Next week...

We'll have our big monthly North Carolina poll.

Our look at Richard Burr's standing will also include a refresh on how Roy Cooper does against him, as well as Congressman Mike McIntyre. There's no indication McIntyre is interested but he could make a strong statewide candidate some day and we've never done any polling on him.

We'll also look at Bev Perdue's approval and how her proposals for cigarette and alcohol tax increases fare in the court of public opinion.

And of course we'll see if Barack Obama is maintaining his relatively strong standing with North Carolina voters.

We'll start rolling it out Tuesday. Have a good holiday weekend!