WHAT HE SAID!

Justin Guillory, at Public Policy Polling, worries about what Hillary Clinton will mean for North Carolina, should she end up being the Democratic nominee for president, based on a WashPost profile of her chief strategist Mark Penn, who like a lot of political hot-shots these days ("arrogant and controlling") seems quite willing to write off the South as not worth the bother.

Worse to some are three words that sum up Mr. Penn's philosophical moorings: Democratic Leadership Council.

We're gonna need a stronger brand of antacid before this is over.