Could internal GOP politics open door for Kasim Reed?
By rights, in 2010 the GOP should have taken control of the U.S. Senate and run Harry Reid not just out of the majority leader’s office but out of office altogether. But by nominating far-right, incompetent extremists such as Sharron Angle to run against Reid in Nevada, and Christine “I am not a witch” O’Donnell to run in Delaware, they blew that golden chance.
The 2012 cycle, with Republicans defending only 10 seats and the Democrats having to defend 23, offered an even better opportunity to retake the Senate. Once again, though, the GOP seems to be blowing it. As recently as Aug. 19, Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com was giving the Republicans a 61.5 percent chance of winning a Senate majority; today, he gives them a 9.1 percent chance of achieving that goal.
Why that collapse in their Senate chances, especially since in roughly that same time frame, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has resurrected his campaign and given himself a real shot at victory? The answer tells us a lot.
Romney, you may recall, pretended to be “severely conservative” in the primaries and is now pretending to be perfectly moderate and reasonable. (If it sounds odd to describe him as pretending in both cases, it’s nonetheless accurate. Trying to establish Romney’s true political belief system is like trying to determine the true color of a chameleon. It always depends. His natural state is pretense.)
However, that is not a gift given to every politician. Republican Senate candidates such as Richard Mourdock of Indiana and Todd Akin of Missouri really are severely conservative; their half-hearted efforts to pretend to be moderates simply are not convincing, and as a result the Republicans could end up losing two Senate seats that were once considered all but guaranteed.
Elsewhere, GOP Senate nominees in once-winnable states such as Florida and Ohio are also failing to perform and are falling short of Romney’s polling numbers in their states. Unlike their party’s standard bearer, they haven’t been able to sell themselves effectively to more moderate general-election voters.
Some of that’s due to the difference between state and national races. At the state level, voters have watched the candidates over their entire careers, so sudden shifts in ideology are more difficult. But it is also true that Republican primaries have become nothing more than tests of ideological purity, won by the candidate most willing to embrace every whim of the party base. That process attracts a certain type of candidate and discourages other types of candidates from even making the effort.
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, left, with his Democratic colleague Mark Warner of Virginia.
It is possible that we will see that scenario play out here in Georgia two years from now, when the six-year term of Sen. Saxby Chambliss expires. Chambliss has been spotted on occasion keeping company with senators not of his own party. He has publicly suggested that as part of a larger deal to attack the federal deficit, conservatives may be forced to accept revenue increases. And as the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, he has been relatively moderate in his comments on the death of our ambassador in Libya, the current cause celebre among conservatives.
Those occasional waverings aside, Chambliss does have strong conservative credentials: The American Conservative Union gives him a 96 percent conservative rating; the Eagle Forum gives him a 100 percent rating. But these days, scores like that don’t even make Chambliss one of the Senate’s 15 most conservative members, according to the definitive National Journal rankings.
U.S. Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga.
On the other hand, nobody but nobody gets to the right of Tom Price, the ambitious Republican congressman from Marietta said to be eying a run at Chambliss. According to National Journal, Price is tied with nine others as the most conservative member in the House, and when you consider how conservative the House Republican caucus is, that’s saying something.
It also tells you something about Georgia’s Republican Party that two of the nine congressmen who are tied with Price as most conservative — Lynn Westmoreland and Phil Gingrey — are also from the Peach State. In many states, there wouldn’t be room to run to the right of Chambliss. In Georgia, there is.
It’s impossible to speculate accurately about the political climate two years from now, in part because so much depends on what happens Nov. 6. But it is conceivable that if a bitter primary battle develops between Price and Chambliss, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed would be drawn into the race to take on the survivor.
Again, this is pure speculation. Here at home, Reed has cast himself as a strongly pro-business, moderate Democrat eager to work with Republicans to get things done not just for metro Atlanta but for the state. But with his national TV appearances as a sharp-tongued surrogate for Barack Obama, Reed has tied himself closely to a man deemed little short of the devil in much of Georgia.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed introduces President Obama at a 2010 fundraiser in Atlanta.
In other words, Reed would still be at a significant disadvantage in a 2014 Senate race. But if he has electoral ambitions beyond a House seat, he’s going to have to embrace that underdog role at some point, and he also understands that waiting and sticking around as mayor has its risks. Full second terms in that office are often not kind to a politician’s reputation.
