Georgia

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11Alive Reporter Wonders If Democratic Governors Are Hanging Barnes Out To Dry

Since Nathan Deal clinched the Georgia Republican Party 's gubernatorial nomination last month, the Republican Governors Association (RGA) has been quick to demonstrate their unyeilding support for his candidacy. The formation of a PAC with the State Ethics Commission , two television ads and a website linking Democrat Roy Barnes with the unpopular Barack Obama says the RGA is heavily...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - 7:04 a.m.

Feud With Palin in Background of Alaska Upset

Ms. Murkowski, who trailed Joe Miller, her Republican primary opponent, by 1,668 votes, gave her concession speech Tuesday. From The New York Times : It took Sarah Palin just four years to help dismantle the political empire the Murkowski family took three decades to build. In 2006, she ousted Gov. Frank H. Murkowski from the governor’s office, embarrassing him by 30 points in a Republ...
Cracker Squire - 5:09 a.m.

Health insurance tax credit likely to affect small part of small-business workforce

From The Washington Post : About 16.6 million workers are employed by small businesses that are eligible for health insurance tax credits under the new health-care law, according to estimates that were to be released by a nonpartisan research foundation Thursday. However, the report by the Commonwealth Fund estimated that only 3.4 million of those workers are at firms that would take advantage...
Cracker Squire - 5:09 a.m.

DeKalb County District Attorney Resigns; Perdue To Appoint Replacement

DeKalb County District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming has resigned her post to take a new job in the Obama Administration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [Associated Press (2010-9-1). Obama Picks Georgia Prosecutor to Lead Southeast EPA . WCTV-TV . Retrieved on 2010-9-2.]. Fleming, first elected D.A. in 2004, has about two years left in her second four-year term. The Georgia C...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - 4:42 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Illegal Immigration to U.S. Slows Sharply

From The Wall Street Journal : Illegal immigration to the U.S. has slowed sharply since 2007, with the bleak U.S. job market apparently discouraging people from heading north. The influx of illegal immigrants plunged to an estimated 300,000 annually between March 2007 and 2009, from 850,000 a year between March 2000 and March 2005, according to new study released Wednesday by the Pew Hispan...
Cracker Squire - 4:42 a.m.

Outlook Dimming for Democrats

From The Wall Street Journal : Citing the bad economy, President Barack Obama's unpopularity and a generally sour mood among voters, pollsters and nonpartisan analysts have recently downgraded the prospects for Democratic incumbents in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio and other states. Among those seats now regarded as up for grabs are more than a dozen—including [Georgia's Rep. Jim] Mar...
Cracker Squire - 4:42 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Candidates for Agriculture Commissioner Scheduled to Debate Thursday Night

Georgia Organics , a member supported non-profit organization working to integrate healthy, sustainable and locally grown food into the lives of all Georgians, is sponsoring a debate Thursday night featuring the candidates for Agriculture Commissioner. The debate, scheduled for 7:30PM on the Emory University campus, will also be live streamed online here . Republican Gary Black , Libertarian ...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - 1:07 a.m.

Towery: Barnes Must Adopt A "I'm Really A Republican" Strategy Or Lose

For months around here, I've been pounding the table with my assertions that Barack Obama is toxic to Democrats in Georgia. Now, even as some say a new ad from the GOP is a perfect tool to motivate those so-called "Obama voters" to the polls, the latest numbers from Insider Advantage Georgia reiterate the point that the President will be no help for his Democratic Party in November. ...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - 12:05 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

This Is How You Do It

Tired of Alan Colmes milquetoast rebuttals? Weary of Rachel Maddow’s thoughtful but reserved disagreements? Check out Cenk Uygur on MSNBC as he rips a Republican a new one. Filed under: Media Tagged: Cenk Uygur, MSNBC ...
Left On Lanier - Wed 7:05 p.m.

Democratic A.G. Candidate Says Speed Up Appeals Process for Quicker Executions

The following is a press release from the Ken Hodges for Attorney General campaign : Last week, Ken’s work protecting Georgians made news—in a case that still weighs heavy on his heart. In 1994, a South Georgia woman was viciously murdered and left on the side of a dirt road. Ken went after her killer, Marcus Ray Johnson, and he was condemned to death by a Dougherty County Jury. This dea...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Wed 6:30 a.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

The latest tone-deaf move by the we love fancy vacations White House: Pres. Obama’s talking rug coul...

Maureen Dowd writes in The New York Times : If we had wanted earth tones in the Oval Office, we would have elected Al Gore. (Oh, yeah, we did.) On the night we were reminded that George W. Bush ended up in the White House and heedlessly, needlessly started the war with Iraq, President Obama did his Mission Relinquished address from his redecorated man cave. The Oval Office was done over by...
Cracker Squire - Wed 4:48 a.m.

How the health care sausage-legislation was made & passed: Do you see you company here? Mine isn't. ...

From The Wall Street Journal : Almost 2,000 employers and unions will be eligible to submit retirees' medical bills for reimbursement by a $5 billion federal fund, the Obama administration will disclose Tuesday, suggesting the fund will be spread widely but thinly. General Motors Co., General Electric Co., Procter & Gamble Co., PepsiCo Inc., Alcoa Inc., Intel Corp., and Pfizer Inc. are among t...
Cracker Squire - Wed 4:00 a.m.

The Georgia Gang in 2009 discusses Nathan Deal's deal.

