Last year was a pretty tough year for Gov. Beverly Perdue. So what must she do in 2010 to get North Carolina’s economy on track and boost her approval ratings as well? John Locke Foundation president John Hood assesses the challenges ahead for the governor and offers advice on policy challenges. Then we turn to national politics. Some Republicans hope, and some Democrats fear, that the 2010 election cycle will mirror 1994, when the GOP overturned Democratic majorities in Congress and took over the N.C. House as well. N.C. State University political science professor Andrew Taylor assesses similarities and differences between the two election cycles. He also offers suggestions for Republicans who hope to repeat the election success story of 1994. Next, we look at the 2010 national and state economic outlook. Consumers, job seekers, and politicians all want to know what’s going to happen. Brian Moynihan, newly installed CEO of Bank of America, recently offered a forecast in Raleigh to the N.C. Chamber and N.C. Bankers Association. You’ll hear highlights from that presentation. That’s followed by comments from one of the most outspoken critics of intellectual intolerance on North Carolina university campuses, who just happens to be a university employee himself. UNC-Wilmington criminology professor Mike Adams recently discussed his battle against closed-minded university leaders during a public speech at N.C. State University’s student center. Adams recounts some success stories and points to areas that need additional work. And finally, we look at the influence of leftist faculty and administrators on what future teachers are being taught to carry into the nation’s classroom. George Leef, research director for the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, discusses the impact of the schools on teachers and students, and explains a case where the same leftist mindset has appeared in a medical school.