Sign of the times? A North Carolina Republican in a supposedly safe district, refuses to tape a debate with her opponent unless reporters are barred from the event ...

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, is refusing to tape a debate with her opponent, Democrat Roger Sharpe, on Wednesday unless reporters are barred from the broadcast studio.

Jim Longworth, the debate moderator, said yesterday that the congresswoman would not agree to the debate if reporters were there. The full debate is scheduled to be broadcast Nov. 5, two days before the general elections.

As far as I know there's been no public polling of that race.