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posted at 2008-07-13 13:32 | Last modified 2008-07-13 13:36
Sad news
Former White House press secretary and Fox News personality Tony Snow lost his battle with colon cancer yesterday. He was just 53.
Whatever you thought of his politics, which were always on display, he was a smart, funny, good-natured guy with a lot of friends all across the political spectrum. WaPo’s Peter Baker has more on Snow’s career here.
I had no idea Snow got his start in journalism writing editorials for the Greensboro News & Record. Editor John Robinson reflects. (HT: Binker.)
Wait a minute...
Meet the Press this morning started with a head-to-head between Carly Fiorina (McCain) and Claire McCaskill (Obama). Fiorina seized the opportunity to downplay Phil Gramm’s “nation of whiners” comment earlier this week. To wit:
“Outside of Washington, where this is an interesting parlor game, I think most Americans are not really focused on what a bunch of surrogates are saying.”
The AP has more here. The irony, of course, is that Fiorina made her comment as a surrogate. So I'm not sure whether to listen to her or not.
Closer to home
Char-O’s Jim Morrill has a really interesting piece on Pat McCrory’s odds as seen through the lens of Republican Richard Vinroot’s 2000 campaign for governor.
In related news, the N&O’s Ryan Teague Beckwith has a nice snapshot of the fundraising horseraces for Senate and Gov.
Charlotte’s Jack Betts makes a pitch for a full-time professional environmental regulatory commission, if for no other reason than that it might get lawmakers out of the micromanagement business.
Greenboro’s Mark Binker has a good overview of COPS- a special type of debt lawmakers can incur without voter approval.
The N&O’s Jay Price has a pair of articles on the slowing real-estate market at the coast: Bad news for developers turns out to be good news for environmentalists.
Speaking of the environment, Asheville’s Jordan Schrader reports Senate Commerce basically gutted Buncombe Republican Charles Thomas’s proposal to make the state’s motor fleet more fuel-efficient.
And the N&O's Dan Kane says former State Health Plan head George Stokes is fighting his recent dismissal, which he says mischaracterized his management of the plan. Looks like this story's just getting started.
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