Poll Position: Who is GOP’s best choice for U.S. Senate?
There’s been a lot of speculation for some time now about who in the Georgia GOP might challenge U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss in a primary when he’s up for re-election in 2014. That speculation owes to a couple of issues on which he’s strayed from the main Republican Party line, most recently and notably with his openness to revenue increases via his work with the Gang of Six in the Senate.
Who is the GOP's best choice for U.S. Senate?
- The incumbent, Saxby Chambliss (217 Votes)
- Someone else (92 Votes)
- Tom Price (42 Votes)
- Paul Broun (25 Votes)
- Tom Graves (13 Votes)
Total Voters: 389
Loading ...The buzz grew last week after Congressman Tom Price lost his bid for a higher position in the House GOP leadership ranks (to Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington). Adding to the intrigue surrounding Price is the fact Speaker John Boehner, a friend of Chambliss’s, backed McMorris Rodgers.
In an article posted last night, Roll Call suggests another possible challenger to Chambliss is Congressman Paul Broun of Athens. Another tea-party favorite, Rep. Tom Graves, is also sometimes mentioned.
The thinking among Georgia politicos is that if one person jumps into the primary, others will follow. But who would be the best choice? Or is the best choice the man who already holds the office?
That’s this week’s Poll Position question (I realize it’s not Friday, but I will not be in the office this Friday). The question is not who will run, but who would be the best choice for the job, keeping in mind that we’re only talking about Republicans this time and will deal with potential Democratic statewide candidates another day. Answer in the nearby poll and in the comments thread below.
(Note: While voting continues apace, all comments will be going through moderation now through my return to the office on Monday. Have a happy Thanksgiving!)
– By Kyle Wingfield
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195 comments Add your comment
MrLiberty
November 21st, 2012
8:42 am
Saxby has to go. He is nothing but a big government neocon, warmongering statist. We need someone in the Senate who supports freedom, liberty, small government, a responsible foreign policy, sound money, personal freedom, and the constitution. That leaves out everyone else in your poll too.
CC
November 21st, 2012
8:42 am
“start listening to the rational middle”
It’s the “national middle” that’s gotten us into the sad state of affairs we now experience.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
8:42 am
Poor Nobody knows…takes an insult on People magazine-reading mouth breathers personally.
Nobody knows
November 21st, 2012
8:44 am
I post Barry responds………
hahahahaaha
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
8:46 am
I bet Nobody knows learned from her People magazine everything she needed to know to cast an informed vote! Well, for a low-information Democrat.
Nobody knows
November 21st, 2012
8:47 am
Keep up the good work Barry
Wont be long before you will be in a booster seat. No more high chairs for you, little guy.
You are a funny little dude.
Have a great holiday and hopefully the bitterness and post election anxiety will subside a little over the long weekend
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
8:49 am
Have a great holiday? I always do. Same to you.
md
November 21st, 2012
9:02 am
“There was no voting problem. There was one bad summary page and one bad memory card. You, Tiberuis and the rest did nothing but manufacture COMPLETLY unsubstantiated ghost stories.”
One bad card and one bad page? Hardly:
“Still, there were clearly counting problems in St. Lucie County, whether technological or from human error. In a letter sent late last week to the secretary of state, West’s attorneys wrote that they compared voting sign-in sheets with ballots actually counted. In early voting, they concluded 237 voters who signed in did not have their ballots recorded.
In absentee voting, they reported 121 voters appeared not to have had their votes counted. Further, they said, the number of absentee votes in certain precincts topped the number of listed absentee voters.
Even before the West campaign released its findings, 799 votes “disappeared” in a partial recount of early votes by the supervisor of elections.
Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner last week sent a trio of state elections officials to St. Lucie County. Among them: the chief of Florida’s voting systems certification division, which examines technology.”
I’d say the county has more problems than just technology concerning 1 card and 1 page, but you are more than welcome to believe it is……
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
9:10 am
Who’s your candidate, MrLiberty? We need solutions, not just complaining.
CC
November 21st, 2012
9:15 am
“Who’s your candidate, MrLiberty?”
