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	Mike Easley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Easley was born and raised a Roman Catholic in otherwise overwhelmingly Protestant Nash County, North Carolina.
		From 1982 to 1990, Easley served as the district attorney for the 13th Judicial District in North Carolina, covering Brunswick, Bladen, and Columbus counties.
		Easley is also considered to be a possible candidate for Senate to run against Sen. Elizabeth Dole in 2008 or Sen. Richard Burr in 2010, and, although his name is often mentioned as a potential candidate 2008 presidential election, most political insiders do not expect him to seriously consider a presidential run.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Easley (611 words)

	Lion's Den: Draft Mike Easley for 2008 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Nope, I want Mike Easley to run because he exceedingly qualified to take over the beastly mess that Bush/Cheney will leave by the time they are finally out of office.
		On the abortion issue, Mike Easley is unapologetically pro-choice, and he is not afraid to say that being pro-choice is the right thing to do.
		Finally, Mike Easley has done a superb job in North Carolina under extremely difficult economic circumstances, and he has shown an ability to make the tough decisions that will have to be made to clean up Dubya's mess after he's out of office.
	aethern.blogspot.com /2004/11/draft-mike-easley-for-2008.html (752 words)

	Mike Easley
		Easley sought to rebuff a GOP sweep of southern governorships.
		Easley is a Democratic governor from the South, a winner of four statewide races in a largely...
		Easley warned that the longer Ophelia was over the state, the more rain would fall and the more seawater would pile up and crash ashore as storm surge.
	www.futuregate.co.uk /mike_easley.html (376 words)

	The Chronicle Online - Mike Easley for governor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Easley, who considers education one of his main priorities, defends his financial decisions and says he was unwilling to take money away from education funding.
		Easley, who has had to deal with outsourcing of jobs, cites substantial job creation in recent months as evidence that the economy is improving.
		Easley is often characterized as being aloof and as being a weak leader.
	www.chronicle.duke.edu /vnews/display.v/ART/2004/10/27/417f8fc46a87f (470 words)

	Mike Easley
		Easley was born in Nash County, North Carolina and earned a degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972.
		In 2000, Easley challenged Charlotte mayor Richard Vinroot in a race for Governor of North Carolina; Easley won and has served as governor since 2001.
		Easley is currently running for a second term as Governor of North Carolina; his only opposition in the Democratic primaries is Rickey Kipfer.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/mike_easley (278 words)

	Cloakroom - Why is Mike Easley not running for president? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Mike Easley would make a great candidate, he has the vision that got Bill Clinton elected, but he lacks both Clinton's double speak, and he lacks personal problems that mire the Clinton Whitehouse.
		The two questions of Easley is one is he interested in running, no one knows, if he is he is not pushing he way through, however that may add to his appeal, because many of us are tiring of those who begin to push so early.
		Easley has had to deal with budget shortfalls and the death of the textile and furniture industries, and the withering away of tobacco.He has for the most part preformed very well under trying circumstances.
	politicalwire.com /cloakroom/comments.php?DiscussionID=249 (1526 words)

	Easley Candidacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Mike Easley was born in 1950 on Nash County, North Carolina.
		Mike Easley is running for a second term for the governor of North Carolina.
		Easley is extremely dedicated to making sure our law enforcement department continues to be one of the best in the country.
	www.iss.k12.nc.us /schools/shs/ahultberg/easley1.htm (284 words)

	Mike Easley: Biographies
		Easley serves as the spokesperson for the McDonald's "Immunize for Healthy Lives" campaign and speaks to many groups about the importance of immunizing North Carolina's children in a timely manner.
		Easley is a full-time Clinical Professor at North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham where she teaches Appellate Advocacy, Trial Advocacy and Criminal Trial Practice.
		Easley is a lifetime member of the Southport Women's Club, she has served as a Member of the Strategic Planning Committee at North Carolina Central University, she serves on the Board of Directors of Communities in Schools of North Carolina and, in 2003, she was awarded a Triangle Business Journal "Women in Business Award."
	www.mikeeasley.org /pages/biography.htm (848 words)

	Welcome to the North Carolina Office of the Governor
		Thursday, September 15, 2005 Gov. Easley met with local officials and emergency responders regarding Hurricane Ophelia at the New Hanover County Emergency Operations Center in Wilmington.
		Mike Easley is asking citizens to conserve water following today’s drought advisory issued by the North Carolina’s Drought Management Advisory Co...
		Mike Easley today announced that StarPet, makers of polymer resins used in food and beverage packaging, will expand its facility in Asheboro, cre...
	www.governor.state.nc.us (189 words)

	NASCAR.com - The Buzz: N.C. governor unhurt in race car crash - May 9, 2003
		Easley, who was at the racetrack to raise money for an education program and to show his support for keeping The Winston in North Carolina, was driving a No. 48 Chevrolet at speed when the car got loose and he lost control off turn 2.
		Easley was wearing a HANS device and was unhurt, despite heavy damage to the car.
		Easley, who has gone through driving schools at Lowe's, was said to be turning laps in the 165 mph range.
	www.nascar.com /2003/news/headlines/buzz/05/09/nc_gov (221 words)

	North Carolina Office of the Governor - Biography
		Easley has restored fiscal discipline to the state’s finances while, at the same time, increasing investments in education and infrastructure — key components to recruiting and retaining high quality jobs and industry for the state.
		Easley’s actions put North Carolina in the top five in the country in net job growth for 2004, earned the state a number one ranking for business expansions and locations, and ensured recognition in the top four in the country for the state’s financial management.
		Born in Nash County, North Carolina in 1950, Easley was raised on a tobacco farm the second of seven children.
	www.governor.state.nc.us /MeetGov/Biography.asp (549 words)

	The Mountain Times Online
		Easley made some unpopular decisions, filling budget gaps with money that was supposed to go to state employee retirement pension funds and by withholding tax reimbursements to local governments.
		Easley wanted a state-run lottery that would provide a revenue stream for his pet education initiatives, but his laid-back approach to lobbying befuddled lawmakers accustomed to the horsetrading techniques of his energetic predecessor, Jim Hunt.
		Easley has said increases were needed to fill a deep budget hole he inherited when he took office in 2001.
	www.mountaintimes.com /mtweekly/2004/voter_guide/gov.php3 (1534 words)

	Mike Easley Personality Profile
		Michael F. Easley, the Democrat and two-term state attorney general who defeated former Charlotte mayor Richard Vinroot on Nov. 7, might be one of the most complicated, contradictory figures ever to become the state’s chief executive.
		Otherwise, Easley is expected to focus on many of the same issues as Hunt did over the past eight years and to continue the solid, bipartisan relationship with the General Assembly as his predecessor.
		Mike Easley also is very much a family man. His widely-reported reluctance to move into the graceful but aging Governor’s Mansion apparently stems from real concerns about whether his wife and 15-year-old son, Michael Jr., could maintain a normal family life there.
	www.nccbi.com /NCMagazine/2001/mag-01-01easleyprofile.htm (1529 words)

	VOTE.COM \| Who Should Win the Race for North Carolina Governor?
		Mike Easley headed efforts to reach a national tobacco settlement, making sure that North Carolina's interests were protected.
		Mike Easley was born March 23, 1950 in Nash County.
		Easley is an avid hunter, sailor and accomplished woodworker.
	www.vote.com /vote/11062528/objective11062638.phtml?cat=10882942 (358 words)

	Easley pardons wrongfully convicted NC man, denies second pardon - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In two cases involving wrongfully convicted rape suspects who spent two decades in prison, Gov. Mike Easley refused to pardon a man he put behind bars but cleared the record of another man after a new suspect was indicted.
		Smith said Easley had a conflict of interest when considering the pardon because he prosecuted the case as district attorney in Brunswick County.
		In a prepared statement, Easley said his decision is based on review of the 1984 trial transcript, the transcript of the November 2004 hearing and a recently completed inquiry by the State Bureau of Investigation.
	www.boston.com /news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/08/18/easley_pardons_wrongfully_convicted_nc_man_denies_second_pardon (803 words)

	Winston-Salem Journal \| Some Democrats see Easley as possible presidential candidate in 2008 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Mike Easley (right) campaigned with Sen. John Edwards in Iowa during the presidential primaries earlier this year, which could make it difficult for Easley to run for the Democratic nomination, probably against Edwards, in 2008 (File Photo).
		Mike Easley is a Democratic governor from the South, a winner of four statewide races in a largely conservative state, a former prosecutor, an education advocate, an ally of business and a NASCAR dad.
		Easley may have had a rough first term, including three $1 billion budget deficits and strained relations with the General Assembly, but winning two terms as a Democratic governor in the South often leads to speculation.
	www.journalnow.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031779081945 (1283 words)

