State of the Georgia Senate race
It’s been four weeks since Georgia’s senior senator, Saxby Chambliss, announced he would not run for re-election next year. That news triggered an avalanche of speculation about who would run for the seat, with the field expected to get very crowded very quickly. That hasn’t happened. No one has entered the race or even admitted to giving it serious consideration on the Democratic side, and the GOP field has been developing only slowly:
- Congressman Paul Broun, R-Athens, was the first to file his paperwork to run and has been running online ads for a couple of weeks now. Yesterday, he touted the endorsement of TheTeaParty.net, a Washington, D.C.-based outfit that bills itself as the nation’s largest tea-party group.
- Last week, Congressman Jack Kingston, R-Savannah, said he was running for Senate while speaking to the Forsyth County GOP. The very fact Kingston was speaking to a Republican group in a county a couple of hundred miles from his district tells you about all you need to know. A person familiar with Kingston’s thinking told me the congressman wants to do some more fund-raising before making his candidacy official. In December, Kingston’s campaign committee reported having just under $1 million in cash on hand. That’s much more than the $156,000 Broun reported, but it’s not as much as some of the other potential candidates.
- Congressman Phil Gingrey, R-Marietta, has been the subject of numerous reports this week that he will enter the race. The Washington Post has a story citing two unnamed ones saying Gingrey is telling people he is in the race. The Hill newspaper earlier cited GOP strategist Tom Perdue saying Gingrey was calling people to tell them he’s in. But Gingrey emailed me last night to say it is only true that he is “very interested in [the Senate race] and strongly considering it. However, at this point I am still undecided.” Based on my own conversations with people close to Gingrey, I will be surprised if he does not run.
- Congressman Tom Price, R-Roswell, whom many thought would be one of the first candidates out of the gate, has instead punted on making a decision until May. While he would probably be the front-runner if he were to enter the race, a person familiar with his thinking told me Price currently is only 50/50 as to whether he will run. One concern he apparently doesn’t have is adverse intervention by Gov. Nathan Deal. Price and governor have had chilly relations ever since Price retracted his endorsement of Deal in the 2010 gubernatorial election and instead backed Karen Handel. But I am told the governor intends to be completely neutral in the Senate race, not least because he will be focused on his own re-election next year. If Price does not run, Handel — who comes from the same North Fulton base — would be much more likely to enter the Senate race.
That’s where things stand now, at least as far as I’ve been able to track them down.
– By Kyle Wingfield
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A Liberal Mess
February 22nd, 2013
1:32 pm
JDW:
Judging by the way folks are voting the electorate here in Georgia seems fine with what we have..
sailfish
February 22nd, 2013
1:33 pm
“That’s what we as a nation, thanks to liberal policies have done”
You know it gets really tiresome when ignorance rears its ugly head, so please do everyone a favor and try not to blame problems on some mythic monolithic group, it just ain’t so.
JDW
February 22nd, 2013
1:34 pm
Come on Indigo…”In fact, trying to talk sense to you is like playing classical music to a tree frog.”
The tree frog likes the vibrations and sings along. I much prefer the tree frog.
A Liberal Mess
February 22nd, 2013
1:36 pm
JDW:
O’ Dear perhaps you did come from an ape…..
Retired Soldier
February 22nd, 2013
1:36 pm
sailfish-
I would bet you consider Obama a moderate and wish the real liberal in him would come out. Correct?
breckenridge
February 22nd, 2013
1:38 pm
The idea that Darwin’s theory of evolution isn’t proven science, a point often touted by the religious right, is nonsense. Darwin threw his theory out there, it’s been tested repeatedly over 150 years, and never been disproven. Like all scientific theories that stand the test of time it is now accepted by all but the extreme right. Does Darwinian theory account for the original spark? No, it does not.
Last year the US House of Representatives passed legislation that would have discontinued funding of Planned Parenthood; naturally it failed in the Senate. This legislation was 100% about abortion and 100% religious in nature. There are some true believers in the House – Michele Bachmann, Chris Smith – and some that just want to make sure they get high scores on their annual report card from the traitorous organization called the Family Research Council.
Any time any member of Congress gets a call from anyone at FRC they should slam the phone down as hard as they can.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 22nd, 2013
1:39 pm
I see JDW is once again pulling phony statistics out of his hindquarters.
According to his own link provided a few days ago, Georgia is tied for # 11 in economic growth.
A Liberal Mess
February 22nd, 2013
1:39 pm
sailfish
“That’s what we as a nation, thanks to liberal policies have done”
You know it gets really tiresome when ignorance rears its ugly head, so please do everyone a favor and try not to blame problems on some mythic monolithic group, it just ain’t so.
