Elizabeth Dole once said about leaders, " What you always do before you make a decision is consult. The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted. Full Article at Berkshire Eagle Online

Former state Sen. Cal Cunningham of Lexington has apparently changed his mind, and is moving toward entering the U.S. Senate race next year. Full Article at Under the Dome

Yesterday U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, D-NC, voted to cut $460 billion in Medicare payments in an effort to make the outrageous cost of Obamacare more palatable. Full Article at Right Angles

Since its founding in 1881 by visionary leader Clara Barton, The American Red Cross has been the nation’s premier emergency response organization. Full Article at Emediawire.com

A couple weeks before Veterans Day, I went down to the World War II Memorial on the Mall to join Bob and Elizabeth Dole and a group of elderly soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen from her hometown of Salisbury, N.C. , who had been flown to Washington... Full Article at Burlington Free Press

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 WASHINGTON — A couple weeks before Veterans Day, I went down to the World War II Memorial on the Mall to join Bob and Elizabeth Dole and a group of elderly soldiers,... Full Article at HeraldNet

My mind was on the debt we owe our veterans even before the tragic shootings at Fort Hood. Full Article at The Washington Post

North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan supports health care reform, the president and getting the job done in Afghanistan. Democrat Hagan, who ran a smart campaign to defeat Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole last year, continues to cover all the bases. Full Article at Politics Daily

CQ Politics this year published its ratings on the upcoming congressional elections at a much earlier point in the election cycle than ever before. Full Article at CQ Politics

As a number of highly touted Democratic recruits passed on challenging Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. , an oft-repeated line by Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee officials was that there’s no need to rush the recruiting process. Full Article at CQ Politics

TPM and others are having a lot of fun over the fact that George W. Bush is heading out on the motivational speaking circuit. Full Article at The New Republic

WASHINGTON -- Nearly a year after losing re-election to the U.S. Senate, former Sen. Elizabeth Dole no longer spends her days walking the marble floors of Capitol Hill. Full Article at McClatchy

The numbers continue to look bad for U.S. Sen. Richard Burr. Public Policy Polling, a Democratic polling firm, surveyed 749 North Carolina voters from Aug. 4-10, and found that only 38 percent approve of the job he is doing, while 32 percent disapprove. Full Article at Under the Dome

Tuesday, she'll fly from Charlotte, N.C. , with 105 World War II veterans and their guardians to Washington, D.C. , to see the memorial built to commemorate their sacrifice. Full Article at Bradenton Herald

WASHINGTON -- Nearly a year after losing re-election to the U.S. Senate, former Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C. , no longer spends her days walking the marble floors of Capitol Hill. But she doesn't find herself bored. Full Article at Miami Herald