NC-GOV 2020: McCrory considering run for second term

[TheSaint250]

McCrory is back at it again and might run for a second term in 2020.

http://wunc.org/post/ex-gov-mccrory-air-isnt-closing-door-2020-run#stream/0

[GlobeSoc]

That's one way to give Cooper a landslide win for re-election

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

[TheSaint250]

I can't see the image

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

I can't see the image

Works for me. It's a gif of Michael Scott's "no" scene.

[TheSaint250]

I can't see the image

Works for me. It's a gif of Michael Scott's "no" scene.

Oh lol

[Frodo]

So he's trying to pull a Grover Cleveland, with Gov. Roy Cooper in the role of Pres. Benjamin Harrison.

Anyone here thinks he can do it?

[windjammer]

So he's trying to pull a Grover Cleveland, with Gov. Roy Cooper in the role of Pres. Benjamin Harrison.

Anyone here thinks he can do it?

He's not going to win. Too unpopular

[Xing]

I'd enjoy seeing Prejudiced Pat lose again, and by much more, but still... ugh.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

So he's trying to pull a Grover Cleveland, with Gov. Roy Cooper in the role of Pres. Benjamin Harrison.

Anyone here thinks he can do it?

The one scenario I can think of, is if Cooper were to badly mishandle a storm response to a Hurricane in either 2019 or 2020. Weather has played a role in the last two Governor elections. When the state was ravaged by Tornadoes in the Spring of 2011, it destroyed any chance of Perdue being able to get reelected because she was at a fundraising event for Democrats at the Kentucky Derby and refused to come back until it was done. She ended up dropping out later that year.

And of course McCrory's handling of Hurricane Matthew arguably played a role in his poll numbers recovering. It is the one thing that he was good at, as Governor.

[Virginiá]

Would McCrory have ever really been in trouble had he not indulged socially conservative policies and wrapped himself around the bathroom bill? He could have avoided a lot of heat from that. It's possible that Cooper could ride out the next 3 years with no major issues. Cooper has it easier in the sense that he doesn't have a legislature controlled by his party pushing him in directions he doesn't want to go in. Breaking their supermajority in 2018 would also help him avoid unpopular bills as well.

Either way, I think McCrory would be a bad pick. He might be thinking he could get another tight race, but I doubt it would be like that.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Would McCrory have ever really been in trouble had he not indulged socially conservative policies and wrapped himself around the bathroom bill? He could have avoided a lot of heat from that. It's possible that Cooper could ride out the next 3 years with no major issues. Cooper has it easier in the sense that he doesn't have a legislature controlled by his party pushing him in directions he doesn't want to go in. Breaking their supermajority in 2018 would also help him avoid unpopular bills as well.

Either way, I think McCrory would be a bad pick. He might be thinking he could get another tight race, but I doubt it would be like that.

McCrory probably would have won absent HB2.

[Young Conservative]

"He'll never win! Cooper wins in a landslide."

>2016 was the Closest Gubernatorial election in (at least recent) NC history.

[I’m not Stu]

Would McCrory have ever really been in trouble had he not indulged socially conservative policies and wrapped himself around the bathroom bill? He could have avoided a lot of heat from that. It's possible that Cooper could ride out the next 3 years with no major issues. Cooper has it easier in the sense that he doesn't have a legislature controlled by his party pushing him in directions he doesn't want to go in. Breaking their supermajority in 2018 would also help him avoid unpopular bills as well.

Either way, I think McCrory would be a bad pick. He might be thinking he could get another tight race, but I doubt it would be like that.

McCrory probably would have won absent HB2.

He likely would have. Cooper should win because he has the advantage of incumbency.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Lol, ok try it bleep.

[Maxwell]

Actually this would be his forth run if he goes forward -

lost in 2008
Won in 2012
lost in 2016
in 2020

I have no faith that Cooper would win in 2020, but Pat would probably be a good choice to allow Cooper win again, since I doubt Pat's legacy will be looked upon with any positivity.

[Panhandle Progressive]

Would McCrory have ever really been in trouble had he not indulged socially conservative policies and wrapped himself around the bathroom bill? He could have avoided a lot of heat from that. It's possible that Cooper could ride out the next 3 years with no major issues. Cooper has it easier in the sense that he doesn't have a legislature controlled by his party pushing him in directions he doesn't want to go in. Breaking their supermajority in 2018 would also help him avoid unpopular bills as well.

Either way, I think McCrory would be a bad pick. He might be thinking he could get another tight race, but I doubt it would be like that.

McCrory probably would have won absent HB2.

This seems right. Trump and Senator Burr won their races with 200K to 300K votes each. But 2020 would be extremely tough for him. 2020 should have a great turnout for Democrats, and be a difficult cycle for Republicans. It's gonna be tough for the 'insurgent' to run as the status quo, and one that seems unqualified for the job, since the early days of his presidency. That's if Trump doesn't get taken out by Mueller first. Downballot Republicans will be at a disadvantage from the beginning.

[Mr. Smith]

2 out of 3 lost..not a good record.

[Indy Texas]

Surely the NCGOP has a decent bench and doesn't have to have this guy run for the fourth time in a row.

[Kamala]

The People's Pat McCrory... He's burned all his bridges by now, hasn't he?

[NewYorkExpress]

Surely the NCGOP has a decent bench and doesn't have to have this guy run for the fourth time in a row.

Maybe Tillis wants out of the Senate?

[Indy Texas]

Surely the NCGOP has a decent bench and doesn't have to have this guy run for the fourth time in a row.

Maybe Tillis wants out of the Senate?

I was actually thinking of Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest or Treasurer Dale Folwell.

[Don Vito Corleone]

"He'll never win! Cooper wins in a landslide."

>2016 was the Closest Gubernatorial election in (at least recent) NC history.

Yeah, but there McCroy was the incumbent and Cooper the challenger, and the national environment was favorable to Republicans. The former will definitely be different in 2020, and I suspect the latter will be too.

[SATW]

I'd prefer him not run, and I think many blue avatars would agree.

Dan Forest would be a decent potential candidate.

[Tekken_Guy]

He won't make it to the primaries. Republicans always remember him as the guy who brought an economic plague on the state.