John Frank, one of our politics and government reporters, posted to the Dome blog a remark by Gov. Perdue at the Cary Rotary Club to the effect that they ought to suspend congressional elections for a couple of years so the lawmakers can focus on the economy and not getting re-elected.

This got picked up by the Drudge Report, one of the most popular web sites on the planet not involving porn.

Right now there's a big headline on Drudge: "Dem Guv Calls for Suspending Elections" below a pic of  our Dem Guv greeting President Obama at the airport recently. 

Which doesn't precisely convey the levity in her remarks, but we'll run our site and let Matt Drudge run his. 

Anyway, John's little Dome post got about 90,000 page views in 90 minutes by being linked off  Drudge. It is up to 228,000 as of around 8 p.m. - DB

I will say that as a former Rotarian, usually the meetings involve singing things like "Oh, Susanna" and not the kinds of things that get you on Drudge. This may be the first viral Rotary Club story.