? Politico picks up on the ?Under the Dome? item from the N&O about the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee reserving $6 million of TV airtime to run ads supporting Kay Hagan’s challenge to Elizabeth Dole. Republican consultants Carter Wrenn and Marc Rotterman comment. Dole draws no support for a move to name a federal bill on global AIDS relief for Jesse Helms but has more success with efforts to direct $34 million of federal money to coastal NC projects.

? Via email, Richard Moore endorses Beverly Perdue two months after losing to her in the Democratic primary for governor. Both Perdue and Pat McCrory comment about new anti-gang legislation out of the General Assembly. McCrory talks about job creation during a campaign swing in Wilkes County.

? The Triangle’s ABC 11 is soliciting questions from viewers to be used for its McCrory-Perdue debate.