Snyder's not bad, but he's always spouting off about the Founding Fathers and whatnot, which comes across to a lot of people as "Nutball". And while he's conservative, I agree that he's never proven himself in the public square so it's hard to know what you're going to get with him.
I will say that he's been relatively gracious and realistic about White House involvement in the primaries.
So if y'all don't like 'Root too much, you probably don't like Mayor Pat either? Personally I'd like him to run for mayor again if only to keep Parks Helms OUT.
McCrory is slobberin' all over the washinton-ites so as to secure a prominent appointment by Bush...look at how much time he has spent up there in the last few years...but you're probably right, if McCrory doesn't run, Helms will and would probably win...that is, depending on the outcome of all the DSS mess.