McCrory should stay away from Bush
President Bush is coming to Raleigh to raise money for Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory, Under the Dome reports.
Man, I thought McCrory was smarter than that.
Maybe Bush is money in the bank, but the unpopular lame duck is death with voters.
McCrory is playing right into Democrats' hands. No amount of money he can raise is worth the cost.
Jack Hawke, McCrory's chief consultant, told Dome, nah, Bush won't hurt the Charlotte mayor.
National issues will have little impact on the governor's race.
"Our campaign will concentrate on the state of North Carolina and the problems the state has — from corruption, to mismanagement, to a high tax rate," he said. "That has very little (to do) with what is going on at the national level."
Those things are true, but one reason North Carolina Republicans have a hard time getting anywhere on the state level is that voters associate them with the Republicans in Washington.
BlueNC bloggers are already trying to link McCrory to Bush, and now McCrory's helping them.
It's totally unnecessary. The gubernatorial campaign is about state issues, and running on state issues where Democrats are weak is the only way for McCrory to win. So, why is he opening the door to a discussion of Bush and his blunders?
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