So much for running a competitive campaign in North Carolina

[Adlai Stevenson]

A new Public Policy Polling (D) survey in North Carolina finds Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) beating Jim Neal (D) in her re-election race, 47% to 32%.

"Neal performs similarly to other Democrats that lack statewide name recognition. His results are similar to Grier Martin, Kay Hagan and Jerry Meek. Dole is still below the 50% mark."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/10/24/dole_ahead_of_neal_in_north_carolina_but_below_50.html

[Adlai Stevenson]

There is discussion about State Senator Kay Hagan being wooed by the DSCC to re-enter the race. 

    Even before Jim Neal outed himself, Kay Hagan was looking at getting back in the U.S. Senate race. Now she’s getting more encouragement – from home and from Washington. Hagan, a state senator from Greensboro, had looked at running earlier. She pulled back because Senator Charles Schumer from New York, who chairs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, was intent on recruiting Grier Martin. Martin eventually opted out.

    Now Hagan is reconsidering. She’s being wooed by North Carolina Democrats – and by Schumer. The garrulous New Yorker’s first task was to eat crow with Hagan.

http://bluenc.com/hagan-being-courted-to-challenge-neal%3F