And as the record shows nationally, Republican primary battles have a way of creating opportunity for Democrats that otherwise would not be available.
– Jay Bookman
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Rightwing Troll
October 30th, 2012
11:21 am
“He might be the ideal candidate in the liberal world but he will be soundly rejected by the voters of GA.”
Yep… the overweight, under-educated, last-in-everything-you-don’t-wanne-be-last-in-and-first-in-everything-you-don’t-want-to-be-first-in, trailer dwelling rubes of Georgia will never, ever vote for their best interest again…
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
11:22 am
TBS, yep…. making big bucks off the nut job birthers who swallow anything because of massive ODS.
USMC
October 30th, 2012
11:22 am
More Bad News for The Obama REGIME…
GALLUP: OBAMA’S EARLY VOTE ADVANTAGE COLLAPSES 22-POINTS OVER 2008
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/30/Gallup-Shows-22-point-drop-in-obama-early-voting-advantage
RF
October 30th, 2012
11:22 am
Keep: I think it should be a rule that you can’t post anything from wnd.com or breitbart.com. I’ll allow a little from heritage.org …maybe, but not much. It’s hard to take someone seriously when they rely on the wingnut sites for their “facts”.
USMC
October 30th, 2012
11:23 am
OBAMA ACCEPTS ‘OSAMA BIN LADEN’ DONATIONS
http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/obama-accepts-osama-bin-laden-donations/
gm
October 30th, 2012
11:23 am
Now after the storm we are all Americans this is comming from the hate filled Obama haters on the right, just last week he was a muslim, and need to show his birth certificate, and not American.
Where is Trump with his 5 million dollars to help the people in Ny, Jersey? or I forgot goverment and Femma will have to help, and the right wing wonder why they are hated around the world and are the biggest hypocrites.
Jm
October 30th, 2012
11:24 am
“(and no, I didn’t need RUSH LIMBAUGH to tell me… )”
Yes you did. Please take your drudgey-rush-boortz-hannity-beck spam elsewhere sir! When will you cons think for yourselves?!
(just kidding USMC)
JDW
October 30th, 2012
11:24 am
Reed vs Price would be a interesting race. In most states it would be a slam dunk for Reed but in Wingnut Central I am not so sure.
As for Saxby, after the DEBACLE of his LYING spree vs Max Cleland I long for the day he is sent home, however I would not trade him for Price so our best outcome may be keep him hanging on.
Mighty Righty
October 30th, 2012
11:25 am
I am not opposed to Obama returning to D.C. to look presdidential during the hurricane crisis.. Lord knows he needed to improve his image. I am curious as to what benefit there is to the victims of the disaster for him to be in D.C.? I mean really, what does a president do before during and after a weather related event he couldn’t do remotely? Can he drive a utility truck? Operate a chain saw? What can he do? He can declare an “emergency from anywhere”? This raises another question. What does FEMA do? The best I can tell is they tell some some one up to their keister in water that they are being flooded! FEMA doesn’t provide food, shelter, electricity, nothing. It ooks to me like they are just a bunch of Government Fat Cats sitting around a table for a photo op.
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
11:25 am
MR
WND has about as much credibility as left wing sites like truthout, dailykos and moveon………….
RF
October 30th, 2012
11:26 am
And multiple posts from idiot websites doesn’t make you look any smarter. I just hope and pray that one day the hive mind will learn that endless repetition of the same stupidity is…well, stupid. I gotta give the cons props for consistency, but they’re not adapting and learning very well.
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
11:27 am
get – Once again mitt showed no leadership as sandy destroyed the east coast
you do know Mitt is still a civilian and not part of any govt entity don’t you…short of making a donation and supporting the LDS’ers that are there to help, what do you propose he could do???…direct FEMA?? or the National Guard???…Are you already out of legitimate talking points?
Matti
October 30th, 2012
11:27 am
Price has doubled his net worth since becoming a US Congressman. Sucking up to the funding sources for America’s most radically-right (billionaire-beneficial) lobbying groups in the nation is really working out for him.
Too bad he doesn’t believe a word of the Christian rhetoric he espouses at his fundraisers and frequent Veteran photo ops. He might be a decent human being if he did.
gm
October 30th, 2012
11:27 am
USMC
Hey Gomer, Obama is leading in Ohio, Ws, Mich, tied in Va, and Fla, who cares about National Polls and Georgia you are not factor in this election.
