Although yesterday's news cycle was mostly dominated by news casters bloviating on Clinton, an arguably more important event was taking place closer to home. Roy Cooper, North Carolina's Attorney General and Ralph Lauren catalog model, clinched (as they say) the Democratic nomination for governor.
Well known for his role in the Duke lacrosse case of 2007 and generally not being an insufferably conservative blowhard, Cooper is NC's best shot at removing Pat McCrory from office. McCrory, who likes to play footsies with Duke Energy and who Queen of the Damned, Ann Coulter once proposed as an ideal VP for a Trump presidency, has also won his party's nomination, unsurprisingly.
Now, it's a vicious cage match between the two veteran politicians. A spokesman for the Republican Governor's Association has already taken a shot at Cooper, calling him “an out-of-touch career politician … with a consistent record of supporting bigger government, higher taxes, more regulation, expanding Obamacare and other liberal job killing policies.”
Needless to say, the GOP is ready for a fight. Luckily, Cooper is too. During his victory speech last night, he pledged to put North Carolina on "the right path" and urged votes to "come together and get ready for the battle ahead in November." Additionally, he took the chance to tie McCrory to America's least effective toupee model, Trump (née Drumpf). Unreliable sources report that, upon hearing this, McCrory replied, "Who, me?" while fanning himself and sighing forlornly out the window.
Beating an incumbent is hard, as history shows, but Cooper has demonstrated a real fighting chance, raising $5.7 million to McCrory's $4.3 million. Setting aside the fact that Cooper is a relatively moderate democrat (except in the eyes of foaming-at-the-mouth conservatives who think that any time the government farts, it's exercising its control over small business), he is the ideal candidate in this race, PURELY because he is not McCrory. Not typically one for opting for an "anything but ___" mindset, I can confidently say I would rather have anything but a Republican governor in office right now. Especially if that Republican governor has a history of questionable dealings and firmly rooted ties to corrupt organizations.
We have a real chance to shake off the irritatingly red monkey currently digging its claws in our back right now and elect someone who will, at the very least, put North Carolina back into the same sentence as "progressive." Also, he seems nice.
Vote Roy Cooper: Better to Look At; Better to Lead
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