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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Isakson Debuts 2nd TV Ad

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nathan Deal Refuses to Debate Barnes

Left On Lanier - Aug 18 - 2 clicks

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 270

DailyKos (Georgia) - Aug 18 - 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

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

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

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

Nathan Deal Makes A New Friend

Left On Lanier - Aug 16 - 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

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

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