Progress NC goes after Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson for her silence on budget cuts (Dome)
- Gov. Bev Perdue launches her campaign website (www.bevperdue.com)
- N.C. Rep. Fred Steen, R-Rowan, enters the crowded field for the GOP nomination in the 8th Congressional District (Independent Tribune)
- A Charlotte Observer editorial blogger writes favorably of a potential bid by N.C. Rep. Tricia Cotham, D-Mecklenburg, to replace Atkinson as state schools superintendent (Charlotte Observer)
- Dan Barry, a Republican candidate in the 8th Congressional District, contributes a blog post to Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government website (Big Government)
- Also in the 8th District, Republican candidate Scott Keadle will host a town hall Thursday night in Albemarle (Salisbury Post)
- Rolling Stone magazine predicts mayhem in the streets during Democrats’ convention in Charlotte next year (Dome)
- Opposition researchers hired by Democrats are dutifully looking for dirt on presumed Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory (Dome)
VIDEO: In the 7th Congressional District GOP contest, Ilario Pantano runs an attack ad on David Rouzer.
