From The Charlotte Observer:

Myrick to Pittenger: I won't support you

In a rare public rebuff, U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick Tuesday severed ties with fellow Charlotte Republican and longtime supporter Robert Pittenger.

Myrick told Pittenger, a state senator, that she was kicking him off her congressional finance committee and asked him to remove her picture from a Web site...

But state Republican chairwoman Linda Daves said Pittenger recently told her that he wouldn't seek re-election in 2008 and would run for Congress at some point with Myrick's blessing.

"He said, `I have Sue's endorsement,' " Daves said. "Sounds to me like somebody's trying to force Sue Myrick out of her congressional seat."

Pittenger said Daves misinterpreted his remarks. As he recalls, he said, "If (Myrick) endorses anybody, I hope she endorses me."