McCrory vs Charlotte
Pat McCrory acts like the Queen City has become Queer City.
Now, the city that made him may break him. He got elected because he had a reputation as a moderate, pragmatic, pro-business Mayor of Charlotte. He may lose reelection because he has a reputation now as a gay-bashing, bathroom-obsessed, bad-for-business Governor.
He won in 2012 because he won big margins in Charlotte and its media market. He may lose in 2016 because his embrace of HB2 chases away thousands of those voters.
It’s a product of a fundamental divide in the Republican Party, one McCrory never figured out how to bridge.
It’s Trump vs Romney/Bush/Establishment. It’s Megachurches vs Megabusiness. It’s City Mouse vs Country Mouse. It’s Charlotte vs Kings Mountain and Eden.
Unfortunately for McCrory, Kings Mountain, Eden & Co. control the legislature. They’ve gerrymandered themselves into a belief they’re bulletproof. He has never figured out how to handle them. And now he’s paying the price.
McCrory vs Charlotte
Pat McCrory acts like the Queen City has become Queer City.
Now, the city that made him may break him. He got elected because he had a reputation as a moderate, pragmatic, pro-business Mayor of Charlotte. He may lose reelection because he has a reputation now as a gay-bashing, bathroom-obsessed, bad-for-business Governor.
He won in 2012 because he won big margins in Charlotte and its media market. He may lose in 2016 because his embrace of HB2 chases away thousands of those voters.
It’s a product of a fundamental divide in the Republican Party, one McCrory never figured out how to bridge.
It’s Trump vs Romney/Bush/Establishment. It’s Megachurches vs Megabusiness. It’s City Mouse vs Country Mouse. It’s Charlotte vs Kings Mountain and Eden.
Unfortunately for McCrory, Kings Mountain, Eden & Co. control the legislature. They’ve gerrymandered themselves into a belief they’re bulletproof. He has never figured out how to handle them. And now he’s paying the price.