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As Rob Christensen wrote in his column Sunday, being booed at the Dean Dome a couple of weeks ago may have contributed to Governor Perdue’s decision not to run. And there’s another story going around about that game.   According to this account, Republican puppet-master Art (“I Am Not An Heir”) Pope delivered a clear…

Democrats are down in the dumps: Erskine Bowles and Joe Hackney are both out. And Heath Shuler (though there was less love loss there). The N&O’s top headline proclaims an “exodus” from the legislature.   But take it from an old gray head: We’ve been down before.   In 1988, Democrats had just lost a…

It’s a rule of political thumb: the longer it takes a potential candidate to decide whether to run, the more likely the answer will be no.   Still, North Carolina Democrats sit and wait while Erskine Bowles sits and ponders.   And time’s a’wasting. The primary is in three months, the election in nine.  …

Among the people maddest at Governor Perdue are those who gave money to her campaign  – especially big money when she was putting on a big push recently.   She hasn’t decided what to do with the million-plus she has. Give it back? Give it to charity?   Here’s an idea: turn the money over…

In politics, you’re never beaten until you give up. Governor Perdue is now officially beaten.   She proclaims she’ll keep fighting and she’s no lame duck. She apparently gave a rousing speech to the Sanford-Hunt-Frye dinner. Still, she’s laying down her sword and walking off the field of battle.   No doubt she feels beat…