Well, well. Long time campaign aide Victoria Smith has left the Pat McCrory team. That didn’t take very long.

Guess Pat is gonna be spending money on big name consultants after all. I further guess sooner or later that will show up in the actual substance of his campaign. Right now, he is going in circles even with Jack Hawke calling the shots.

Meanwhile, which band member swap-up does this recall for you? Me, I have to go with Bruce Dickinson in for Paul Di’Anno. Like Smith, Di’Anno was fiery brawler who got by more on effort and grit than innate ability. Dickinson had seen what Iron Maiden could do and thought he could do it better than Di’Anno ever could.

He did.