Down to his last four months in the governor’s mansion and looking ahead at his future beyond politics, Mike Easley has given his wife a five-year contract to work at North Carolina State University for $170,000 a year.

Democrats are giving Sarah Palin the devil for trying to fire one Alaska state trooper – but not one Democrat is howling about Governor Easley making his wife the best paid factotum in North Carolina history.

Pat McCrory did comment. And asked an excellent question: Where’s the outrage?

I’d say that alone – McCrory’s shock about the lack of outrage over the governor putting his wife on the government payroll for $170,000 a year – qualifies him to be governor.

Governor Easley, sailing into the political twilight, is not running for anything this year. But Bev Perdue is. And Kay Hagan is. And other Democrats are. Republicans ought to follow McCrory’s lead and hold their feet to the fire.

So, how about you, Bev? How about you, Kay?

Are you outraged at all?

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