The nomination is settled, the race is over, and the loser has conceded. Now the political world waits to see whether the loser will get fully behind the winner.

Not Hillary Clinton. Richard Moore.

For more than a month since the gubernatorial primary, Moore has avoided a full-bore endorsement of Bev Perdue.

Interviewed after Obama’s visit this week, he offered the weak assurance that he would support “the Democratic ticket.”

Today his attorney – Kieran Shanahan, a tough former prosecutor and a Republican – told the Wake County Superior Court that the State Employees Association to drop a public-records lawsuit against Moore if he would support a bill SEANC wanted.

The Under the Dome blog called that an attempted bribe.

Is Moore bitter? This could get ugly.

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