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Cracker Squire - Wed 4:00 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Election 2010 Could Be The Last Hurrah For Georgia Dems

Athens Banner-Herald reporter Blake Aued recently interviewed state Representative Alan Powell (D - Hartwell) about the Georgia Democratic Party's prospects in the November General Election [Aued, Blake (2010-8-31). Powell: Barnes is Dems' last hope . Blake Aued's Blog . Retrieved on 2010-9-1.]. Powell told Aued, in the interview, that he believes Barnes has to branch out and talk abo...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Wed 1:06 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Phil Kent’s Screw-up

Blake Aued describes Phil Kent’s massive screw-up (watch the video in post below): …Kent was speaking in the past tense because the show is taped on Friday. Deal’s lawyer, Randy Evans, had told him Friday that they’d be released Saturday, Kent said. They weren’t. So, to sum up, not only did Kent assume that what [...] ...
Left On Lanier - Tue 2:48 p.m.

Republican Governors Claim Barnes Ruled State With "Iron Fist" in New Ad

The Republican Governors Association debuted a new ad in Georgia Tuesday. The spot, called " Iron Fist ," accuses former Governor Roy Barnes of being arrogant and not listening to the people during his first term in the governor's mansion. ...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Tue 7:23 a.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Price, Linder, Isakson Make The Hill's 50 Most Wealthiest Members of Congress List

Tuesday, The Hill newspaper released its annual list of the 50 wealthiest members of Congress. On this year's list are three Georgians: Tom Price, John Linder and Johnny Isakson. The wealthiest members of Congress grew richer in 2009 even as the economy struggled to recover from a deep recession. The 50 wealthiest lawmakers were worth almost $1.4 billion in 2009, about $85.1 million more ...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Tue 6:43 a.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Did Deal Release Tax Returns?

Phil Kent from the GA Gang sez yes! Filed under: Media Tagged: Nathan Deal ...
Left On Lanier - Mon 1:07 p.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

American Concerns Over Karzai Deepen - State Dep't Information About Ouster of Afghan Prosecutor as ...

From The Wall Street Journal : Renewed tension with Afghan President Hamid Karzai—this time over the ouster of a graft-fighting prosecutor—is adding to doubts within the Obama administration and the U.S. military about their ability to show progress fighting corruption and improving governance, ahead of a White House review of war strategy in December. The abrupt dismissal last week of Fazel A...
Cracker Squire - Mon 4:43 a.m.

Flashback to the Past

An unintentionally hilarious post from the Peach Pundit archives: Of the many things that can be said about the Tour de Georgia this year, one thing is for certain, Lt. Governor Casey Cagle ensured an excellent start to the Tour in Savannah, GA and a great finish of the first leg at the Civic Center. Staffed by loyal [...] ...
Left On Lanier - Sun 6:49 p.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Nathan Deal Tax Returns

…rumor has it that Deal will release tax returns this week… Of course, burying it on the Friday before Labor Day will be the true mark of a politician with something to hide. If he pulls that trick as an attempt to bury the story, you can bet there’s some fire behind the smoke. Filed [...] ...
Left On Lanier - Sun 6:29 p.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Take this America, and more to come: Graft-Fighting Prosecutor Fired in Afghanistan

From The New York Times : One of the country’s most senior prosecutors said Saturday that President Hamid Karzai fired him last week after he repeatedly refused to block corruption investigations at the highest levels of Mr. Karzai’s government. Fazel Ahmed Faqiryar, the former deputy attorney general, said investigations of more than two dozen senior Afghan officials — including cabinet minis...
Cracker Squire - Sun 7:26 a.m.

Advocates Baffled By DOJ Approval of Controversial Voter Verification Law

Cross-posted at Project Vote's blog, Voting Matters A two-year battle in the courts concluded this week when the Department of Justice approved Georgia’s controversial voter verification system that was originally struck down in 2009 as inaccurate, unreliable, and worst of all, discriminatory against people of color and naturalized citizens.  The decision leaves voting rights ad...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Fri 4:40 p.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

A Most Undisciplined Candidate

North Georgia rejoiced when Nathan Deal won the GOP nomination for governor. After 18 years of representing this region in Congress, our decision to send him to DC was vindicated. The truth? Deal is rusty. He has been essentially unchallenged for years, and its showing. Deal has flip-flopped on Race-to-the-Top funding. He has flip-flopped on [...] ...
Left On Lanier - Fri 2:42 p.m. - 12 clicks 12 clicks

UnCommon Ground

Cup O' Joe - Fri 8:21 a.m.

Democrat Russell Edwards Gets a "False" Rating From PolitiFact Georgia

" The battle lines have been drawn so firmly on every issue that when the right says 'X' the left has to take the opposite position. " -former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean Friday morning, PolitiFact Georgia gave 10th district congressional candidate Russell Edwards a "false" rating for statements he made concerning legislation that would ban animal crush videos [Stirgus...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Fri 7:27 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

News very timely, as in just in time for midterm elections: Immigration Agency Ends Some Deportation...

From The New York Times : Immigration enforcement officials have started to cancel the deportations of thousands of immigrants they have detained, a policy they said would pare huge case backlogs in the immigration courts. ...
Cracker Squire - Fri 5:24 a.m.

Casey Cagle and “Kingmakers”

Video from Cagle’s visit to the UGA Young Republicans, in which he defends big money kingmakers that make lawmakers do their bidding. And “they’re perfectly okay” (said with a smile). (H/T Ga Politico) Filed under: Politics Tagged: Casey Cagle ...
Left On Lanier - Thu 8:08 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Judge Rules Against Troy Davis

By Laura Moye , Death Penalty Abolition Campaign Director at Amnesty International USA Two days ago, a federal district court in Savannah, Georgia denied Troy  Davis' petition – ruling that Troy didn't reach the extraordinarily high  legal bar to prove his innocence. But I was in that courtroom in June, along with other Amnesty  representatives. We saw the witnes...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Thu 2:09 p.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