Rightwing Troll
October 30th, 2012
11:28 am
So the man who W let ride away on the back of a donkey and Obama killed has come back to life and contributed to Obama’s campaign???
Really??? I knew you gullible wingnuts were rubes, but really???!??
Simple Truths
October 30th, 2012
11:28 am
But it’s only the Republicans that are extreme. No one is extreme on the left. I know because Jay (hasn’t) told me so.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
11:29 am
GALLUP: OBAMA’S EARLY VOTE ADVANTAGE COLLAPSES
of course that’s not what Gallup says at all. Gallup’s account is more of a shrug.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/158420/registered-voters-already-cast-ballots.aspx
…under a heading oh-so-provocatively entitled “Romney Leads Among Early Voters, Similar to His Likely Voter Lead”.
Jm
October 30th, 2012
11:29 am
“Once again mitt showed no leadership as sandy destroyed the east coast.”
So right. The bully pulpit of an as yet elected official should never be given up in the fact of the wind of a hurricane! Never!
What a pansy. Mitt did nothing to stop the hurricane!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 30th, 2012
11:30 am
GALLUP: OBAMA’S EARLY-VOTE LEAD DROPS 22 PTS FROM 2008…
REPORT: Obama campaign takes money from ‘Osama bin Laden’…
drudgey spam
Rightwing Troll
October 30th, 2012
11:30 am
So what if the IP address was from Pakistan… it could be a donation from an undercover CIA operative or a US diplomat… sheesh!!! why does Mittens and the wingnut rubes want to suppress the free speech rights of those brave folks serving overseas and in the ME???
gm
October 30th, 2012
11:31 am
This just in Mitt the flip flopper, supports Femma now, after bashing Femma for 1 year, this shows what a mental washer this guy is along with his voters.
Jm
October 30th, 2012
11:31 am
Erwin
Getalife never had a legitimate talking point
Union
October 30th, 2012
11:32 am
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/30/opinion/kayyem-obama-sandy/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
good read.. humorous at points.
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
11:32 am
gm – Where is Trump with his 5 million dollars to help the people in Ny, Jersey?
If Obama really wants NJ to get Trumps $5M he can easily direct it there…why hasn’t Obama sent Trumps millions there????…does he hate Ny Jersey
getalife
October 30th, 2012
11:32 am
mitt campaigned like a failed gop hack.
word of the day
October 30th, 2012
11:33 am
Attention all Georgia Republicans…everyone understands that you all WILL NOT be voting for Barack Obama for President…guest what, he DOES NOT need your vote to win..Even though you live ing Georgia, read my lips, “he will be the President of the United States of America”. Do you realize that Georgia is one of those states??? Get over it and concentrate on what Nathan Deal is doing.
Rightwing Troll
October 30th, 2012
11:33 am
You mean Donald BK Trump??? (both financially and morally)… he probably doesn’t have 5 million to donate…
Jm
October 30th, 2012
11:33 am
“drudgey spam”
Kamspam
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
11:35 am
As I read this article, I realized just how DISTORTED Jay Bookman’s world is. Unbelievable!
USMC, hmm. that reminds me of something else you posted, 13 months ago.
You are the “High Priest of Socialism”, Jay, who preaches the Left-wing Fringe political blather to the real CRAZIES on a daily basis.
Most if not all of your views are so far out of the mainstream with what America is about. Unbelievable
I think I’ve asked you ten times already, so what’s the harm in asking again: Which of Jay’s views are “far out of the mainstream?”
As before, I’ll accept as “far out” Jay’s approval of some policy that polls at less than, say, 25% of the American public.
I expect I’ll get the same silence in response as those other nine times, of course, since you know full well that Jay is not out-there at all in his sociopolitical views.
Lee
October 30th, 2012
11:36 am
word of the day – PERFECT, so if you are not a repub in Georgia do not go vote, your vote will not matter anyways. Also, have you seen the latest polls. Obama is behind in every national poll.
bulls_3y3
October 30th, 2012
11:36 am
Again Jay? First you put your nose so far up Odontblameme, now that idiot Reed. Go get a real job and do something productive.
getalife
October 30th, 2012
11:36 am
Our President showed leadership and there is nothing humorous about sandy cons .
rc
October 30th, 2012
11:37 am
GOP filled with whack jobs???How about John Lewis Hank Johnson and don’t forget Bookman
Socialist all hate capitalism.
