[NCSteve]

Sleasely couldn't even be remotely called a conservative. The only redeeming value he has is that he is very strong on law-and-order. He's a big defender of strong sentencing and the death penalty. Other than that, he is just more of the same from the Jim Hunt school of NC guvs.

I didn't need to watch the debates to decide I wasn't voting for Ballantine. All my contacts in the NCGA warned me about him after he won the primary and he has done nothing since then to change my view. I think he's trying out a little Clinton/Bush triangulation. I'm getting pretty sick of that.

I'm not sure who the Libertarian might be for governor, none of the past crop has been worth voting for. Sadness abounds.

[traviskicks]

ok, thanks for that update. I'll take your word for it that Sleasy is no conservative either. Strong sentencing isn't anything to run on. Let's get the word out not to vote for Ballentine. The best bet if you have to choose between a Republican and a Democrat that are basically the same is not to 'knee jerk' vote for the Republican because he will just give the rest of the us a bad name. I'll vote for the libertarian or not vote at all.

Sheesh. How could he win the primary? North Carolina is still a Conservative state is it not?

[Tax-chick]

All my contacts in the NCGA

North Carolina Golf Association? Relevance?