Here's part of what the Greensboro News & Record had to say in "Pat McCrory's test":
Pat McCrory started fast and never looked back in his second race for governor. That should be his formula for governing...
During his seven terms as mayor, Charlotte launched a light-rail system, developed an appealing “uptown” environment and raised its national profile to the point where it could be selected to host a national convention. McCrory set partisanship aside in the city’s best interests.
Now, when his party will control all of state government except some Council of State offices, McCrory should take the same approach. He wasn’t elected to follow the legislature’s plunge to the right but to find pragmatic solutions that can win bipartisan support....
McCrory won’t succeed in the long run by ignoring the interests and concerns of nearly half the electorate. Nor should he let Republican legislators, although they have a two-year head start in power, dictate an overly conservative agenda.That would not have worked for McCrory in Charlotte, and it won’t work in governing North Carolina.
From the (Raleigh) News and Observer in "McCrory will face challenges":
McCrory now faces the challenge of governing not just a big, bustling, business-oriented city, but a state with fading rural roots, medium-sized struggling cities and towns, hamlets and crossroads communities. (And of course, metropolitan areas such as Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Durham and Raleigh.)
The one-party control of the General Assembly and the governorship will be interesting. It’s true that Democrats were in that position for most of the 20th century, so it’s not as if this is particularly shocking or unique. But GOP leaders in the legislature have stumbled at times, in part due to inexperience and also because of philosophical difference in their own party.
Will Republican lawmakers, with an ally as governor, now bring forth a series of favored measures such as the voter ID bill vetoed by [Gov. Bev] Perdue? Will there be a further push for vouchers for people to use public money to send their children to private schools? Issues of this sort tend to be highly divisive. If they become central to the GOP agenda it will not make it easier for McCrory to do the governor’s job of trying to bring the state together.
It’s in McCrory’s interest to try to avoid that division. Clearly, he brought people together to support his bid for the state’s highest elected office, and he says he intends to be inclusive. Now, he must reach out to 9 million constituents to show he will serve them all.
From The Hickory Daily Record, in "McCrory will pass the leadership test":
McCrory ran a sensible campaign that convinced North Carolinians he could represent the entire state and not just its biggest city...
McCrory got a congratulatory note from [Bev] Perdue last night. “I offered him my full assistance in his transition to our state’s highest office,” Perdue wrote. “Tonight, I ask all North Carolinians to come together, put the acrimony behind us, and work with Governor-elect McCrory to move North Carolina forward,” she said.
We agree. It is time to work together. That’s something we think McCrory can facilitate. We cannot attain progress by fighting with each other...
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