Consequences: NC’s Pat McCrory Might be the Next Tom Corbett

[Triana]

The governor’s race in Pennsylvania might not seem to have any connection to the situation here in NC.

But our governor, Pat McCrory, might want to tune in.

In PA, Republican Tom Corbett is a dead man walking, according to polls that show him badly trailing just about any Democrat who is willing to put his or name in the race. Corbett is at 38 percent job approval.

Republican McCrory is at 40 percent approval and 49 percent disapproval. It represents a precipitous 15-point drop from June, according to Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning but well-regarded firm.

What is striking is that Corbett and the legislature in Pennsylvania pursued a nearly identical legislative course as McCrory and the N.C. General Assembly.

Namely: Voter ID; cuts to education and diminishment of teachers; cuts to programs for the poor; refusal to accept federal Medicaid money and refusal to set up Obamacare health care exchanges; big tax breaks for corporations, etc.

THE REST:

http://www.ncspin.com/2013/08/11/consequences-ncs-pat-mccrory-might-be-the-next-tom-corbett/?fb_source=pubv1

[Vogon_Glory]

1. So As You Sow, So Shall You Reap Out Of Fashion

The old saying that "So as you sow, so shall you reap" has gone out of fashion with GOP politicians. The notion that there might be a general electorate that profoundly disagrees with what the most right-wing part of the base wants has become completely alien to Them.

So far GOP politicians think they've got enough of a majority with right-wing whites and voter suppression to avoid a head-on collision with reality. This could change if enough voters get angry enough to take names and vote to fire when they head to voting stations.

[Triana]

2. Don't forget the gerrymandering....The American Taliban minority ...

...won't be able to hold off the inevitable forever though.