Union
October 30th, 2012
11:38 am
ohhhh.. interactive chart….
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444024204578044921991680826.html
East Cobb RINO, Inc (LLC)
October 30th, 2012
11:38 am
Mitt Romney’s dad was born in Mexico to Mexican parents and secretly adopted by an American family. He is not ‘Merican and is thus not eligible to hold the office of President of the United States. He was raised Mexican and has Mexican values and a Mexican view of the world. He has connections to Mexican cartels who are secretly financing his Super PACs. When Romney is President, he will cut the budget to the border patrol to allow more drugs from the Mexican cartels into the US of which Romney will get a cut of the profits.
There that was not very hard. Take one statement that is true (Mitt Romney’s dad was born in Mexico) and let your imagination run wild from there. Get enough people to repeat it and voila!
Kamchak - "Socialism" is just a code word for "fear," the monster under you bed ~ Kamchak
October 30th, 2012
11:39 am
Socialist all hate capitalism.
Socialism — BOO!
Mighty Righty
October 30th, 2012
11:39 am
News Flash
Rumor mill has it that Obama is meeting with his followers to plan on blaming Hurricane Sandy on a video that was produced in California. The film maker is to be arrested and Romney is to be cited as the producer. The details have not yet been worked out but Joe Biden, Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton and David Axelrod will spear head the effort. The only thing holding them back at this time is trying to work a George Bush policy in as a cause and getting time on The View, and Chris Mathews shows.
getalife
October 30th, 2012
11:40 am
The gop are full of racist tin foil hat whack jobs. That fact is obvious.
word of the day
October 30th, 2012
11:41 am
Lee
October 30th, 2012
11:36 am
it does not mean do not vote, you sound kind of silly…Georgia is as Red as it gets and he will win without receiving “ONE” electoral vote from this great state!!
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
11:41 am
“Rumor mill has it that ”
WND, breitbart or newsmax?
hahahahahah
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 30th, 2012
11:42 am
News Flash
Rumor mill has it that I will be the starting quarterback in The Super Bowl.
Lee
October 30th, 2012
11:42 am
AND GETALIFE WINS THE AWARD FOR SAYING THE WORD “RACIST” TODAY! HAHA!!! Such a tired pointless word.
getalife
October 30th, 2012
11:45 am
Ask Col. Wilkerson lee.
He said it not me.
Mighty Righty
October 30th, 2012
11:46 am
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
11:25 am
MR
WND has about as much credibility as left wing sites like truthout, dailykos and moveon
They published what “they did” and provided a link for you to use to verify what they did. That is pretty damn credible!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 30th, 2012
11:48 am
That is pretty damn credible!
Whirled Nut Daily is birther central.
Not credible at all.
Mighty Righty
October 30th, 2012
11:48 am
A racist is always the first to bring up race thinking that in so doing it will some how hide their own racist views.
getalife
October 30th, 2012
11:48 am
Did any nuke plants flood?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 30th, 2012
11:50 am
A racist is always the first to bring up race thinking that in so doing it will some how hide their own racist views.
The guilty dog barks first/loudest.
Just sayin’.
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
11:51 am
MR
If you like WND (home of the birthers) that is your choice, but like many sites from both sides of the political extremes, it is a site with more bs and unfounded conspiracies than anything else.
Your choice to follow it all you like, but that doesn’t change the fact that is one of the “homes of the bithers” as well as other stupid stories they have been trumped up for their gullible followers.
St Simons
October 30th, 2012
11:51 am
don’t you know, getalife? in con-world now you’re racist for noticing it.
the fat pig on the a.m. radio said so
man at the new sockpuppets we’re gonna have next Tues
Greg
October 30th, 2012
11:53 am
We sensible conservatives/libertarians have got to convince people to stop linking to WND.com. It makes the reasonable among us look like fools. Well, that website along with the Akins, Becks, et al… that we get tossed in with.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
11:54 am
by all means, read that hard-hitting bit of investigative reporting by the WorldNet Daily folks.
WASHINGTON – Using a Pakistani Internet Protocol and proxy server, a disposable credit card and a fake address, “Osama bin Laden” has successfully donated twice to Barack Obama’s presidential re-election campaign.