I wish you hadn’t asked that question!
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 21st, 2012
9:18 am
md, remember, these are the folks who vote dead people whenever and wherever possible.
They don’t WANT questions to be asked of voting procedures.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
9:30 am
I’m all for those things MrLiberty mentions, as are all Americans and even a few Democrats. Who’s your candidate, MrLiberty?
the red herring
November 21st, 2012
9:35 am
any of the alternatives would be a better choice than the democrat saxby chambliss we already have in there. he is as wishy washy as they come. with the media now saying obama and the senate have a “mandate” and rat terrier pelosi coming out of her cage again to start the “no cuts” message (followed closely by the union bosses) –it is just making things worse. i say let’s don’t go over the fiscal cliff –let’s run and jump over it— we have to get the nation back on sound financial footing and cut spending (especially all wasteful spending). Google Tom Coburn.
Ga bulldog
November 21st, 2012
9:54 am
Come on! Saxby is the clear and proven choice. Hands down he is the best and steadiest hand to serve all of Georgia in the US Senate. Don’t think for a minute that any of the other choices would start from behind, probably do something embarrassing, and certainly don’t exhibit the thoughtful, deliberate and practical approach to leading that Saxby does. As Ronald Reagan said “just because you only agree with me 85% of the time doesn’t make me 15% enemy. Lets rally behind our Senior Senator.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
10:01 am
Going over the fiscal cliff would be preferable to the in-patriotic Obozo approach of higher taxes on a few and phantom spending cuts that never happen.
Plus it would be fun to hear the low-information Democrats admitting that Our President Bush’s tax cuts gave a huge boost to the lower middle class. A worker making $30K a year will go from paying nothing to paying $1400 in federal income tax.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
10:25 am
Tiberius and md
Please let us know when any of the “voter fraud allegations” that were swirling around in regards to St Lucie Country are substantiated with indictments and convictions.
You do believe in the rule of law over and above your political views and insinuations, correct?
CC
November 21st, 2012
10:36 am
“You do believe in the rule of law over and above your political views and insinuations, correct?”
How could anyone NOT believe in the rule of law with the shining example set by Eric (with)Holder?
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
10:37 am
Until them, you might want to send your best regards to West. He will not be in Congress much longer
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
10:43 am
CC
Tell us the exact law(s) that Holder has broken. Save the innuendo, implications and talking points.
Thanks
CC
November 21st, 2012
10:48 am
Black Label:
I won’t be playing your game this morning . . . or ever. If you haven’t kept up with the news since he has ‘occupied’ the position of AG, there’s little I can do to help you, and I will NOT spend my time researching and providing you with links to disregard.
You have yourself a nice day.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
10:54 am
CC
Thanks for acknowledging that you nothing more than talking pts and your usual crap.
Facts are not yoru friend
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
10:57 am
Facts? Democrats know nothing of facts. 90% of Obozo voters actually believe high-income earners pay a lower income tax rate than the middle class and poor.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
10:59 am
Barry
So you can help CC out or you just blathering as usual?
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
11:02 am
I’m not familiar with the issue CC is discussing. Merely commenting on Democrat immunity to facts.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
11:07 am
LLB
Facts such as those delusional bloggers who were touting what President Romney would be doing, not doing etc.
Facts such as those that spoke of Republicans gaining seats and even taking the Senate.
Facts such as those saying that the Republicans would gain seats in the House.
You may not have said all these things, but it is fact that they were said on this blog.
____________________________________
CC
You just name the laws and the date(s) that they were broke and I will look up the information.
You were talking facts and not innuendo, right?
Thought so
JamVet
November 21st, 2012
11:15 am
Hi, gang.
Just checking in to see the latest post-election meltdowns from cc and bb.
BTW, Kyle as the name was bandied about with some regularity prior to the November 6 neocon beat down, why is Elmer Fudd not on your list?
LOL.
Keep Hopelessness Alive!
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
November 21st, 2012
11:17 am
Black Label, surely you know the difference between a prediction and a fact.
