Election 2008 Shorts

* MetroNews' Talkline hears from Republicans Dan Greear and Hiram Lewis about their respectfully dueling campaigns that seek to take on Democratic Attorney General Darrell McGraw in the fall. With audio.

Highlights include Greear opining on the fate of Chief Deputy Attorney General Fran Hughes, were he to win, and Lewis stating that "I believe that there is a quid pro quo there and I believe that, ultimately, those attorneys that were appointed Special Attorneys General donated to Darrell McGraw and, in return, they received $3.3 million in attorney fees."

(Lewis also said that, despite the sizable uproar over the recent departure of WVU's football coach, his "Pay Up, Rich!" campaign has taken a bath.)

* GOP gubernatorial candidate Russ Weeks tells Talkline that he's "considering filing a lawsuit against the Legislature and the Governor" over the retroactive increases to certain per diem payments in this session's legislative pay raise bill.