The “Bin Laden” donations, actually made by WND staff, included a listed occupation of “deceased terror chief” and a stated employer of “al-Qaida.”
[...]
Upon clicking the “donate” button, WND staff selected the $15 amount and were taken to a page on the campaign website asking for a first and last name, city, state, zip code, email address and phone number.
So to recap–WND’s “reporter” actively sought to create a story by sending in a fifteen-dollar contribution under a fake name.
oh, but it gets better:
The Obama campaign refuses to release the identification of donors who give less than $200
you hear that? They REFUSE!
say… anyone bother to check what Team Romney does with $15 contributors?
Peter
October 30th, 2012
11:55 am
Yup no global warming we can now tell…… super storms the norm, and Woman’s rights are going back 30 plus years…GO REPUBLICAN’S !
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
11:55 am
No word yet on whether they’re going to report on that fifteen dollar donation I sent to Romney under the name “Biggus Terrorus Dikkus.”
Peter
October 30th, 2012
11:56 am
It is a blessing to get raped.. Go republican’s !
too little time
October 30th, 2012
11:57 am
As one that has never voted for a Democrat in my relatively young existence, I may well vote for Kasim Reed based solely on his record as a working mayor and a pragmatic politician willing to compromise to move things along.
As a conservative, I’d say that Kasim Reed has done an excellent job as mayor. In fact, I’d give both Reed and (previous mayor) Franklin solid A- in dealing with the slog that is the City Of Atlanta. After the crooks ( Maynard Jackson and Bill Campbell) ran the city like their own little fiefdom, Kasim and Franklin have faced the pain and made progress in many areas what were stifled for decades.
Kasim Reed has done a lot of this without making a lot of enemies… that leaves him open to a successful state-wide campaign. It might even do the state good to have a Democrat Governor to stand in opposition to a Republican controlled state house and senate.
Doggone/GA
October 30th, 2012
11:57 am
“It is a blessing to get raped”
when you have to lie to make a point, you have no point
Jefferson
October 30th, 2012
11:59 am
Gomer is a full pip.
Sean
October 30th, 2012
11:59 am
I hate to say it.. but I just dont ever see Georgia electing a mayor of Atlanta or anyone ITP ( atleast in the next 20 years or so ). The hinter lands would never permit it. The GOP candidate would have to be convicted of something and even then it would be a tight race.
( Hello look at the election of Alaska Senator Mark Begich )
Jm
October 30th, 2012
12:00 pm
Sfd
The life of Brian is a devoutly moving film
Please don’t make fun of my religion you anti Monty python bigot
curious
October 30th, 2012
12:00 pm
For all you posters.
This blog is a sham designed to attract and identify whackos.
Soon after election day, the police will arrive at your door to remove you from society.
The Thin Guy
October 30th, 2012
12:02 pm
Very few principles guide my life. One of them is to never vote for anyone named Kasim, Hussein, or Jay.
USMC
October 30th, 2012
12:03 pm
Could internal Obama Regime politics open door for the Truth about Benghazi?
Partisay
October 30th, 2012
12:04 pm
Did USMC ever give an answer of which of Jay’s views are “far out of the mainstream?”
Just checking….
USMC
October 30th, 2012
12:05 pm
The dnc are full of racist tin foil hat whack jobs. That fact is obvious.
Regnad Kcin
October 30th, 2012
12:05 pm
“Socialism — BOO!”
kamchak – they still can’t see the fnords…
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
12:06 pm
Did USMC ever give an answer of which of Jay’s views are “far out of the mainstream?”
why no. He did not, ever. And I pointedly asked him many, many times, because I was genuinely interested in learning which of those views our USMC considered to be out of the mainstream.
I’ve had an honest self-examination of my own views, and really, the only one that might qualify as “out there” would be my support for abolishing the death penalty. But I don’t think Jay is with me, there.
Regnad Kcin
October 30th, 2012
12:06 pm
“Rumor mill has it that Obama is meeting with his followers to plan on blaming Hurricane Sandy on a video that was produced in California. The film maker is to be arrested and Romney is to be cited as the producer. The details have not yet been worked out but Joe Biden, Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton and David Axelrod will spear head the effort. The only thing holding them back at this time is trying to work a George Bush policy in as a cause and getting time on The View, and Chris Mathews shows.”