	John Locke Foundation \| Why I Like Mike Easley
		While Easley actually jumped on the tax bandwagon rather than leading it, he still gets the blame — and the credit, from the special interests who thrive when state government grows, as it did by more than 5 percent this year.
		And now that I think about it, I am still upset that Easley was instrumental this year in imposing costly new regulations and taxes on private health insurance even as his administration was expanding eligibility for taxpayer-funded health care for middle-income children.
		Easley, on the other hand, reportedly occupies much of his time with such hobbies as woodworking and shooting hoops.
	www.johnlocke.org /news_columns/display_jhcolumns.html?id=80 (749 words)

	Our Campaigns - Candidate Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Easley crafted one of the strongest patients' bill of rights protection plans in the nation, protecting the doctor-patient relationship and ensuring that the doctors, not administrators or bureaucrats, make decisions regarding health-care treatment.
		Easley was first elected to public office in 1982 when, at age 31, he became District Attorney for the 13th Judicial District in Brunswick, Bladen and Columbus counties.
		Easley is an avid hunter and sailor, and an accomplished woodworker.
	www.ourcampaigns.com /cgi-bin/r.cgi/CandidateDetail.html?&CandidateID=122 (679 words)

	newsobserver.com \| N.C. races (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Easley touted the state's AAA bond rating, the highest a state can achieve, as a sign of his good stewardship of the budget.
		Easley, 54, countered that the deficits he faced during his first three years in office were the result of the big-spending budgets of the late 1990s that Ballantine supported.
		Easley also attacked Ballantine for his ambitious proposals to raise state worker pay 5 percent a year for three straight years -- a program that eventually would cost $1.5 billion annually -- and to reduce various taxes by $1.2 billion annually.
	www.newsobserver.com /politics/elections/ncraces/story/1737067p-8005820c.html (1546 words)

	The Daily Southerner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Easley, a native of Rocky Mount who currently lives in Dallas, will display her oil paintings at the downtown Tarboro restaurant until Jan. 10.
		Easley did her work on location, while on summer vacations from her job with the Federal Reserve in Dallas.
		Easley would like to return to eastern North Carolina within five years and plans to use this show as a gauge of her name recognition, which will help her decide whether or not to relocate.
	dailysoutherner.com /articles/2003/11/05/news/news3.txt (512 words)

	John Locke Foundation \| On Mike Easley Channeling Ronald Reagan
		Two years ago, newly elected Gov. Mike Easley stood confidently before a North Carolina General Assembly run entirely by his own political party, gave his State of the State address with good-natured humor and few diplomatic overtures, and devoted much of his speech and energy to selling a state lottery.
		Easley came into the legislative chamber on March 3 with, I thought, a bit more nervousness.
		His administration had spent the past couple of weeks telegraphing the governor’s intention to challenge the General Assembly with ideas, such as a statutory cap on state spending and a line-item veto, that would necessarily limit their discretion and power.
	www.johnlocke.org /news_columns/display_jhcolumns.html?id=283 (784 words)

	Mike Easley: North Carolina's Governor
		Easley Announces 206 New Jobs and $85 Million Investment for Lenoir County
		Easley Announces $100,000 for National Guard Families From Nascar Teams
		Easley Announces 252 New Jobs for Richmond County
	www.mikeeasley.org (242 words)

	rpm.espn.com: Easley embarrassed, but unhurt
		Easley, driving the car of Winston Cup driver Jimmie Johnson, hit an inside retaining wall that is protected with plastic foam to absorb impact.
		About an hour after the crash, Easley was driving again, this time in Terry Labonte's car.
		Easley said the back of the car "spun out like you do on ice and you didn't have enough room to turn out,'' causing the back to hit the wall.
	espn.go.com /rpm/2003/0509/1551504.html (364 words)

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		Mike Easley grew up on a tobacco farm in Rocky Mount, where his father also owned a tobacco warehouse.
		Easley developed a reputation for prosecuting drug smugglers along the district's extensive coastline.
		Michael Easley was elected district attorney in the 13th Judicial District, covering Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties, in 1982 and 1986.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/elections/2004/candidates/21108 (232 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| STORY LINKS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		But Easley, a Democrat, continues to make campaign stops throughout the state and says he wants to address each and every accusation his opponent throws his way.
		Easley says he doesn't like the negative political ads, but he fights back because if he doesn't answer them, someone may believe the accusations.
		Governor Easley is a popular governor in a conservative state.
	rdu.news14.com /content/story_links?ArID=57638&SecID=231 (410 words)

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