CQ Politics: Bishop, Marshall A Bit More Vulnerable Than Before

In an article posted at 10:59PM Wednesday night, CQ Politics changed their race ratings for two congressional seats in Georgia [Trygstad, Kyle (2010-8-25). More House Seats Look Like They May Change Hands . CQ Politics . Retrieved on 2010-8-26.]. 8th district Democrat Jim Marshall had his seat moved from "Democrat favored" to "leans Democratic." The seat of 2nd district Congressman Sa...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 26 - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Democrats, Republicans Start At Even Keel in State House Elections

The Secretary of State released the official list of candidates for the November 2nd General Election, and both parties have an even chance of taking control of the Georgia state House. Sixty Democrats and sixty-two Republicans are unopposed on the ballot in November. That leaves fifty-eight --nearly a third-- state House seats contested by Democratic and Republican candidates. In the Georgia...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 26 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Georgia Democratic Party Posts July 31st FEC Report

Contributions (as of July 31, 2010) Contributions (YTD) Cash On Hand Debt Democratic Party of Georgia $131,465.44 $960,211.56 $220,701.33 $0 [SOURCE: Federal Elections Commission ] For the Georgia Republican Party's July 31st FEC report, click here ...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 26 - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Do Racist Judges Still Exist in Georgia?

If Federal Judge William Moore were a Klansman, it would be perfectly understandable to write a 174 page Order denying Troy Davis' petition for a new trial.  The evidence in Davis' favor is so overwhelming, there must be some logical explanation for why Moore ruled as he did.  "Racism" in this situation would serve that purpose.  It would provide all the logic one needs. ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Aug 25 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Isakson Debuts 2nd TV Ad

The 32-second spot is called " Fighting to Protect America " ...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 25 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Nathan Deal’s Tax Returns

Nathan Deal has claimed that President Obama’s refusal to release his birth certificate is proof that the President has something to hide. Nathan Deal says the Commander-in-Chief should provide evidence to prove that he is not hiding anything. Couldn’t Deal’s refusal to release his tax returns prove that he is hiding something? That he may have [...] ...
Left On Lanier - Aug 25 - 14 clicks 14 clicks

Fine; now let's move on. Ousted Agriculture Dep't official Shirley Sherrod declines to rejoin the de...

Story in The Washington Post . ...
Cracker Squire - Aug 25

'Let George Do It' George T. Smith, former Georgia Supreme Court justice, lieutenant governor and sp...

Photos and below text from the ajc's Political Insider , and the ajc . Former Georgia Supreme Court Justice George T. Smith -- who also served as lieutenant governor and speaker of the state House of Representatives -- was remembered Tuesday as a jurist who never forgot his childhood growing up poor on a farm in southwest Georgia. “He was a legend in Georgia because of his compassion f...
Cracker Squire - Aug 25 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Political Party for Mild-Mannered Is Off to a Slow Start -- Whigs Try to Tap the Angry Middle

From The Wall Street Journal : This year, an anti-Washington mood is opening doors to novice candidates from right and left who speak to the ire coursing through the electorate. The Modern Whigs, a start-up party with a venerable name, are trying to tap an even more elusive force: the angry moderate. Sparking a grass-roots uprising in the center has been a frustrating task. "A moderate person t...
Cracker Squire - Aug 24

Sovereign citizens squatting in Atlanta-area homes

DailyKos (Georgia) - Aug 23 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Fulton Commission Candidate Condemns County Spending Spree During Recession

The following is a news release from the campaign of Steve Broadbent , candidate for Fulton County Commission Chairman : The Fulton Commission continued its irresponsible spending spree Tuesday by voting to spend $5 Million to build a new community center and aviation museum. Chairman John Eaves helped lead the effort to add new County debt that must be repaid out of the general fund during ...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 23 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Justice Dept. Approves Georgia Voter Verification Process

Expect Secretary of State Brian Kemp to ride this victory all the way to the ballot box in November: Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp today announced that following the State’s June 22, 2010 lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the DOJ consented to preclearance of the State’s voter verification process, including verification of U.S. citizenship. After the DOJ consented to...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 23 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

CQ Politics: Isakson Now A "Safe Republican"

Bolstered by a large lead in the polls and a huge cash advantage, Johnny Isakson is now considered a "safe Republican" by CQ Politics .. . . .CQ Politics is moving the Iowa and Georgia Senate races that feature GOP Sens. Chuck Grassley and Johnny Isakson from Likely Republican to the least competitive category of Safe Republican. Democrats may have once held dreams of challenging Isakson and G...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 23 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

What a surprise. Thanks Uncle Sam: Credit-Card Rates Climb -- Levels Hit Nine-Year High as New Rules...

From The Wall Street Journal : Interest rates continue to tumble for the U.S. Treasury, companies and home buyers alike. But for a large portion of 381 million U.S. credit-card accounts, borrowing rates have been moving only one way: up. And average rates are likely to climb further in the near future. The sponsor of the Card Act, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), said that despite the rising rate...
Cracker Squire - Aug 22

Damn crying shame Atlanta! My father loves the Varsity; I love the Varsity; my kids love the Varsity...

Joe Bailey, 65, who has worked for the Varsity for 40 years, serves up a order on the last day of business for the Varsity Jr. in Atlanta on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010. Bailey, who will continue to work for the Varsity at other locations, said "historically this had been the busiest day I have ever seen. I don't want this place to close." (Photos and text from the ajc.) From the 8-6-10 issue o...
Cracker Squire - Aug 22 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

GAE Endorses Barnes: Hall County Teachers Unsure

From the Gainesville Times: The 43,000-member Georgia Association of Educators on Friday announced it is supporting Barnes in the November general election over Nathan Deal, a Republican and former U.S. representative from Gainesville… While a Hall County affiliate of GAE had yet to form an official opinion of the larger group’s endorsement, Mae Martin, the [...] ...
Left On Lanier - Aug 22 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

What is going on in (and I hope remains) one of America's great cities: Five years after Katrina, Ne...

