At Duke University, political science students can now take courses from someone who weathered the storms of a campaign for governor.
Michael Munger, chairman of Duke's political science department, finished a distant third as the state's Libertarian gubernatorial candidate. He got about 3 percent of the vote. Sounds like he got trounced, right?
In fact, Munger is encouraged by his vote totals and says it enforces his belief that there is room for a real, viable third party in state politics.
In campaigning, Munger learned some valuable lessons.
One, he's no Paul Harvey. Also, at least three percent of North Carolinians would trust him with their cat.
He learned some other stuff as well and told us about it. Here's what he had to say:
