The hotly contested race for the Democratic presidential nomination is likely to change the composition of North Carolina?s voter pool for the May 6 primary. John Hood explains in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

You?ll also hear Joe Coletti?s reaction to Gov. Mike Easley?s recent proposals for mental health reform.

The N.C. House made history this week by voting to expel Rep. Thomas Wright, D-New Hanover. You?ll hear why one of Wright?s colleagues, Rep. Rick Glazier, D-Cumberland, believed Wright had to go.

Immigration is one of the thorniest issues in contemporary American politics. UNC-Chapel Hill law professor Hiroshi Motomura contends some problems linked to immigration might be solved by treating immigrants as ?Americans in Waiting.?

Plus Chad Adams and Donna Martinez will discuss some of the best recent blogs from this forum in Locker Room Talk.