Gary Pearce posted on October 05, 2012 09:45
Walter Dalton’s feisty debate performance gave his campaign a spark and got under Pat McCrory’s skin. That’s a weakness that would hurt McCrory in the Governor’s office.
If McCrory didn’t like Dalton’s questions and attacks, wait until the media gets after him. And that’s just a matter of time in a media culture that prizes fact-checking and investigations.
Wait until the legislative leadership decides to show him who’s boss. Wait until a couple of really, really conservative Republican legislators squawk when McCoy makes a moderate peep. Wait until the entrenched bureaucracy protects itself by leaking some juicy tidbits.
And wait until he is finally forced to answer the question of how he’s going to close the $2 billion to $11 billion from cutting or eliminating personal and corporate income taxes. The debate panel led him slide by that one Wednesday night. He’ll have to answer if he is elected, and the answer is clear: Either raise some other taxes, or cut education even more.