2008 North Carolina Winners.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

It's a shame NC elected a nut like Perdue. McCrory would've been a great governor like he's been a great mayor for Charlotte.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I love rich snobs, being one myself. He did get killed in rural areas and failed to win Mecklenberg County. Every time I've heard Bev speak, she's sounded like a nut--this coming from a guy who has a favorable view of Mike Easely.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

It's a shame NC elected a nut like Perdue. McCrory would've been a great governor like he's been a great mayor for Charlotte.

McCrory would have easily won if it weren't for the Obama coattails in Mecklenberg county (and pretty much everywhere else).

No he wouldn't.

Yes, he would've. Obama needed everything to go perfectly to win in NC, and it did. Otherwise, McCrory and McCain win, but Dole still loses.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

It's a shame NC elected a nut like Perdue. McCrory would've been a great governor like he's been a great mayor for Charlotte.

McCrory would have easily won if it weren't for the Obama coattails in Mecklenberg county (and pretty much everywhere else).

No he wouldn't.

Yes, he would've. Obama needed everything to go perfectly to win in NC, and it did. Otherwise, McCrory and McCain win, but Dole still loses.

No, I'm not saying McCrory wouldn't have won. I was saying he wouldn't have won easily. He would have won by the same margin that Bev won by.

That's still a majority of the vote, and thus an easy win.

I disagree, because Obama had MASSIVE coattails in Mecklenberg county, where he was mayor.  He would have likely won the county by 10 points or so if Obama wasn't in the running.  Also, check out western NC.  There is no way Perdue would have won those collection of counties by those margins, or even at all.

I still say a 5 point win for McCrory.

I was surprised Perdue did so well in Forsyth and Guilford Counties. Interestingly enough, McCrory ran ahead of McCain in Wake County. But Obama's coattails did hurt Pat in Charlotte. No other reason to explain him losing the county barely except for a lot of straight ticket voting.