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A round up of stuff you may have missed while you were hopelessly glued to the ACC tournament or catching up on work this morning:

• My interview with Rep. Howard Coble’s challenger Rory Blake is here. An interview with Coble should be forthcoming later today.

• "Talking About Politics" talks about Richard Morgan and the primaries.

• The Washington Post's "The Fix" blog interviews John Edwards.

  An excerpt:

  Are you running for president or not?

  You waited this long to ask that question? I have not decided anything about that. I'm trying to make sure Elizabeth is well. I'm trying to do everything I can about poverty in the country and that's where my focus is. I'll figure that out later.

  
  You know, I've seen or heard at least four or five pretty lengthy interviews with Edwards since the New Year. In all of them, he strikes me as tackling policy issues much more head on than he did during the 2004 presidential campaign. (Maybe that's a freedom that comes from not being a Senator any more?)

  So his answer to the "are you running" question has had me scratching my head every time. He sure acts like he's running, or at least is trying to position himself to run. He's maintaining a deliberately high profile to keep his name in the national news. Heck, this latest interview with "The Fix" was even done with the premise of him being a potential contender in 2008.

  So why beat around the bush?

That's it for now. As always, the comment link is open.