evidence: A decade ago, Mark Robinson had a dead-end job and a nasty habit of posting anti-Semitic, homophobic, and sexist screeds on Facebook. Today he is North Carolina’s lieutenant governor. This November, he could become the state’s first Black governor. [...] "There’s no danger of Mark Robinson being boring," Chris Cooper, a political scientist at Western Carolina University (and no relation to the governor), told me. "You could put him in a tweed coat and give him a cup of chamomile, and he’s still going to be engaging." [...] "I see Mark Robinson as a problem for Republicans in North Carolina across the board," Paul Shumaker told me. A longtime strategist for more traditional Republicans, Shumaker worked for Robinson’s opponent Graham during the primary. According to Shumaker, Stein and his allies will benefit from the fact that the most effective attacks on Robinson are all quotations of things he has said, which could overcome typical voter skepticism about claims made in attack ads. "They’ll have him destroyed by Labor Day," he said. "Then you start going downballot and start making him a liability for people who hitched a wagon to him."