Bill Peaslee, the party's political director, said Ballantine "kind of caused a problem for us, not to mention some hard feelings." He made us late for lunch, and cut into Richard Burr's speaking time. What's up with that???
Ballantine treated the speech/video like his own coronation. Still, any resentment is likely short-lived, and Ballantine got the biggest applause of any candidate (for governor), hands down. He was clearly the choice of the convention. Which was, I'm sure, his plan.
PB was energized at the convention, but avoided any focus on conservative principles (other than that Mike Easley is not a conservative principle).
I'd like to better understand wether Ballantine's motivation is more out of love of power or out of well-rooted principles. Does anyone have any insights that they would like to share?