From The Washington Post : Five years after Hurricane Katrina, the rebuilding of the Big Easy has created a new community of Latino immigrants in this famously insular city, redrawing racial lines in a town long defined by black and white. The change began just weeks after one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history, which decimated homes, upended lives and drove a chunk of New Orleans'...
Cracker Squire - Aug 21

David Ignatius, a wise man, writes: A president in need of a political spark (Obama's second-term ma...

David Ignatius writes in The Washington Post : Last January, President Obama made a tellingly unpolitical comment to ABC's Diane Sawyer: "I'd rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president." Obama was talking to Sawyer about his pet project of health-care legislation, which already was politically dicey. He explained his approach to governing in the most idealis...
Cracker Squire - Aug 21

Blogroll Addition

Hello Matthew Wright of the Wright and Left Report. Filed under: Media ...
Left On Lanier - Aug 20

Traffic Is Down Dramatically

Left On Lanier - Aug 20

Rep. James Mills Twitter Feed

Left On Lanier - Aug 20

On Midterm Stump, Clinton Is Defender in Chief (A decade after he was banished from the campaign tra...

From The New York Times : “It is my professional opinion that he has done a much better job than he has gotten credit for so far. And all elections are about the future, so what is the alternative?” A coast-to-coast campaign swing by Mr. Obama this week, his biggest plunge into the midterm election season to date, drew considerable attention as he raised money for Democrats in five states over...
Cracker Squire - Aug 20

Deficit & Cost Reduction Dropped From Health Care Reform Talking Points

8th district Democratic Congressman Jim Marshall recently called health care reform "a disaster." [Stucka, Mike (2010-8-6). Marshall: Health care reform 'a disaster' . Macon Telegraph . Retrieved on 2010-8-20.] And he's right. Politico reports that supporters of President Obama's health care plan --including the AFL-CIO, MoveOn.org and SEIU-- are now moving away from their previous asse...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 20 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Joint MARTOC Committee Hearing Scheduled for MARTA Budget Review

Transportation, but more importantly, mass transit is a key issue in Georgia's elections this year. The legislative committee that overseas the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, or MARTA, is meeting next week to review the transit agency's budget and examine the escalator/elevator repair project. The Joint MARTOC committee, chaired by state Rep. Jill Chambers, is scheduled to meet in...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 20 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

On the Ground Zero Mosque, Deal is Right & Barnes is Wrong

The Marietta Daily Journal reported Thursday that the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates have weighed in on the controversy surrounding the construction of a mosque in New York City. "I believe the 9/11 site is hallowed ground and it is too painful and divisive to build a mosque there," Barnes said. "As governor, I don't want New Yorkers telling Georgians what to do with our...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 19 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

The Afghan quagmire, which cost 14,000 Russian lives, resonates as painfully in Russian as the Vietn...

From The New York Times : Twenty years after the last Russian soldier walked out of Afghanistan, Moscow is gingerly pushing its way back into the country with business deals and diplomacy, and promises of closer ties to come. Russia is eager to cooperate on economic matters in part by reviving Soviet-era public works, its president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, said Wednesday during a summit meeting wi...
Cracker Squire - Aug 19

As Blagojevich and Prosecutors Fight to Standstill, Democrats Lose

From The Wall Street Journal : The hung jury in Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial could be seen as a win for either the prosecution or the defense. The only clear losers were Democrats, who face the prospect of another trial in the middle of a tough election season. A second trial will continue to draw national attention to a political culture rife with back-room deals and shady characters. An...
Cracker Squire - Aug 19

Back Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: Pentagon Cost-Saving Drive Comes Under Fire

From The Wall Street Journal : Lawmakers worried about potential job losses in their districts have rallied against the closure of a military command in Virginia, presenting Secretary of Defense Robert Gates with a big test of his sweeping effort to hold down military spending. Earlier this month, Mr. Gates announced he would cut payments to outside contractors by 10% a year for the next three...
Cracker Squire - Aug 19

Nathan Deal Advocates Casino Gambling

Left On Lanier - Aug 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Nathan Deal Refuses to Debate Barnes

Left On Lanier - Aug 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 270

DailyKos (Georgia) - Aug 18 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Deal Ducks Out of a Debate

There's no other way to spin this story. Gubernatorial rivals Nathan Deal and Roy Barnes won't be squaring off face-to-face in Savannah after all. The two were expected to share a stage at a tourism forum Wednesday, the first meeting between the two since they won their parties' nominations. Instead, they'll appear one after the other. Moderator Sonny Dixon, an anchor with WTOC TV, said the f...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 18 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Secretary of State Certifies August 10th Runoff Results

It is now official. Nathan Deal won the Georgia Republican Party's nomination for governor by a margin of 2,437 votes. Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Wednesday certified the results for the August 10, 2010 General Primary Run-off Elections. In certifying the results, Secretary of State Kemp affirmed that all counties have provided to the state the total votes tabulated for each candidate...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 18 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

GOP Governors Association Sets Up State PAC, Launches New Ad Against Barnes

And it begins. Atlanta Journal Constitution political reporter Aaron Gould Sheinin detailed a new ad paid for by the Republican Governors Association that attempts to link Democrat gubernatorial nominee Roy Barnes with President Barack Obama [Gould Sheinin, Aaron (2010-8-18). Georgia Elections News Exclusive: RGA hits Barnes in new ad in Georgia governor’s race . Atlanta Journal Cons...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 18 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Tom Friedman: Really Unusually Uncertain

Tom Friedman writes in The New York Times : Over the past few weeks I’ve had a chance to speak with senior economic policy makers in America and Germany and I think I’ve figured out where we are. It’s like this: things are getting better, except where they aren’t. The bailouts are working, except where they’re not. Things will slowly get better, unless they slowly get worse. We should know soon,...
Cracker Squire - Aug 18

Did Deal break the law?

