? More coverage of the gubernatorial and Senate candidate forums in Atlantic Beach over the weekend describe differing views on crime, offshore drilling, the Iraq war, taxes, and other issues. WUNC-FM’s Laura Leslie, a participant in the media panel, offers her reaction. Her take on the gubernatorial face-off is similar to mine.
? Pat McCrory will join Bob Dole and former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele as speaker at Americans for Prosperity’s ?Take Back Our State? rally in Raleigh.
? Former Rep. Bertha Holt says that the state Democratic Party is in the best position to make political advances in decades.
? The N&O?s Rob Christensen points out that both Elizabeth Dole and Perdue claim credit for protecting North Carolina?s military bases during the last round of closures, a process that is supposedly free from political influence.
