N.C. Dems mock Romney, Ryan, McCrory

North Carolina Democrats will release their latest installment today of an ongoing video series mocking Mitt Romney and Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory -- this time, with a jab or two at Paul Ryan thrown in.

Democrats have sought to tie McCrory (represented in their videos as a puppet) and Romney (played by a robot) together through attacks on both Republicans as secretive businessmen hiding their tax returns.

They keep up the theme in today's video, "The Island of No Returns," which opens with "McCrory" and "Romney" sitting oceanside as a young boy plays by the pool.

"Is that one of your kids, Mitt?" McCrory asks. Romney responds: "No, that's Paul Ryan."

At which point a voice is heard from off-camera shouting: "I'll cut your Medicare, old man!"

It's a rare instance of actual creativity in a political season full of web videos. McCrory, the former mayor of Charlotte, is running against Democratic Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton for the job that Gov. Bev Perdue is leaving after one term, and the Republican has had the edge in recent polling.