Left On Lanier - Aug 17

Dear Conor Friedersdorf

Cup O' Joe - Aug 17

Obama's defense of Islamic center has left many Dem. candidates & strategists concerned about the im...

From The Washington Post : Obama's defense of a proposed Islamic center has left many Democratic candidates & strategists concerned about the impact the issue might have on their midterm election campaigns. "How can this possibly be helpful when feelings are still so raw on the issue?" asked a senior Democratic political operative who is working on multiple congressional races. "It's best to sa...
Cracker Squire - Aug 17

Voters Back Tough Steps to Reduce Budget Deficit

From The Wall Street Journal : Frustrated voters, fixing on the $1.5 trillion federal deficit as a symbol of Washington's paralysis, appear increasingly willing to take drastic steps to address the red ink. With the November midterm elections looming, voters appear ahead of Washington in grappling with the tough choices to come, according to national polling and a focus group commissioned by Th...
Cracker Squire - Aug 17

In Denmark, in June the government cut into its benefits system, the world’s most generous, by limit...

From The New York Times : How long is too long to be paid to go without a job? As extended unemployment swells almost everywhere across the advanced industrial world, that question is turning into a lightning rod for governments. For years, Denmark was held out as a model to countries with high unemployment and as a progressive touchstone to liberals in the United States. The Danes, despite ...
Cracker Squire - Aug 17

Barnes Blames School Cuts on the "Other Team," But His Team Voted For Them Too

Monday afternoon, the campaign of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Roy Barnes tweeted , "Other team has cut $4B from schools last 8 yrs. How much from your school district?" The so-called "other team" the Barnes campaign refers to in the tweet is obviously the Republican team. The Barnes campaign is claiming that, over the last eight years, the Sonny Perdue-led Republican team cut $4 billion fr...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 16 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Nathan Deal Makes A New Friend

Left On Lanier - Aug 16 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Irony: If Deal Becomes Governor, He'll Owe A College Dropout Some Credit

Here's a little case of irony for your collective consumption: In the waning days of the Republican race for governor, former Congressman Nathan Deal attacked former Secretary of State Karen Handel on her not having a college degree [Associated Press (2010-8-7). Handel, Deal in morning debate . Augusta Chronicle . Retrieved on 2010-8-16.]. Handel, in a June interview with the Atlanta Jour...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 16

Georgia GOP Posts July 31st FEC Report

Contributions (as of July 31, 2010) Contributions (YTD) Cash On Hand Debt Georgia Republican Party $68,181.66 $1,048,279.53 $1,846,188.15 $0 [SOURCE: Federal Elections Commission ] ...
Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 16

National GOP Enters 8th Congressional District Race With Robo Calls

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 16

RNC Takes Aim at the Georgia Democratic Party

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 16

Democrats nationally -- Where they have been and where they are headed into midterm elections

Cracker Squire - Aug 16

Some Democratic candidates distance themselves from Obama

Cracker Squire - Aug 16

Hall County: Kingmaker? Or Has-Been?

Left On Lanier - Aug 15 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Religious Freedom

Left On Lanier - Aug 15

I'm in shock; I can't believe the GOP would do such a thing: GOP Pounces on Obama's Mosque Remarks

Cracker Squire - Aug 15

As noted yesterday & often, this Administration is tone-deaf: On mosque, Obama backtracks from his e...

Cracker Squire - Aug 15

This Time, Voter Anger Is No Surprise to Democrats

Cracker Squire - Aug 15

My solution to the illegal Cuban immigrant costing Douglas County $400,000: Take him to one of the b...

Cracker Squire - Aug 14

Some interesting numbers and a good article and analysis on the Barnes and Deal race

Cracker Squire - Aug 14

Rasmussen Reports: Isakson - 55%; Thurmond - 41%

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 14 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

An Unwritten Rule of Politics: Domestic Vacations

Cracker Squire - Aug 14

Two interesting bits from an article in the NYT entitled 'Obama Signs Border Bill to Increase Survei...

Cracker Squire - Aug 14

Obama continues to inflict damage & insure debacle in November 2010 -- Obama Strongly Backs Islam Ce...

Cracker Squire - Aug 14

Trying to be the Good Son

I got a call at work from my mother today, and I thought it was weird because it was the 2nd call from her in an hour or so.  The first call was her telling me that she kept getting a message on her computer that her McAfee anti-virus was expiring.  I thought I might have to have the computer to re-up the subscription, but that was not the case.  I figured out how to do it through...
Blue Heart of Dixie - Aug 13

Call Me Crazy: I Wouldn't Touch Obama With A 10-Foot Pole

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 13 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Rasmussen Reports: Deal Opens Up Nine Point Lead On Barnes

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 13 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Rasmussen Reports Releasing New GA Gubernatorial Poll At 1PM

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 13 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Runoff analysis: Deal took rural areas, Handel won urban locations -- GOP governor's vote shows clea...

Cracker Squire - Aug 13

The Voters Have Questions. . .Do The Candidates Have Answers?

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 13

Progress in the making (although the question is, and here's to hoping it will, will it last): Spend...

Cracker Squire - Aug 13

Grim Voter Mood Turns Grimmer -- Pessimism Rises on Economy and War; Bad Reviews for Both Democrats ...

Cracker Squire - Aug 13

Archaic Voter Registration Procedures Leave Citizens Behind

DailyKos (Georgia) - Aug 12

Wake up America. Wake up Congress. Please care Obama. -- Illegal Immigrants Estimated to Account for...

Cracker Squire - Aug 12

The New York Times Notes: Tight Race Set to Follow Rough Runoff in Georgia

Cracker Squire - Aug 12

Shaky Handwriting Means Victory

Left On Lanier - Aug 11

The New York Times Rates Georgia Governor's Race A Tossup

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 11 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Republican Governors Association Releases Statement on GA GOP Runoff

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 11 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Lutz Wins. Our Prediction Was Wrong. Cats And Dogs Sleeping Together.

