McCrory: Homeward Bound?
Posted January 5th, 2008 at 9:31 AM by Jeff A. Taylor
Interesting rumor du jour is that Mayor Pat McCrory will have a press conference next week in Jamestown, NC.
Why Jamestown — near High Point — of all places? McCrory went to Ragsdale High in Jamestown, where he kicked off his political career by being student body president. Kinda sounds like a set-piece to announce a run for governor, does it not?
The other interesting development is that current GOP candidate for governor Bill Graham has severed ties with consultants Fetzer Stephens. Everything is being couched as a friendly separation between the Salisbury lawyer and the firm which helped him manage the start of his campaign. And that may well be true.
However, it also leaves Fetzer Stephens unattached in the race at the moment. And it must be noted that firm principal Tom Fetzer, the former GOP mayor of Raleigh, would be uniquely qualified to help a McCrory campaign construct the statewide “urban” campaign everyone keeps talking about.
So, does 2+2=4? Guess we’ll find out next week.
Update: NnR poli-maven Mark Binker makes the point that McCrory announcing in the Triad helps get the “Charlotte patina off him.” And we all know how stubborn that stain can be. I had not thought of that.
January 5th, 2008 at 10:42 am
[...] The Meck Deck ponders the interesting rumor that Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory will hold a press conference in Jamestown next week, presumably to announce his run for governor. [...]
January 5th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Why not have a press conference at the college where Pat received his undergraduate degree. I’ll tell you why. The best candidate for the Republican nominee is Bill Graham. Bill and Pat both graduated from Catawba College. Not exactly Ivy League. Bill went on to get his law degree. Pat took a position with a monopoly company that allows him to show up for work when and if he wants to.
January 5th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
No, no, no. You have it all wrong. Pat was in charge of setting up the orientation VCR for new employees.
Now he manages those who set up the DVD.
Obvious career growth.
January 6th, 2008 at 8:42 am
The bottom line for Pat McCrory is that every conservative in Char-Meck knows he is a RINO.
Word has a way of spreading state-wide with John Locke’s daily Carolina Journal, which includes several articles from the Observer, as well as other newspapers.
McCrory can’t design a new reputation, but he may try!
January 8th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
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