As you may know, Bob Etheridge is running for Governor. It will be interesting if a whole batch of Congressmembers decide to take a run and form a circular firing squad while Pat McCrory waits to take on the damaged Dem nominee. Of course, at the rate we’re going, McCrory may be the only thing to win in NC if Slick Willard hijacks the nomination.
As low as my opinion is of Romney, I have no doubt that he (or Santorum, or Newt) would carry NC over Obama. If we’re stuck with Romney as the nominee, he will pick a conservative runningmate and ride Obama’s unpopularity (and the much lower black and youth turnout as compared to 2008) to victory in NC. Frankly, I’d be more worried about VA.
Of course, I hope it doesn’t come to that.