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The candidates for governor may not have their own "Saturday Night Live" parodies, but it's not for lack of trying. Over the last several weeks, Republican Pat McCrory, Democrat Beverly Perdue and Libertarian Mike Munger have provided ample material for would-be comics. While the attention of most voters tonight will be on the final presidential debate, the gubernatorial candidates meet in a debate sponsored by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg League of Women Voters and WSOC-TV in Charlotte.

In the Triangle, the debate will be aired live on WRAL-TV from 7 to 8 p.m.

So here are a few categories to watch for, or if you're so inclined, to use in creating your own debate bingo cards:

ON DEBATES:

* McCrory, below, finds some way to note that Perdue skipped two statewide televised debates on UNC-TV this month.

* Perdue mentions this is the fifth debate she's attended.

* Munger is just glad to be here.

VERBAL TICS:

* McCrory notes one of the following cities: Jamestown, where he grew up; Salisbury, where he went to college; or Raleigh, which he thinks is full of corruption.

* Perdue prefaces her thoughts on a policy with, "You know me, I'm a [blank]." Past examples: "Wonk," "academic," "health care advocate" and "fighter."

* Munger makes an analogy between a government service and something totally unexpected. Past examples: "A frat party," "Jedi powers" and "spanking your child."

DEBATE BAIT:

* One of the candidates makes a comparison between how a given policy affects "Wall Street" and how it affects "Main Street."

* Someone makes a gaffe. Past examples: McCrory saying illegal immigrants are born in U.S. hospitals; Perdue, below, mistakenly referring to McCrory as "governor."

ON POLICY:

* McCrory, arguing he'll put the "technical" back in community colleges, claims some plumbers, mechanics or electricians make more money than he does.

* Perdue cites her experience working at a hospital and chairing the N.C. Health and Wellness Trust Fund to argue she has been a health care leader.

* Munger argues that state government should stop doing one of the following: involuntary annexation, economic development incentives, eminent domain or capital punishment.

ON EACH OTHER:

* McCrory ties Perdue to Gov. Mike Easley, arguing that she's part of the "status quo" in Raleigh.

* Perdue ties McCrory to President Bush, who held a fundraiser for him earlier this year.

* Munger, below, ties both of them to politicians everywhere.