Georgia's Very Own Megathread!

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Not surprising! Good news though.

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Of course the Grimes Campaign will troll the GA primaries, that is obvious .

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Of course the Grimes Campaign will troll the GA primaries, that is obvious .

And Nunn the KY primary?


Genius Hitchcock type strategy. Swap primaries, no motive.

Oups, I wanted to say the Nunn Campaign

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BK, could you update BACON KING'S FAMILY POLITICAL TRACKER please?

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Palin endorses Handel.

Who?

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Perdue knocks Handel for not having a college degree.

It won't change a lot of things.

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Georgia Governor race: now lean rep for Sabato

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Georgia Governor race: now lean rep for Sabato

I'm actually beginning to think that Carter is likely to outperform Nunn.

If Perdue Broun and Gingrey aren't nominated, that will certainly be the case.

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Is there a chance that Paul Bbroun gets the nomination?

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Pennington will make a 'major announcement' tomorrow:

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Any thoughts, Adam?

Please let him run as a 3rd party

NO. Run off must be avoided in order to win.

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Decimals, but worth a look.

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Sorry but decimals...

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OH MY GOD
The GA republican partt is full of homophobes, I'm so surprised.

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Well, maybe Blue Georgia isn't evolving into Red Georgia

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I know Handel would have been much worse, but seriously, seeing her defeated is so awesome .
A pro gay right supports turned into an anti gay activist for political gains, goodbye

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BK, no Bacon King's family tracker update?

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BK, no Bacon King's family tracker update?

BK Family Tracker Update: bitter infighting regarding the estate of my recently deceased grandparents precludes the possibility of polite discussion regarding politics or any other issue

Oh, I'm really sorry .

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I'm visiting my maternal grandmother in Macon so it's now time for a

BK FAMILY TRACKER MINI-UPDATE

background: she is a conservative Democrat but voted for Obama twice mostly out of serious concerns she had with the Republican candidates. In 2008 said, "I never woulda thought I'd see myself voting for a negro"

• She regrets her Obama votes. Admits she still wouldn't have voted Romney; as we watched a McCain interview on Face the Nation she said, "I voted against him because his age and his cancer, but see he looks younger than ever! He's a very intelligent man."
• She really liked "that young fella" who ran as Romney's, and is excited to hear he is considering a 2016 presidency
• Absolutely loves Hillary Clinton, doesn't believe she is responsible for "those embassy terrorists"; she will enthusiastically vote Clinton if she runs and is certain she will win
• Doesn't like Nathan Deal but she wants to learn about Jason Carter before she makes up her mind
• She really liked Sonny Perdue so she's inclined to support David but she's concerned about how he "fired all those people and closed that plant down up in North Carolina"
• Has some personal concerns about Michelle Nunn: didn't know if "she was his daughter-in-law or if she's a spinster"; expressed concern and bewilderment when she learned that Michelle is married but kept her maiden name.

Yeeeeeeeeeah, BK tracker is back .

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I'm glad you like it Windjammer! I've added more bullet points of things she's said since I made the post; I'm currently eating at the Golden Corral with her and my brother. Discussion is no longer related to politics but if she mentions anything else ill make a new post

Could you ask her some specific questions please?

1) Does she believe Deal is a corrupt rightwinger?
2) Zell Miller endorsed Michelle Nunn, opinion of that?
3) Opinion of the GA republican party?

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I'm glad you like it Windjammer! I've added more bullet points of things she's said since I made the post; I'm currently eating at the Golden Corral with her and my brother. Discussion is no longer related to politics but if she mentions anything else ill make a new post

Could you ask her some specific questions please?

1) Does she believe Deal is a corrupt rightwinger?
2) Zell Miller endorsed Michelle Nunn, opinion of that?
3) Opinion of the GA republican party?

1. She doesn't have a strong opinion of Deal; she remembers seeing something about his administration's corruption issues on the news but doesn't recall any details. Her opinion of politics is that "every one of em's corrupt, either from the start or it'll happen once they get up there" so she tolerates minor ethical lapses as expected behavior. She's never stated so, but my suspicion is that this belief is related to the fact that her father owned the construction company that originally paved all the roads in Byron, while simultaneously serving on its city council!

2. Didnt get to ask her this, but her expressed opinion of him is that "Ol Zig-Zag Zell don't even know which way is up" so I can't imagine his endorsement would mean very much to her personally

3. No strong opinion- she judges candidates individually. On down ballot races between two nobodies she votes for the Democrat because she says "more often than not I usually tend to like the ones on that side better"

There is no way you can convince your grandma to register on this forum?

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Long live to Georgia, a long time I didn't laugh so hard haha.


BK, I will prepare the questions for your family! Are all the members of your family "conservadem", or some of them are different?

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1) Do they know that their favorite member of their family (you) is a liberal? How do they react?
2) Are they still registered as democrat?
3) Opinion of SSM, the gays,...?
4) Which candidate do they prefer more? Carter or Nunn?

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BLUE GEORGIA IS EVOLVING INTO RED GEORGIA

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So I've noticed Sanford Bishop has been voting as more of a moderate than usual lately- any chance he might have statewide ambitions?

He's black  I think?
So unfortunately, I guess he has no chances until at least 2020 to be elected statewide?

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Can we just make him the national democratic outreach person please. It's obvious he's doing far better than those involved today.

Carter?

You.

I'm flattered!


2014 voter breakdowns by race from SoS are finally in:

Georgia 2014
White 63.5%
Black 28.7%
Other/Unknown 6.0%
Latino 1.0%
Asian 0.8%

Georgia 2010
White 66.3%
Black 28.2%
Other/Unknown 4.0%
Latino 0.7%
Asian 0.6%

That's more white than 2012, right?

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This Pastor May Run For The Senate -- And Help Turn Georgia Blue

I hope he will run honestly.

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House district 80: Obama carried this district by 4 in 2008, he lost this district by 13 points in 2012. He will likely fail .