GREENSBORO, N.C. – U.S. Senate Candidate Kay Hagan (D-Guilford)  will be kicking off a “Best Interests, Not The Special Interests” tour this weekend.  Stops include Tarboro, Clayton, Sims, Winterville, Snow Hill, Washington, Kitty Hawk and Wanchese.
Here’s the Clayton information:
WHERE: Morning Glory Inn, 507 E. 2nd St., Clayton
WHEN:   12:30 p.m., Friday, August 1, 2008
  

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Dueling delegations pitting Ron Paul’s Nevada supporters against those of John McCain vow to take their fight to the Republican National Convention.
That’s just one sign that the outsider, Internet-fueled movement led by the feisty Republican congressman from Texas remains afloat in the wake of McCain’s victory in the GOP primaries.
In the [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – John McCain’s campaign accused Barack Obama of playing “the race card” on Thursday after the first black candidate with a serious chance of winning the White House claimed Republicans will try to scare voters by saying he “doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.”
Until now, the explosive issue [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – An independent political group with ties to Democrats has started running an ad questioning Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory’s economic policies.
A group called Alliance for North Carolina began running the ad Thursday saying the Charlotte mayor opposes raising the state’s minimum wage but supports pay raises for politicians – including himself.
The [...]

Public Policy Poll: Which of these groups do you think is the most corrupt?
Washington Republicans 43
Washington Democrats 35
Raleigh Democrats 15
Raleigh Republicans 7
From the PPP blog:
“When North Carolina voters think about corruption, only 22 percent of them associate it most with Raleigh. That is a strong indicator of how difficult it will be for Pat McCrory and [...]

(AP)
THE NUMBERS
      Barack Obama, 51 percent
      John McCain, 44 percent
      This survey, taken after Obama’s high-profile trip to Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East and Europe, shows him with about the same lead he had last month. It also shows little change since the spring in the faith people have in Obama to handle the Iraq [...]

Press Release from Civitas:
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Civitas Institute released a new web feature today, which allows users to easily view voter registration.  It reflects changes over time and data comparisons since 2004 and the end of 2007, statewide, and in all 100 North Carolina counties.
The voter registration data displayed in this manner will be [...]

Bev Perdue 46
Pat McCrory 37
Michael Munger 6
According to Public Policy Polling, Bev Perdue and Pat McCrory have been mostly tied since the primary, but it looks as though Perdue is now ahead. 
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The poll shows that most of the change is among Democrats. 
“Last month Perdue had just a [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A campaign finance reform group says a new Republican political action committee that wants Pat McCrory elected North Carolina governor is breaking the law.
Democracy North Carolina filed a complaint Wednesday with the State Board of Elections. Group leader Bob Hall argues the method by which the Republican Governors Association is raising [...]