Under The Dome (The News & Observer)

Jim Neal called out James Carville at the Young Democrats convention.

At a private reception before his luncheon speech, the Democratic political consultant and commentator met with Young Democrats and others who paid $50 a ticket.

The reception was closed to the press, but Neal and others described what happened inside to Dome afterward.

At one point, Carville said that North Carolina has a great Senate candidate in Kay Hagan, noting that he had just spoken with her daughter, Carrie.

Neal, who is running against Hagan for the Democratic nomination, spoke out from the back of the room.

“I said, ‘We have primaries here in North Carolina. We don’t have coronations,’” Neal said later.

He said Carville did not respond.

“It was the first time I’ve ever seen him quiet,” Neal said.

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