? Out-on-the-stump politics makes a comeback in the North Carolina governor’s race.

? Candidates offer varying perspectives on the high-profile issue of mental-health reform.

? Bob Orr seeks to overcome money and name-recognition disadvantages with travel and policy proposals.

? Southern Political Report‘s Hastings Wyman analyzes the latest twists and turns in the Democratic and Republican nomination contests.

? The Daily Tar Heel comes out against the campaign-endowment idea proposed in different ways by Beverly Perdue and Richard Moore.