carolina is probably not as conservative as its current government may lead you to believe. and what we re seeing may be the inevitable backlash when one party controls government and pushes their agenda too far. democrats are in charge for a long time in north carolina, and now we re seeing a backlash that way. the situation has created plenty of headaches for the current governor, pat mccorey, many he made himself. for instance, mccorey made headlines in 2013 to protect the state s economic climate. i ve made a decision to get off the credit card and but i m willing to work with the president to see what we can do in the future and congress and have ongoing talks about the flexibility that states have in the issue. and i believe in flexibility, because each state has its own unique needs. now, the economy isn t mckory s only problem, still dealing with the coal ash bill, which raised questions of whether the governor gave special treatment to a company he once worked for.