What's the deal with the simultaneous political suicide of all these southern governors?

Note to potential alerters: I'm not saying everyone in these states is a dipshit. But there are enough dipshits to keep electing rightwing loons.

He was only elected because the Dems weren't able to bring forward a decent candidate with name recognition
when Bev Perdue decided--on very little notice-- not to run for re-election.

Enter McCrory, who had previously run for Governor and was viewed as a moderate Republican who had
been Mayor of Charlotte.

Huh. Not after Art Pope got hold of him.

He's toast. Roy Cooper has a lot of respect--and name recognition-- in NC.
And HB 2 has created a lot more visibility for him.

At least in the first two examples - and they are probably thinking they will be rewarded for it.

End of discussion.

They know what will get them re-elected in the reddest of red states. They have no incentive to do otherwise. Gawd will forgive them and the gay will be banished. Win-win in the deep south.

Oh, well. More economy for the rest of us, I suppose.

AND made an anti-LGBTQ "Religious Freedom" executive order (to be rescinded by the new Democratic Governor).

"You are free to adhere to any religion as long as it's the state-sponsored brand of anti-LGBT hatred."

I'd love to see the support a Muslim cafe owner would have if he tried to stop xtians from coming in.

Baptist Coup basically put interests and the state above the churches, making them total tools of capital

It's the circle of shit and it screws us all! Tell me again why our political system favors these dipshits?

their base.

Demotivating moderates (and motivating Dems) will hurt the GOP in swing districts.

there recently. NC maybe but that's a pretty big maybe.

It's too early to see what will happen with McCrory and Bryant, though of the two of them I would bet that McCrory is going to be hit hardest over the law he just signed.