The saddest part is, this will show up on breitbart tomorrow…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:07 pm
Heard this today:
“President Obama regarding Travon Martin: “If I had a son ……………… ”
“Citizen Woods re: Benghazi: “I had a son …………… “
USMC
October 30th, 2012
12:07 pm
“Did USMC ever give an answer of which of Jay’s views are “far out of the mainstream?””–Teachers Pet
Yeah, you missed class that day.
The answer was Most if not ALL.
Carry on!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:08 pm
Heard this:
“Obama POLITICIZED” Benghazi by turning over his response to campaign staff and touting the video.”
Regnad Kcin
October 30th, 2012
12:08 pm
“AND GETALIFE WINS THE AWARD FOR SAYING THE WORD “RACIST” TODAY! HAHA!!! Such a tired pointless word.”
Hurray!! Racism is dead – Lee said so!
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
12:08 pm
Please don’t make fun of my religion
I’ll admit, it took me awhile to suss wot you were on about there!
Lee
October 30th, 2012
12:09 pm
Someone illegally soliciting for Obama was just removed from our business park. HAHAHAHAHA Despiration 101.
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
12:09 pm
A bit too subjective. Romney is being thought of as Presidential, a man for the important decisions
Yes — he parrots everything Obama says and does. Obama, decides to take time off to deal with Hurricane Sandy, Romney does the same……. It’s like that commercial – Like Mike. But instead we can name it Like Barrack:
Sometimes I dream That he is me
You’ve got to see that’s how I dream to be I dream I move,
I dream I groove
Like Barrack…….. If I could Be Like Barrack
Like Barrack Oh, if I could Be Like Barrack
Again I try; Just need to fly; For just one day if I could Be that way
I dream I move, I dream I groove……….. Like Barrack
If I could Be Like Barrack
I wanna be, I wanna be ………..Like Barrack Oh, if I could Be Like Barrack!
Georgia
October 30th, 2012
12:09 pm
I remember Christine O’donnell’s “I am not a witch” campaign. I couldn’t believe me ears or eyes. She was kinda hot, and it made sorta wish that she really was a witch, (don’t ask), but the fact that her writers had come up with that line was so eye opening. There really is no supervision, is there? We really ARE on our own out here in early voter poll land.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
12:09 pm
Jm, did you know that George Harrison mortgaged his house to get the Pythons the money they needed ($4 million) to make that film?
Peter
October 30th, 2012
12:11 pm
“I have to say, the administration, the president, himself and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate have been outstanding with us so far,” Christie said on Good Morning America. “We have a great partnership with them.”
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
12:11 pm
The answer was Most if not ALL.
actually you never answered the question. And simply saying “most if not all” does not answer the question.
Fact is, Jay’s views are generally well within what any reasonable person would consider “mainstream.” as are Kyle Wingfield’s. That’s why they have mainstream-news opinion writing gigs.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
12:12 pm
“President Obama regarding Travon Martin: “If I had a son …
thanks for reminding everyone how upset you conservatives were over THAT comment.
Peter
October 30th, 2012
12:12 pm
Doggone/GA ……..When a Republican candidate says having a baby after getting rapped is a blessing from God…then there is a point.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:13 pm
Heard this:
“Obama has been “photo-oped” in the White House Situation Room assisting in sending out utiliity trucks re: “Sandy”. Too bad he couldn’t have been there for Benghazi.”
MiltonMan
October 30th, 2012
12:13 pm
“Roy Barnes tried to expose that this state is a laughing stock of elected idiots. Idiots will always elect idiots, thus the state of georgia politics and leadership”
Oh yes, the liberals yearning for the “good ‘ole days” of Rat Roy Barnes. The same clown who tried the Northern Arc, whose redistricting maps were thrown out by the GA Supreme Court, who stole money from GA 400 & funneled to AS, turned on the teachers, etc., etc.
Roy Barnes = big reason most GA residents said no to the democratic party in this state.
USMC
October 30th, 2012
12:15 pm
More Bad News for the Obama REGIME…
NPR: 8-point swing puts ROMNEY in front…
http://washingtonexaminer.com/npr-8-point-swing-puts-romney-in-front/article/2512088#.UI_8qsXA_VW
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:16 pm
Peter:
There have been times when God has brought blessing from tragedy. Here is just one:
“Ethel Waters was born in Chester, Pennsylvania on October 31, 1896, as a result of her mother’s rape at age 13″.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Jmu0zG9rE&feature=related
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Waters
JamVet
October 30th, 2012
12:16 pm
“It’s been very good working with the president,” Christie said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “He and his administration have been coordinating with us. It’s been wonderful.”
