Return of the Morning Post

Gosh golly starting a newspaper is time-consuming. And right in the middle of it felled for a day-point-five by a nasty bug. Have graduated to Progresso “hearty” style and am on the mend. Here’s the drill:

State
• More coming out on the electricity tax break for Google. From this morning’s Insider:

Electricity tax breaks granted by the General Assembly — based on its own estimates and if computed over the same 30-year time period as property tax breaks granted by Lenoir and Caldwell County — would reach $90 million.

• New poll from Public Policy Polling shows Perdue lead slipping a bit and Obama over Clinton.
• Oh good, they’re turning away coffee mugs on Jones Street. Next step: repealing the lottery and fully funding education reforms with a progressive tax policy
• NC military hospitals under review

Nat/Intl
• WSJ poll shows McCain slipping fast
• Digby adds some perspective
• Libby pardon date T-shirt contest