? During a campaign swing in Onslow County, Pat McCrory argues that state officials in Raleigh need to spend more time connecting with other parts of the state. After McCrory, Beverly Perdue, and Mike Munger meet separately with the Greensboro News & Record‘s editorial board, the paper explores the three candidates’ ideas, with particular emphasis on records in public office and McCrory’s efforts to link Perdue with recent policy miscues in Raleigh.
? Perdue’s campaign launches a preemptive strike against an expected $3.5 million ad campaign from the Republican Governors Association targeting her. The accusation invites charges of hypocrisy from the GOP. The News & Observer reports that McCrory’s campaign-finance filings lack personal details on a number of donors, including well-known Charlotte business figures.
? A Charlotte Observer poll shows that most North Carolinians don’t yet know much about Kay Hagan. The poll also finds little evidence of anti-Charlotte bias among NC voters. Bob Dole stumps for his wife at the Apple Festival in Hendersonville. Hagan will be there too, after taking in other festivals in Polk County and Beech Mountain.
? McClatchy reporters Rob Christensen and Jim Morrill report that the Democratic convention in Denver left NC Dems giddy about the prospects of an Obama presidency and gains in Congress, while trends in North Carolina are complex and ?disorienting.? NC Republicans praise John McCain’s pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, saying that it spotlights key issues such as energy and ethics.
