? Beverly Perdue, Walter Dalton, and Kay Hagan do not attend Barack Obama’s general-election kickoff event in North Carolina on Monday. Hagan says she will campaign with Obama later, but Perdue gives no explanation.
? Perdue and Pat McCrory make a joint appearance in front of state business executives. Both candidates connect educational efforts to improving the quality of the workforce, though they disagree about the means.
? The Independent Weekly accuses Elizabeth Dole of being too cozy to the oil industry, citing her opposition to a windfall-profits tax but ignoring her recent strong support of a cap-and-trade bill on global warming and opposition to offshore drilling.
