You could see this train wreck coming. Less than a week after Bev Perdue promised a positive campaign, the N&O headline says: “Mailer contradicts Perdue’s message.”

It turns out the National Education Association “had already sent 10,000 glossy attacks on Moore to retired educators in North Carolina.”

So Moore is holding a news conference this morning – doubtless to say the mailing proves you can’t trust Perdue.

Perdue, as expected, now could look like a hypocrite.

Her pledge was a needless and reckless risk. The race has tightened, but the dynamic of the presidential primary helps her by boosting votes among African-Americans and women.

But now her integrity and trustworthiness are a central issue.

If she loses, this is why.

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