? Campaigning in Charlotte, Beverly Perdue rips Pat McCrory on the crime rate and other matters. She also offers another link between McCrory and (a) Bush. McCrory defends his response to Charlotte’s lingering gas shortages. He also meets with Citigroup execs to discuss the local effects of the Wachovia purchase.
? John Kerry puts up to $1 million in Democratic Senate campaigns, including Hagan’s. Republicans counterattackwarn that a scheduled shutdown of the Social Security administration’s computer system could disrupt voter-registration efforts.
