Mark Robinson thread | Report - Pressure on Robinson to drop out?

lawtig02 said:
So, I love Roy. Always have. Hope he’s our next great NC senator. But this dickwad has been one heartbeat from the governor’s mansion for two years now. HOW DID WE NOT HEAR ABOUT ALL THIS EARLIER????
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It's really a shame none of this didn't come out when Robinson was running for Lt Governor - my understanding is that if the Democrat had won that election cooper was going to run for Senate in 2022
 
gregh1 said:
Stein would be dumb to leak something that results in Robinson being replaced with ANY other Repub candidate.
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100%. A generic, unknown 50 yo white male NCGA pub from Lillington has a better shot than Robinson.
 
aGDevil2k said:
Robinson's porn addiction may finally be the thing that might end him. The other crap doesn't make the news (sad in this day's cycles), but the porn addiction was on the "news of the day" in at least 2 big radio stations - one in the Triangle and one in the Triad.
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I agree, this isn't in the top ten of reasons not to vote for him.
 
gregh1 said:
Stein would be dumb to leak something that results in Robinson being replaced with ANY other Repub candidate. Maga will vote for anything with a heartbeat and there might be some centrists who are a little less revolted by an alternative.
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As of a month ago, when the stuff was probably first leaked (to give the journalists time to build a story), it would be currently too late. The leak was timed well, I think, because the withdrawal date was Sept 6. What they weren't expecting was the Supreme Court to delay the withdrawal state just because RFK wanted to remove his fucking name.
 
Could also be that the Republicans have had this dirt on Robinson for a while. Good to keep him in line. Now that they see he’s a loser, they deploy it to get him out of the race.
 
Any way you slice this, this can’t be good for pubs. There’s been plenty of dirt on him for a long time and they fully backed him until now. They’re still going to be tethered to that guy.
 
Paine said:
Could also be that the Republicans have had this dirt on Robinson for a while. Good to keep him in line. Now that they see he’s a loser, they deploy it to get him out of the race.
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Nah. They would have put on the pressure before now. Look at what happened with Biden. He did eventually come to realize that his position was untenable, but it took a while. The idea that they are going to show Robinson this material and tell him to get out within 24 hours -- it's not plausible to me. It would a terrible way of accomplishing that ostensible goal.

I suppose it's possible that they've been using this as blackmail for a while, hoping to get Robinson to withdraw by the threat of publication, and now that he's not playing ball, they've ramped up the pressure. Still, I am skeptical.

Also remember that the real deadline to withdraw was September 6. The only reason that he's able to withdraw now is because of the Supreme Court's fuckery. That was not a predictable event and I doubt anyone worked this possibility into their planning.
 
superrific said:
Nah. They would have put on the pressure before now. Look at what happened with Biden. He did eventually come to realize that his position was untenable, but it took a while. The idea that they are going to show Robinson this material and tell him to get out within 24 hours -- it's not plausible to me. It would a terrible way of accomplishing that ostensible goal.

I suppose it's possible that they've been using this as blackmail for a while, hoping to get Robinson to withdraw by the threat of publication, and now that he's not playing ball, they've ramped up the pressure. Still, I am skeptical.

Also remember that the real deadline to withdraw was September 6. The only reason that he's able to withdraw now is because of the Supreme Court's fuckery. That was not a predictable event and I doubt anyone worked this possibility into their planning.
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Like you said earlier though, no reason to think the NC Supreme Court won’t go along with whatever at this point.
 
Paine said:
Like you said earlier though, no reason to think the NC Supreme Court won’t go along with whatever at this point.
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Right. I just don't think this feels like a Pub operation because the timing is wrong. Maybe they are taking advantage of a windfall, so to speak. I suppose anything is possible. It's just that if they've had this material -- and I have to think that it didn't just surface in the last two weeks -- I can't see why they didn't use it before the real withdrawal deadline. It's not as if Robinson has done something extra bad in the past two weeks. He's the same cretin he always was, unless I've missed something. If they want him out now, they would have wanted him out then.

To me, this feels like Stein's team sent oppo to CNN a little while ago. CNN has been building the story (perhaps that's why it is reportedly so damning -- it must be well-sourced). The original plan was to come in after the withdrawal deadline (note: that might not have been the prime consideration. It's also possible they held it until people were paying attention after Labor Day), and then NCSC did its thing.
 
superrific said:
The deadline was two weeks ago. This is a new NC Supreme Court created deadline. Who's to say they won't make another exception?

Ah, the statute says "A person who has been declared the nominee of a political party for a specified office under the provisions of G.S. 163-182.15 or G.S. 163-110, shall not be permitted to resign as a candidate unless, prior to the first day on which military and overseas absentee ballots are transmitted to voters under Article 21A of this Chapter, that [the] person submits to the board of elections which certified the nomination a written request that person be permitted to withdraw. "

And that deadline was two weeks ago. But this says prior to the first day on which military and overseas ballots ARE transmitted. So the NC court, giving RFK the ability to delay the distribution of ballots, also gave Robinson an extension. But I doubt they will delay the ballot printing AGAIN, so if he withdraws, his name will be on the ballot.
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they will be in violation of federal law if they delay any more
 
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