? President Bush arrives in Raleigh today for a private fundraiser for Pat McCrory’s campaign. McCrory also takes a jab at Beverly Perdue’s proposal for free community-college tuition, favoring a more narrowly targeted tuition break for certain professions such as mental health care. Perdue is in New Bern for the state Democratic convention.
? As the lieutenant governor nominees head to Asheville, Walter Dalton and Robert Pittenger show some differences on legislative issues such as charter schools and taxes.
? The latest Civitas Institute poll has Elizabeth Dole leading Kay Hagan by 10 points. Dole and Richard Burr push for Senate hearings on the nomination of Robert Conrad to the federal Court of Appeals, a cause made difficult when, in a fit of pique, Vermont Sen. Pat Leahy recklessly knocked an Eveready battery off of Conrad’s shoulder.
