Coming next week

We'll have our big monthly North Carolina poll:

The biggest questions are probably whether Barack Obama is seeing a decline in his numbers like we're finding other places and whether Bev Perdue's approval numbers can get any lower. Based on preliminary responses the answer to both questions is yes, although not by a large degree. And that could change as we do more interviews over the weekend.

We're going to start doing monthly tracking of Cal Cunningham and Kenneth Lewis against Richard Burr since it seems like they may be the Democratic candidates- and of course we can add to that mix if someone else serious jumps in. I will just about guarantee you Burr has a double digit lead against both of these guys until May 2010 at the earliest- that's what we found with Hagan and Dole.

We're also delving a little into which politicians voters are blaming for the economy, what they think of Sarah Palin and we'll have the much promised look at who North Carolina's favorites and least favorites are among the state's last seven Senators. It's already pretty clear it's a blowout on both fronts, which makes the results predictable.

We'll start rolling that stuff out Tuesday, stay tuned!