Lovely afternoon for some politics
As many of you already know, Joe Hackney is running for Speaker of the House. It’s a pretty wide open field now that Jim Black has stepped down.
Here’s a post from my Exile on Jones Street site with a mug shot and a few links for each Speaker candidate. Hackney said recently he thinks he can win because of his record as a consensus builder. There’s also interesting talk of a dual Democratic speakership.
Other stuff in the air:
And you thought you didn’t like Liddy Dole. Tip of the hat to Ed Cone for pointing out a John Grooms article on Liddy. Yeeeow. Meanwhile, BlueNC takes aim at the D.C. insiders who are a little behind the story (or are they?).
Also, here’s the Hardball at UNC with the Edwards megapost on Kos