A contributing blogger, noting that Governor McCrory has had a run of bad news lately, offers five ways he can turn around “his disappointing governorship:”

Get focused. Choose three priorities and make them the theme of your administration. Don’t allow other things to distract you.

Wear out your veto stamp. Veto every single bill that doesn’t help you achieve your three priorities. Most of your vetoes will be overridden, but you’ll make the legislature work harder and longer. And it will give you regular opportunities to remind everyone that you were elected by millions of citizens, not thousands of bumpkins back home.

Fix your media problem. Never, ever sit in a chair when a TV camera is in the room. Stand up, stand tall, look like a leader and never allow a camera to hover over you. It makes you look weak. Also, develop a script about what you believe in and stick to it. No more off-the-cuff stuff.

Issue an executive order ceasing production of all specialty license plates until the legislature clarifies state policy about controversial subjects. When mama can’t get her Jeff Gordon plate, the legislature will rush to help you with the confederate flag mess.

Don’t get in the gutter with legislators. Let them say all those nasty and disrespectful things about you, but they always have been, and always will be, more unpopular than you.