In case anyone's kinda wondering about that whole Georgia 10 Special Election...

[Sam Spade]

Looks like there will be an automatic recount.  If Broun does manage to hold I, expect he'll get bounced from office in 2008.  I doubt he can win a straight up GOP primary, and if he does, a Democrat might just pick up the seat.  Broun's getting a lot of his votes from non-Republicans solely because he's not Whitehead.

No Democrat's winning that seat.

What he said.

What he said.  Too much classically Republican suburbs.  Columbia County, for example, is not voting for any Democrat.  And actually, Broun performed pretty well in the rural areas of the CD.

His greatest challenge will be a GOP primary with someone like Whitehead who can pull well from Columbia.

[Sam Spade]

Who of the two is the least batsh**t wing of a nut?

Dave

Quite frankly, Broun.  But he's more independent than a Whitehead vote would be.

[Sam Spade]

Who of the two is the least batsh**t wing of a nut?

Dave

Quite frankly, Broun.  But he's more independent than a Whitehead vote would be.

I had always thought Whitehead to be the most "mainstream" of the two, but in this CD, it's like the difference between "eggshell" and "off-white."

That's a fair analogy.  I presumed the question Dem Hawk was trying to ask and I gave what I thought to be the clear answer. 

I don't think Whitehead stood for replacing the income tax with the Fair Tax (sales tax) as Broun did.  Neither did Whitehead stand for creating a fence along the canadian border, as did Broun.

Of course, Broun had his libertarian streak, as he wants gay marriage and marijuana legalization left to the states.  But he is also somewhat of a gun nut and has a little screed on his website against the ACLU.

"Off-white", definitely...

[Sam Spade]

Looks like there will be an automatic recount.  If Broun does manage to hold I, expect he'll get bounced from office in 2008.  I doubt he can win a straight up GOP primary, and if he does, a Democrat might just pick up the seat.  Broun's getting a lot of his votes from non-Republicans solely because he's not Whitehead.

No Democrat's winning that seat.

What he said.

What he said.  Too much classically Republican suburbs.  Columbia County, for example, is not voting for any Democrat.  And actually, Broun performed pretty well in the rural areas of the CD.

A Democrat does not have to win Columbia County to win the district, but get at least 39% there.

True, but when's the last time that happened (since 1994)?  Zell Miller is the only one, I would guess.  I would presume the Democrat would have to rack up similar gains in the other counties as well.