Gary Pearce A national reporter recently wrote a flattering article about Governor Roy Cooper, but seemed flummoxed by Cooper’s political success. In “What Does This Man Know That Other Democrats Don’t?” in The Atlantic, Edward-Isaac Dovere wrote: “The governor is 16–0 in primary and general elections over the past three and a half decades — in good years and bad years for Democrats, in the North Carolina of his youth and in the very different place his state has become.” Even after interviewing the governor, he wrote: “Cooper doesn’t know why he keeps winning in North Carolina while other Democrats keep losing.” He added: “the secret to Cooper’s victories may be hard to replicate.”