I hadn't heard that Cooper was sitting out this run for Senate.
Bodes well on a couple of fronts.... 1) We need someone here locally to keep after the cleanup.
2) IMHO, someone told him that he'd have problems winning in 2010.
The reason the investigation did not start until recently was the fact that Easley’s travel records were not released until recently by the new Governor, Bev Perdue. It is hard to investigate travel records that are secret.