McCrory's 'Jobs' ad

You have to be impressed by the way in which Pat McCrory is addressing statewide employment and economic issues. It is not such a simple excercise in the expansion of politics to move from the urban dynamics of a city like Charlotte, with its rather concentrated array of business, educational and employment centers, to an effective overview of the entire state of North Carolina with its interesting and varied regional economic and employment indicators and characteristics.

In both the Republican and Democratic parties, gubernatorial candidates are doing an excellent job of identifying issues and showcasing proposals for state government attention and action for the consideration of the voters of North Carolina. Thus the state's press organizations have plenty of reporting territory to survey between now and the statewide primaries and then beyond into the general election campaign.

The 2008 governor's race has already emerged as the kind of campaign in which the voters have plenty of choices and options to consider, so this is surely one case in which there is no need for people to throw up their hands and say they don't have enough to go on in their decision-making evaluations of these promising slates of candidates.

David McKnight