REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE GETS GOVT EMPLOYEES ENDORSEMENT
Really. I'm not kidding. The State Employees Association of North Carolina has endorsed Republican candidate Patrick Ballantine for Governor. It had only endorsed one other gubernatorial candidate, and that was Mike Easley back in 2000.

But this is what happens when you raid the state pension fund and suck up only to state employees who happen to have the politically advantageous title of "teacher". Bush, Ballantine and Burr. Might be hard to pull off the hat trick, but you never know.