Left On Lanier - Aug 11

BREAKING: Handel Concedes Election, Endorses Deal

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 11

Republican Honeycutt Wastes Millions of Dollars in Losing Effort. . .Again

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 11 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

You gotta love it (Slater; read all about 'us'): Coffee, tea or flee? JetBlue attendant's exit strat...

Cracker Squire - Aug 11

A strategy question has been on my mind for the past several days, and it might be a topic of second...

Cracker Squire - Aug 11

Democratic Governors Association: Barnes Won't Need On-The-Job Training

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 11 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Handel vs. Deal: Count All The Votes

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 11 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Primary night is looking good so far

DailyKos (Georgia) - Aug 10

Runoff Election Live Blog

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 10

Runoff Election Results Live Blog Starts At 6:45PM

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 10

Georgia Gubernatorial Race Among 13 Rated Toss Up By Rasmussen

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 10

Barnes Unveils First TV Spot of Fall Campaign

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 10

Dick Pettys reminds us that in 2006 Cox & Taylor also engaged in a brutal nomination battle that lef...

Cracker Squire - Aug 10

Tom Crawford on the pros and cons of the Palin endorsement.

Cracker Squire - Aug 10

Don't Read This Blog, Just Go Vote

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 10

With 2012 in Mind, Parties Focus on Governorships: At stake is which party benefits from redrawing ...

Cracker Squire - Aug 10

Gates is tough: Pentagon Plans Steps to Reduce Budget and Jobs

Cracker Squire - Aug 10

Isakson Co-Sponsors Bill to Give Small Businesses Relief From Health Care Law

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 10

Quote of the Day: the Sarah Palin edition

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 10

Palin Endorses Handel at Atlanta Campaign Rally [VIDEO]

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 10 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Deal Vs. Handel Prediction

Left On Lanier - Aug 9

No disrespect at all to my female readers, but without question, Palin is hot merchandise. The endor...

Cracker Squire - Aug 9

In Georgia, Candidates Tack Right (in a race in which red-meat conservative issues like gay marriage...

Cracker Squire - Aug 9 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The more things change the more they stay the same. In Harlem, Rangel faces Powell: The next generat...

Cracker Squire - Aug 9

Although Gov. Perdue says harsh tone of the GOP contest is not all that bad, we recall the 2006 deba...

Cracker Squire - Aug 8 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Message to visitors to Atlanta: The Travelodge Atlanta Airport is a safer place to stay because of t...

Cracker Squire - Aug 8 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Atlanta Press Club Runoff Debates Live Blog

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 8 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 269

DailyKos (Georgia) - Aug 8 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

GNP Poll: Handel - 47%, Deal - 42%, 11% Undecided

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 8

New Polling Data on Deal/Handel

Left On Lanier - Aug 8 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

In difficult midterm election, Democrats back to bashing George W. Bush

Cracker Squire - Aug 8

Peggy Noonan warns: America Is at Risk of Boiling Over -- And out-of-touch leaders don't see the nee...

Cracker Squire - Aug 8 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

This administration, since taking office, has been & remains tone-deaf. (Me, my children & my g'chil...

Cracker Squire - Aug 8 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Live Blogging The APC Runoff Debates

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 8

Georgia Gang Guest Live Blog

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 8

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac losing political support as U.S. reshapes housing finance system

Cracker Squire - Aug 7 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Blogroll Update

Left On Lanier - Aug 6

Deal Vs. Handel

Left On Lanier - Aug 6

The thought occurs to me (& I don't have a dog in this fight): Is Mike Huckabee's endorsement of Dea...

Cracker Squire - Aug 6 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Tea Baggin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo

DailyKos (Georgia) - Aug 6

Quote of the Day: the Jim Marshall edition

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 6

Who cares what you want. You shouldn't have taken the money then. 'We want the gov't out, period. We...

Cracker Squire - Aug 6

Spare us please -- Turning a Crisis Into an Opportunity: The President brings up the oil spill to ma...

Cracker Squire - Aug 6

Deal & Handel to Meet in Two Debates This Weekend

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 6

Barnes, Deal & Handel Agree: No Gay Marriages in Georgia

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 6 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Preston Smith Continues Hammering Sam Olens Over Past Party Affiliation

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 5

Justice Dept. Awards GBI $300,000 to Protect Children from Sexual Exploitation

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 5 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

The One Where We Disagree With Peach Pundit

Left On Lanier - Aug 5

How Republican of You to Say That, Georgia Liberal

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 5

Governing Magazine Says State Legislature To Stay Under GOP Control

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 5 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Leave criteria for receiving HOPE alone. Its original mission was & should remain recognizing academ...

Cracker Squire - Aug 5

Lawmaker's Wife Says Secretary of State Made "Tough Decisions" on Education

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 5

Democrats Barnes & Brown Differ On Ways To Save HOPE Scholarship

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 5

It's Official: Darryl Hicks Certified As Dems' Labor Commissioner Nominee

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 5

Deal Vs. Handel Beyond Thunderdome

Left On Lanier - Aug 4 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Who says I rarely have a kind word to say about Republicans? Good show folks: GOP candidates agree w...

Cracker Squire - Aug 4 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Oh Yes I did ..and You can too...every chance you get !

DailyKos (Georgia) - Aug 4

Oh Yes I did .....and still driving em nuts !

DailyKos (Georgia) - Aug 4

In Clayton County, Private Citizens Step Up After Government Fails Them

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Fmr. AJC Investigations Editor Questions GA Dems' Incumbent Protection Policy

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 4 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Albany Herald: "We Believe The Best Choice Is Handel"

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

An earthshaking development: New Democratic strategy for creating jobs focuses on a boost in manufac...

