McCrory's pros and cons

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on December 26, 2007 - 10:01am.
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Pat McCroryThe Hendersonville Times-News breaks down the pros and cons of Pat McCrory's potential gubernatorial bid.

In an unsigned editorial, the newspaper writes that McCroy has "built-in advantages" including seven terms as mayor of Charlotte that other Republican candidates lack. 

More pointedly, he lacks the liabilities that will burden a partisan like Sen. Smith. Just as McCain, Obama and Clinton have cast caucus votes they won't be able to live down, Smith in a general election would have partisan votes on his record that will be easy to caricature as out of the mainstream.  

On the other hand, the paper notes that North Carolinians have only elected a Charlotte candidate once: Republican Gov. Jim Martin, while Queen City mayors Eddie Knox, Sue Myrick, Richard Vinroot and Harvey Gantt have all been defeated in statewide elections.

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Re: McCrory's pros and cons

Submitted by packpat1 on December 26, 2007 - 12:29pm.

Apparently the people of North Carolina disagree with you and are behind McCrory. He leads both Perdue and Moore in a brand new Rasmussenreports.com poll. Isn't it funny that they didn't even waste their time polling the other repubican candidates?

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Re: McCrory's pros and cons

Submitted by deepthroat on December 26, 2007 - 11:52am.

Interesting perspective...He comes across as another arrogant/elitist mayor from Charlotte who rarely travels out of the city (except to go to Paris for transportation meetings - kudos to Justice Orr for that comment) to see the real North Carolinians who aren't concerned about vanity and trying to create a NYC/Yankee utopia in our fine Southern state. Furthermore, the fact he released an email boasting he is the most electable from a biased polling source (I believe he may have conducted it himself) reinforces how out of touch he is with not only the people of North Carolina, but reality. He is quite a smug, egotistical aristocrat who would have jumped in the race by now if he had the guts or fortitude - rather than flaunting himself as the GOP's savior, when in fact his potential candidacy is mere nonsense and buffoonery.

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Jcolvard

Submitted by packpat1 on December 26, 2007 - 11:44am.

I think the only joke here is Jcolvard. How can you call a man a divider when he was won 7 terms by landslides. I'm also shocked that you said he "divided" Charlotte with the light rail. Check your facts, bud. The vote passed with 70% of the vote to keep light rail moving forward in Charlotte. I suspect that Jcolvard is just another negative attack dog from Smith or Graham.

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Re: McCrory's pros and cons

Submitted by jcolvard on December 26, 2007 - 11:20am.

McCrory is a joke as a civic leader. Under his watch, the constituency has been forever divided (see LYNX public transportation project, uptown arena referendum). His relations to any demographic (other than the uptown elitist moneybags) is poor at best, and his ability to do what is best for the city of Charlotte is under fire nearly weekly, for good reason. The state of NC would suffer greatly if this clown were elected.

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