On the campaign trail: Tis’ the season for bus tours
[private] One sure sign that an election is near – apart from the increasing proliferation of attack ads on cable TV – is the launching of statewide bus tours by candidates hoping to boost the turnout...
View ArticleOn the campaign trail: Perdue, Allen maintain the Obama attacks
[private] As Georgia’s two biggest federal races progress towards election day, the Republican nominees are keeping up their relentless attacks on President Barack Obama. David Perdue in the Senate...
View ArticleDebates are fought on familiar terrain
[private] Sunday night debates for Georgia’s senate and gubernatorial races were fought on familiar terrain as the candidates repeated the attacks they’ve been using for the past several weeks of their...
View ArticleOn the campaign trail: Is Olens hearing footsteps in his reelection race?
[private] Attorney General Sam Olens announced a major appointment in the state law department Wednesday, a move that seems to have been prompted by criticisms from Olens’ Democratic challenger, former...
View ArticleOn the campaign trail: NRSC takes credit for finding – and leaking — Nunn’s...
[private] It appears that the great mystery of Georgia’s election cycle may at last have been solved: the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) says it was the entity that found and then...
View ArticleConflicting polls in 12th District race have Allen AND Barrow ahead by 4 points
[private] Two late polls in the 12th Congressional District race, where public polls have been scarcer than the proverbial hen’s teeth, showed a sharp disagreement on the weekend before the election:...
View ArticleRepublicans finally knock out John Barrow
[private] Five-term congressman John Barrow of Augusta has been a perennial target of Georgia Republicans ever since he first won the 12th Congressional District seat in 2004. Republicans have twice...
View ArticleLawmakers will try again on medical marijuana
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View ArticlePolitical Notes – Loudermilk wasn’t expecting such a strong reaction
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View ArticlePolitical Notes — Barksdale reveals a little more about himself
Little by little, Jim Barksdale is revealing more about his political leanings and what he would try to do if he were successful in winning his long-shot Senate race. He peeled off some of the bark, if...
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