Cracker Squire - Aug 4

In Missouri, a Bellwether in Presidential Elections, Health Law Is Rejected by Voters

Cracker Squire - Aug 4

GA Democratic Leader Pledges To Restore Original Intent of Hope Scholarship

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 4

New Health Care Law Burdens 40 Million Businesses With Additional Paperwork

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 4

Democrat Roy Barnes Lost Several Votes For Governor Monday Night

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 3 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Galloway is on fire today: From Barnes & Obama to GOP race not about who wears lipstick, but who wil...

Cracker Squire - Aug 2

Remarks by President Obama at Atlanta DNC Fundraiser

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 2 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Slow News Day

Left On Lanier - Aug 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

You gotta love it: Roy Barnes: 'I'd rather be with these folks. I'm not running for governor of Wash...

Cracker Squire - Aug 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Obama Raises $500K For DNC In Atlanta

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Bonus Photo of the Day: the Air Force One edition

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 2

Slide Show Of Air Force One Departing Atlanta

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 2 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Text of President Obama's Speech To The DAV National Convention

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 2 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Georgia Politicos Welcome President Obama To Atlanta

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 2

Photo of the Day: the Air Force One edition

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 2

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 268

DailyKos (Georgia) - Aug 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

GOP Congressional Candidate Commends Obama for Addressing Wounded Veterans

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

John Harwood: Why Both Parties Want an Economic Fight

Cracker Squire - Aug 2

Quote of the Day: the Michael "Cookie" Coles edition

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

President Obama Official Schedule And Guidance To Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 2 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Nathan Deal: A Leader On Ending Birthright Citizenship

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 1 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

GOP Debate between Deal and Handel

Left On Lanier - Aug 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

2010 Georgia General Assembly Recap

Left On Lanier - Aug 1 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

David Stockman, a director of the Office of Management & Budget under President Ronald Reagan: How m...

Cracker Squire - Aug 1

Congratulations!

Cracker Squire - Aug 1

Now he tells us, a trip to Atlanta too late: The last thing Barnes needs right now is a photo of the...

Cracker Squire - Aug 1

White Democrats Avoid Being Seen With Obama

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Aug 1 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Reed & Perdue To Greet Obama At Dobbins Air Force Base

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 31 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Bank Failures in Georgia

Left On Lanier - Jul 31 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Put Me In Coach, I'm Ready To Play

Left On Lanier - Jul 31 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

How Do They Sleep At Night?

Not Your Average Democratic Blog - Jul 30

Democrats Lose Seat In State Senate Without A Single Vote Being Cast

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 30 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Democratic Ticket On Illegal Immigration: We'll Do The Job If The Feds Won't

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 30 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Congressman Scott To Be Among Those Welcoming Obama To Atlanta

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 30 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Roy Barnes' Campaign Gets A Freebie For Telling This Falsehood

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 30 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

David Brooks: It should be possible to simplify the tax code, target welfare spending and also buil...

Cracker Squire - Jul 30

Georgia Public Higher Education Conference

DailyKos (Georgia) - Jul 29

PolitiFact: Bishop Votes With Pelosi 95% of the Time

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 29 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Handel Campaign Releases New TV Spot Attacking Deal

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 29 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

I find it hard to believe but I sure do like it: White House proposal would ease FBI access to recor...

Cracker Squire - Jul 29

Former Atlanta Police Chief Nominated To Be U.S. Marshal

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 28 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Washington Post Releases Race Ratings For U.S. Senate, Gubernatorial Election

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 28 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Secretary of State Certifies July Primary Results

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 28 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

PolitiFact: Erick Erickson Passes Along Falsehoods On Peach Pundit

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 28 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

House Approves Money for Wars, but Rift Deepens

Cracker Squire - Jul 28

Quote of the Day: the Dan McLagan edition

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 28 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Congressional Candidate Mike Keown Now A Contender Says National Republicans

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 28 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

National Republicans Put Austin Scott "On The Radar"

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 28 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Kimbo Senter

Left On Lanier - Jul 28

The Next Governor of Tennessee

Left On Lanier - Jul 28

Bill Simon vs. Karen Handel: Legitimate Complaint Or Sour Grapes?

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 27 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Republicans Call On Barrow, Bishop & Marshall To Return Tainted Rangel Cash

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 27 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Middle Georgia Mayor Resigns After Being Threatened With A Hoe

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 27 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Leaks Add to Pressure on White House Over Strategy -- Inside the administration, more officials are ...

Cracker Squire - Jul 27

Fulton County Leader Howls Like A Wounded Dog At Creative Loafing Column

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 26 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Handel Rolls Out "21st Century" Education Plan

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 26 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Bonus Quote of the Day: the Cornel West edition

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 26

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 267

DailyKos (Georgia) - Jul 26 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Deportation of illegal immigrants increases under Obama administration. But 'as long as they keep th...

Cracker Squire - Jul 26

Quote of the Day: the Austin Scott edition

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 26

Sanford Bishop's Seat Goes From Solid Democratic To Likely Democratic

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 26

History repeats itself yet again: Website Releases Secrets on War

Cracker Squire - Jul 26

Why Lutz Won't Win

Left On Lanier - Jul 25 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Lee Hawkins. What Next?

Left On Lanier - Jul 25

TARP, a bailout of financial firms that had purchased credit-default swaps from AIG.

Cracker Squire - Jul 25

White House budget office sees the deficit rising to $1.47 trillion this year, forcing the gov't to ...

Cracker Squire - Jul 25

A president tripped up by the spontaneous

Cracker Squire - Jul 25

Peggy Noonan: The Power of Redemption -- Shirley Sherrod's speech, and her story, has lessons for us...

Cracker Squire - Jul 25

Let the battle begin: Even on Aug. 2 when Obama comes to Atlanta, Barnes will be in Middle and South...