It’s a fact that Obozo voters by and large don’t know who pays the taxes in this country.
CC
November 21st, 2012
11:18 am
Black Label:
After you’ve discovered why he did not prosecute the two Black Panthers at the polling location in 2008, you can move on to explaining his actions against the state of Arizona. From there, move on to Operation Fast and Furious.
When you’ve covered those topics, I’ll furbish a few more.
CC
November 21st, 2012
11:21 am
JamVet:
Take your meds, you’ll be OK in a while . . .
Halftrack
November 21st, 2012
11:25 am
We need a firebrand for the Constitution and one that doesn’t speak with double meaning words. Just give us the facts and let us know the truth. They need to start running now so by the Primary time we don’t pick a dark horse and wind up with the same kind of candidate that gets their brain washed by the Washington crowd.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
11:30 am
CC
You are taking about events, what laws were broke?
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
11:31 am
CC
You name the actual laws that were broke and when. I will fill in the blanks with the events.
Rafe Hollister, dreading the eventual decline caused by Obamanism
November 21st, 2012
11:33 am
Eric Holder may not openly break any laws, but he certainly fails to enforce any that he does not like, immigration, DOMA, voting ID laws, reverse discrimination, to name a few. Refusing to enforce the law is a violation of his oath of office, and he should be impeached for failing, as the chief law enforcement officer in the US, to uphold the laws of the land.
Baoky Vu
November 21st, 2012
11:37 am
As a Republican, would love to see if Paul Broun and his flat earth philosophy sells statewide; if it does then it confirms how our dumbed-down anti-intellectual wing led to our demise nationally. For members of our own PArty to even consider running against Saxby is an affront to the bedrock principles of Lincoln and Reagan on putting country first.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
11:38 am
Rafe
Nice spin. Guess you were unable to help out CC with his implication.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
11:40 am
Where is “I report and whine”?
JamVet
November 21st, 2012
11:43 am
Meds?
I’m feeling great, cc!
How about you?
The past two weeks have been a HUGE breath of fresh American air blowing away more of that squalid neocon smell!
Your beloved, albeit imploding, GOP needs a 12 step program.
Here, let me help you get started:
1) We admit that we are powerless over Reagan’s neoconservatism – that our lives had become unmanageable.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
11:44 am
Baoky Vu
Maybe a Tea Party candidate such as Murdoch or Akin will come riding in on a dinosaur to save the day…….. Of course Broun is already filling that space, but some new characters may come along
Dusty
November 21st, 2012
11:59 am
Well, whatdoyaknow? A conservative blog, filled with liberals complaining, name calling, mud throwing and changing IDs frequently just for fun. The Vulture Volunteers!
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May I suggest that you V Vs would have a lovely time adding your fine thoughts to Mr. Bookman’s stunning words?? Immigration ! The rotten rich! Romney rundowns! You can go there.. They even accept bigots. It’s your kind of thing!
.Have fun.
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
12:01 pm
Dusty
Why so insistent on others going elsewhere? That seems to be a regular thing for you.
Kyle: Is Dusty the new sheriff or just same ole Dusty?
Black Label
November 21st, 2012
12:07 pm
Dusty
So you are not so confused as you appear to be each time you post, allow me to assist. Kyle is a right leaning Op Ed writer. As long as the rules are followed anyone can post comments regardless of political affiliation. That seems difficult for you to comprehend, but you can do it, if you try.
Have a great Thanksgiving Day and weekend.
iggy
November 21st, 2012
12:19 pm
In memory of FDR, Happy Franksgiving!
Dusty
November 21st, 2012
12:22 pm
Black Label
What? You did not like my kindly invitation? Or my free speech?
Too bad. You are not the only one who has it.
I repeat: You would just love another blog more suited to your talents than this one.
Kyle Wingfield
November 21st, 2012
12:23 pm
Hi everyone, just letting y’all know all comments will be going through moderation starting now, until I’m back in the office Monday. My Thanksgiving column will be online later this afternoon. I hope you all have a very happy Thanksgiving!
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