? Pat McCrory hires a campaign manager who previously worked for Virginia Foxx and Robin Hayes. Carolina Politics Online doesn’t think much of the notion that Libertarian candidates Bob Barr and Mike Munger will play a spoiler role in 2008, benefiting Barack Obama and Beverly Perdue, respectively.

? Speaking in New Bern, Kay Hagan forecasts a “big wave” for Democrats that will help her defeat Elizabeth Dole, and quips that if Jesse Helms was Senator No, Dole is Senator Nowhere. Dole attracts attention for her decision to break with most Republicans and support the Warner-Lieberman bill on climate change.