Cracker Squire - Jul 25

Georgia Dems Get More Than $30,000 From Embattled New York Congressman

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 25

Quote of the Day: the Shirley Sherrod edition

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Barnes Won't Appear With Toxic Obama Next Month

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 24

Fox 5 Atlanta Hosting 30-Minute Debate Between Deal & Handel August 1st

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Local TV Station Misses The Mark With Focus On Racial Make-Up Of School Board

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 24

General Primary Produces 11 New State Democratic Committee Members

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 24

Our fight to defeat Paul Broun, Jr.

DailyKos (Georgia) - Jul 23

Atlanta Press Club Announces Run-Off Debate Schedule

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 23

Georgia Native Nick Ayers Named One Of 50 Politicos To Watch

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 23

Hearing on Arizona immigration law begins

Cracker Squire - Jul 23

Tea party favorite Sharron Angle back on Senate campaign to win over Nevada

Cracker Squire - Jul 23

Strange Bedfellows: Paul Broun & The ACLU Actually Agree On Something

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 23 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

ICYMI: Barnes Trails Both Republicans In New Poll

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 23

Graves, Broun, and the "Sexual Thrill Kill" Bill

Left On Lanier - Jul 22

How Nathan Deal Wins

Left On Lanier - Jul 22

Just so we're clear

DailyKos (Georgia) - Jul 22

Quote of the Day: the Judge Alan Jordan edition

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 22

Here's Video Of What Many Republicans Are Thinking About Roy Barnes

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 22

Ignore the source. The message is true: Friendly Fire on Capitol Hill - Dems are saying unkind thing...

Cracker Squire - Jul 22

The momentum is moving in wrong way: 3rd Senate Dem. comes out publicly in recent days in favor of e...

Cracker Squire - Jul 22

Honest Question: Will Barnes Appear With Obama Next Month?

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 22

GOP primary voters outpace Democrats for 1st time

Cracker Squire - Jul 21

Banks VS. Lutz

Left On Lanier - Jul 21

The State of the Hall GOP

Left On Lanier - Jul 21

What About Us?

Cup O' Joe - Jul 21

The KKK and why I am an activist ! Sherrod reminded me.

DailyKos (Georgia) - Jul 21

In My Official Capacity As A Member Of The State Democratic Committee. . .

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 21 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Lindsey Graham stands apart from other Republican senators on Kagan vote

Cracker Squire - Jul 21

States Embrace National Standards for Schools

Cracker Squire - Jul 21

John Barrow Vulnerable To Strong Primary Challenge In 2012

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 21

Georgia primaries: Results are in

DailyKos (Georgia) - Jul 20

Unfiltered Projection: Hodges Defeats Teilhet

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 20 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Associated Press: Roy Barnes Wins Democratic Primary

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 20

Associated Press: Isakson vs. Thurmond In November

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 20 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Primary Night Live Blog

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 20

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Her participation could backfire. -- KSU s...

Cracker Squire - Jul 20

Stop Reading This Site & Go Vote

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 20 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Is there any wonder U.S. House Democrats are upset with the Obama administration: White House is foc...

Cracker Squire - Jul 20

It is not good: A progressive era, based on the faith in government experts & their ability to use ...

Cracker Squire - Jul 20

Predictions For The July 20th Primary

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 20

Senate Democrats (and two Republicans) are poised to break a partisan stalemate on Tuesday over exte...

Cracker Squire - Jul 20

Hall County Commission Prediction

Left On Lanier - Jul 19 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Primary Day INFO

Left On Lanier - Jul 19

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 266

DailyKos (Georgia) - Jul 19

Bragging Rights

Cup O' Joe - Jul 19

Quote of the Day: the Brad Coker edition

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 19

Obama Gains Evangelical Allies on Immigration

Cracker Squire - Jul 19

The Hill: Poor Image Of Congress May Harm Deal's Electoral Prospects

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 19

The fact that this is even possible is in part the result of governing from the left rather than the...

Cracker Squire - Jul 19

Debate Time: Live-Blogging The Atlanta Press Club Gubernatorial Debates

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 18

Atlanta Press Club Gubernatorial Debate Live Blog

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 18 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Primary Watch 2010: Where Are The Parties?

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The Albany Herald endorses Roy Barnes: 'Barnes would not have a learning curve when the sure-to-be-d...

Cracker Squire - Jul 18 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Medicaid Stalemate Tests Cash-Strapped States -- With Extra Federal Funding in Limbo, Local Cuts Cla...

Cracker Squire - Jul 18

History in the making: In hindsight, Sea Island Co. dreamed too big & leveraged itself too heavily a...

Cracker Squire - Jul 18

Awesome Idiocy

Left On Lanier - Jul 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Palin Wades Into Republican Midterm Primaries (New York Times story includes Karen Handel)

Cracker Squire - Jul 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

This is exactly what we were promised, right? - Insurers Push Plans Limiting Patient Choice of Docto...

Cracker Squire - Jul 18

Poll Suggests Obama May Be Toxic For Georgia Democrats

Georgia Politics Unfiltered - Jul 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Hall County Tea Party

Left On Lanier - Jul 17 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Unintentionally Funny Headline

Left On Lanier - Jul 17

Glenn Beck on Michelle Obama's Dress

Left On Lanier - Jul 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

UPDATED: (1) Can a Dem. Take Gov.'s Mansion? -- A loss in this year by GOP would be embarrassing—&...

Cracker Squire - Jul 17

Hall County Increases Government Spending

Left On Lanier - Jul 16

Karen Handel

Left On Lanier - Jul 16 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

GA-Gov: Oxendine's questionable tax policy

DailyKos (Georgia) - Jul 16

Sarah Palin Robocall

Left On Lanier - Jul 16