Ouch is all I can say.
http://www.breitbart.com/...
A person close to North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley tells The Associated Press he will endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.
Easley is a Democratic superdelegate who has served as the state's governor for two terms. His decision comes despite several recent polls showing Clinton trailing rival Barack Obama ahead of the state's May 6 primary.
Easley would be just the second superdelegate from North Carolina to endorse Clinton. Six of the state's 17 superdelegates have endorsed Obama.
A former state attorney general, Easley has focused largely on education programs during his eight-year tenure. He's called on both of the presidential candidates to take more about he issue.
Talk about having a shitty day.
Someone give Barack a hug !
UPDATE 1: Ben Smith (http://www.politico.com/blogs/bsmith/)
Easley brings a popular face and an organization to her campaign in a state where her campaign is pushing very, very hard, despite a primary electorate that -- with many African-Americans and educated and liberal white voters -- makes it an Obama home game.
UPDATE 2: Can everyone have a fair sane take on this ?
Obama supporters: This is not good news for our guy, helps Clinton although probably not to the point where she would possible win NC. Let's not pretend it does not matter. Governors can help.
Clinton supporters: this has nothing to do with Wright. It would be silly to pretend otherwise. And if you want to say this is about Wright, then I would find that condescending to Hillary, who could very well have convinced him based on her own merits, don't you think ?
UPDATE 3: If this is true, Easley is a MAJOR idiot.
Marc Ambinder:
Sen. Clinton's campaign confirms that North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley will endorse Sen. Clinton in Raleigh tomorrow morning. (AP reported this first.) Easley had previously endorsed John Edwards. I'm led to believe that Gov. Easley was upset at Obama's refusal to agree to a post-Pennsylvania debate in North Carolina.
UPDATE 4: NBC sayz
Gov. Easley will be the second NC superdelegate to go for Clinton. Easley was long suspected of being in the Clinton camp, but many believed he would stay neutral, as -- like many of the state's public officials -- he might risk alienating the state's large black population.
Suspicions of his allegiance were all but confirmed earlier this month when Easley publicly criticized Barack Obama for declining CBS's invitation to debate in North Carolina.
Local experts often draw parallels between Easley's early career, which began with a failed run at federal office and a stint as attorney general, and President Bill Clinton's. Easley was heavily recruited as a candidate for the U.S. Senate, and it's widely believed that he could have been a formidable challenger to Elizabeth Dole. But Easley declined to run, famously saying that he wouldn't like a job that entailed "sitting in meetings" all day.
Although he enjoys fairly strong support in the state, Easley tends not to be described as a hard worker. Some politicos in the state quipped that he would stay on the sidelines because following through with an endorsement would be too much work for the laid-back legislator.
He was recently on the hotseat for violations of public records transparency by his press office, which reportedly requested that some e-mail traffic in and out of the governor's office be deleted. The man Easley appointed to oversee the resulting campaign for reform offered the capital press corps a good laugh when he was quoted as admitting that he didn't know how to "cut on a computer."