The GOP governor also sent out a thankful tweet: “I want to thank the President personally for all his assistance as [we] recover from the storm.”
Christie said he spoke with Obama three times on Monday, including at midnight, when Obama agreed to speed along an major disaster declaration for New Jersey without all the “normal FEMA mumbo jumbo.” The declaration was issued this morning, according to Christie.
Isn’t it fantastic that those people in harm’s way don’t have to deal with that bungling, deadly, consummate screwup Bush administration?
No more incompetent neocons in power.
Thank you.
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
12:17 pm
The saddest part is, this will show up on breitbart tomorrow…
JamVet
October 30th, 2012
12:18 pm
As a conservative, I’d say that Kasim Reed has done an excellent job as mayor.
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
Just ask Miltonman. He will gladly provide for you, in great detail, the exact specifics as to why that is not the case.
LOL!!!!!!
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
12:20 pm
I thought Christie was a republican? Aren’t they AGAINST “Big Government”? Why didn’t he TURN DOWN the money – - it’s up to him to apply and accept, all Obama did was make the process simpler.
Christie, in light of his political ideologies should’ve said, “Hell No You Big Gubmint Commie!! NJ doesn’t NEED you!! We’re gonna do it with our own boot straps!!”
USMC
October 30th, 2012
12:20 pm
Michael Moore, Moveon.org video features dirty-mouthed old people lambasting Republicans, Romney
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/30/michael-moore-moveon-org-video-features-dirty-mouthed-old-people-lambasting-republicans-romney/#ixzz2AneXD2Wj
RACIST Black woman threatens violence on Mitt Romney….
indigo
October 30th, 2012
12:21 pm
The Republican base is composed of far right-wing religious conservatives. While this is currently enough to keep them very electible, it won’t last for much longer. American demographics are changing and, if the Party doesn’t change with them, before long no Republican will be able to be elected. Oh happy day!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ol' Timer
October 30th, 2012
12:22 pm
Romney/Ryan 2012: “The Ultimate Blind Date!”
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
October 30th, 2012
12:22 pm
Someone illegally soliciting for Obama was just removed from our business park. HAHAHAHAHA Despiration 101.
Well, we just kicked a Obama bum out of Simpsons Trailer Park. The guy collecting for Mitt Romney complained the Obama guy was taking away business.
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
12:23 pm
Scout – from your Wiki link:
Ethel Waters was raised in poverty and never lived in the same place for more than 15 months. She said of her difficult childhood, “I never was a child. I never was cuddled, or liked, or understood by my family.”[2]
Yep — EVERYONE should be brought into the world under those circumstances — its a blessing……..
JamVet
October 30th, 2012
12:23 pm
On the other hand, nobody but nobody gets to the right of Tom Price, the ambitious Republican congressman from Marietta said to be eying a run at Chambliss. According to National Journal, Price is tied with nine others as the most conservative member in the House, and when you consider how conservative the House Republican caucus is, that’s saying something.
Alas, that awful little coward is my “representative”. The man has the moral courage that one would find in a scared eighth grader. Which makes him the perfect modern day Republican.
A spineless Romney supporter…
Speed Racer
October 30th, 2012
12:25 pm
If raising taxes is called “revenue increases” what is it called when revenues to the govt actually increase?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:26 pm
JamVet:
“Isn’t it fantastic that those people in harm’s way don’t have to deal with that bungling, deadly, consummate screwup Bush administration?
No more incompetent neocons in power.
Thank you.”
As I said once before this morning, the citizens of New Orleans (and surrounding areas) refused to evacuate as they should have. They not only put their lives in danger but the lives of their rescuers as well.
I went down there to help with the evacuation “after the fact”. Too little to late for many of them.
People make decisions.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
October 30th, 2012
12:27 pm
I see that USMC is trolling the right wing rags again…
DannyX
October 30th, 2012
12:28 pm
“Hurray!! Racism is dead – Lee said so!”
Regnad Kcin, Republican blog rules state very clearly.
1. Racism is not allowed to be brought up.
2. George W Bush is off limits.
TaxPayer
October 30th, 2012
12:29 pm
Bailing out Wall Street has taken on a whole new meaning.