Will Pat McCrory still have a positive approval rating in 2014?

[TX Conservative Dem]

Foxx will NOT run against McCrory in 2016 because of the following factors:
1. McCrory will pull a Jesse Helms and race-bait aggressively by tagging Foxx to the Obama White House saying :"an uppity agitator who bailed on NC values for Obama's socialist government".

2. Foxx will have to explain why he left the Charlotte Mayor job for the US Secy of Transportation gig.

3. It's not a guarantee the Democratic Presidential nominee will excite minority, female and young voters in the Tar Heel State due to Voter ID strict law being implemented to push for Democratic turnout in 2016

[TarHeelDem]

Personally involved in the 2012 GOTV efforts myself, I think the Voter ID law will only energize the party. Instead of working straight to election day trying to register people, operations will simply take place months and weeks earlier.

But I do see your points about Foxx and sympathize with your previous sentiments about Roy Cooper - likely the strongest viable candidate to take McCrory on.

[free my dawg]

What does everyone think of Anthony Foxx as a challenger?

No. He can just play the "I stayed in North Carolina for 14 years" card and talk about how Foxx bolted for DC the first chance he got. It's not even about Obama, it's the fact that McCrory stayed in NC to lead Charlotte since we were all kids, and three years after Foxx got office he quit for greener pastures. Let him take on Burr if Shuler/Miller don't run.

[illegaloperation]

See Scott Walker thrashing I, followed by whiny angry white liberals, followed by Scott Walker thrashing II.

lol.

McCrory has been telling his supporters that he'll be just like Walker.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

See Scott Walker thrashing I, followed by whiny angry white liberals, followed by Scott Walker thrashing II.

lol.

McCrory has been telling his supporters that he'll be just like Walker.

Walker would be losing in 2014 had the left not gotten so butthurt about the unions and tried to recall him for no valid reason. Scott Walker doesn't have crossover appeal or a record of success. He just faced a challenger that had no valid reason for running for Governor, and Democrats recognized this.

[TX Conservative Dem]

Wisconsin governorship likely staying in GOP hands for awhile, I just don't see Dems winning the WI governorship ever again.

North Carolina likely GOP until 2020 at best on the governorship.

[Miles]

Wisconsin governorship likely staying in GOP hands for awhile, I just don't see Dems winning the WI governorship ever again.

North Carolina likely GOP until 2020 at best on the governorship.

huh!?

[Gass3268]

Wisconsin governorship likely staying in GOP hands for awhile, I just don't see Dems winning the WI governorship ever again.

North Carolina likely GOP until 2020 at best on the governorship.

huh!?

Wha?

[TX Conservative Dem]

I'm just saying WI Democrats are not going to even try to put a credible candidate against Walker in 2014.

By 2018, Walker will leave after 2 terms and I think he might go for the United States Senate against Baldwin.

[Gass3268]

I'm just saying WI Democrats are not going to even try to put a credible candidate against Walker in 2014.

By 2018, Walker will leave after 2 terms and I think he might go for the United States Senate against Baldwin.

Yet you said you don't see the Dems winning the governorship ever again. That's a really long time.

[TX Conservative Dem]

Only reason why Walker won in 2010 was due to anti-Obama sentiment over Obamacare, 8 years of Doyle fatigue and I think Doyle knew he couldn't win a third term if he had tried.

On that said, I don't see Dems winning the Wisconsin governorship until 2022 the earliest IF the GOP female LG wins to succeed Walker as governor in '18.

[TJ in Oregon]

Only reason why Walker won in 2010 was due to anti-Obama sentiment over Obamacare, 8 years of Doyle fatigue and I think Doyle knew he couldn't win a third term if he had tried.

On that said, I don't see Dems winning the Wisconsin governorship until 2022 the earliest IF the GOP female LG wins to succeed Walker as governor in '18.

You might find Kleefisch to be a much lesser candidate than Walker. Walker is an excellent campaigner and quite good at messaging. I don't think you can necessarily assume she will be the same as him, although she is undoubtedly a more sympathetic figure and perhaps more personable.

[pbrower2a]

Walker will likely inspire new demonstrations against him before November 2014.

http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/08/09

[illegaloperation]

North Carolinian simpletons don't need to question the almighty McCrory because he best knows his own approval rating.

http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/mccrorys_camp_releases_internal_poll_showing_governors_approval_at_48_percent

[free my dawg]

And he's underwater. 39-51.

Ouch.

[Maxwell]

I've been told that North Carolina is different, but these low numbers seem to be part of a pattern of Conservative Republican Governors. Mitch Daniels had low approvals out the gate as Indiana Governor, won solid re-election. Christie sank hard during his term too at certain points, only to now look golden pony boy. Even Kasich and Walker are looking very solid.

Of course, for every Daniels and Christie there's a Corbett, so McCrory may turn out that way too.

[TX Conservative Dem]

Nobody will come close to breaking Jim Hunt (D)'s 16-year record as North Carolina Governor, 1977-1985; 1993-2001 anytime soon in my lifetime.

Knowing that McCrory was Charlotte Mayor for almost forever, it won't surprise me if he can entice the GOP-controlled General Assembly to make him governor-for-life (see Bloomberg)

[illegaloperation]

Roy Cooper may want to challenge Pat McCrory for 2016.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/08/17/3115192/dome-roy-cooper-testing-waters.html