To use your logic the same can be said about blaming GOD and Christianity for the nations problems. The left does it all the time. Scroll up and down this board and look at the venom spewed against the religious posters on here. Its shameful, unintelligent, and baseless.
Retired Soldier
February 22nd, 2013
1:40 pm
FRC may be many things, but traitorous? Guess you are one of those wingnuts we read about.
JDW
February 22nd, 2013
1:41 pm
@Liberal Mess…”O’ Dear perhaps you did come from an ape”
You and me both big boy…about 5 million years ago…
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/cat02.html
Seems like one of us still retains the critical thinking skills of his ancestors…it’s ok maybe your offspring will evolve.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 22nd, 2013
1:41 pm
“DOMA is common sense.”
Explain that in detail.
“There’s many reasons to be for traditional marriage other than Christian beliefs.”
Really? Name three.
“Why would our nation want to promote homosexuality as if its a good thing?”
And just where is our nation promoting homosexuality? Tolerating it, yes. Promoting it? No.
“Its a repulsive and dangerous lifestyle…”
Your opinion does not make it so, Mess.
breckenridge
February 22nd, 2013
1:43 pm
“Scroll up and down this board and look at the venom spewed against the religious posters on here. Its shameful, unintelligent, and baseless.”
So you’re saying the belief that only born-again Christians can go to heaven is intelligent? It has a factual basis? It not a shameful position?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 22nd, 2013
1:44 pm
“I much prefer the tree frog.”
That’s because it’s the only creature with which you can win an debate, JDW.
JDW
February 22nd, 2013
1:44 pm
@Tiberius…”According to his own link provided a few days ago, Georgia is tied for # 11 in economic growth.”
Wasn’t talking about GDP in that post…statemaster runs a bit behind sometimes…bad news is it got worse.
http://search.bea.gov/search?query=gdp+by+state&commit=Go&utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=u.s.bureauofeconomicanalysis
BEA has better econ stats…of course you wouldn’t know that since you ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING
JDW
February 22nd, 2013
1:49 pm
@Tiberius…”hat’s because it’s the only creature with which you can win an debate, JDW”
In the real world I do just fine…of course in Tiberiusville the deck is stacked. O’ my that’s beautiful new outfit “your highness”…
A Liberal Mess
February 22nd, 2013
1:49 pm
breckenridge:
You hit the nail on the head when you stated Darwin’s theory. It was simply his explanation based on his thinking. It has nothing to do with actual science. I assume whatever a scientist says you believe to be fact simply because that’s what they think?
I just roll my eyes when people say dolphins are as smart as humans. Then I get on these blogs and read what libs say and it certainly makes me think maybe its possible…..
Hillbilly D
February 22nd, 2013
1:50 pm
Looks like today is a waste of time here; maybe it’ll be better tomorrow.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 22nd, 2013
1:53 pm
Placemarker
A Liberal Mess
February 22nd, 2013
1:54 pm
breckenridge:
But honestly the thing that is so laughably stupid about hanging your beliefs on a theory almost 175 years old is that there is absolutely no hard core proof to back up his claims. But I guess you have just as much faith that you came from a single cell organism as I have from me coming form GOD.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 22nd, 2013
1:55 pm
JDW wouldn’t know the real world if it bit him on the behind.
He’s a lot like Patrick McGoohan in ‘The Prisoner’, trapped in a fantasy world.
breckenridge
February 22nd, 2013
1:57 pm
“You hit the nail on the head when you stated Darwin’s theory. It was simply his explanation based on his thinking.”
Yes, Liberal Mess, we are in complete agreement here. Darwin’s theory is in fact a scientific theory.
And I’m sure we can also agree that Creationism is not in any way, shape or form a scientific theory. Correct?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 22nd, 2013
1:59 pm
I’m with Hillbilly D.
Nothing to learn here when the inmates run the asylum.
A Liberal Mess
February 22nd, 2013
2:02 pm
breckenridge
“Scroll up and down this board and look at the venom spewed against the religious posters on here. Its shameful, unintelligent, and baseless.”
So you’re saying the belief that only born-again Christians can go to heaven is intelligent? It has a factual basis? It not a shameful position?
Yes. If you don’t attempt to live a righteous life and ask for forgiveness for your sins and realize that Jesus is the only way to the father you won’t get to Heaven. The bible is your guide. Pick it up sometime and inform yourself.
Just Saying..
February 22nd, 2013
2:02 pm
“Its a repulsive and dangerous lifestyle…”
No Dick Cheney Christmas card for you…
A Liberal Mess
February 22nd, 2013
2:10 pm
breckenridge
“You hit the nail on the head when you stated Darwin’s theory. It was simply his explanation based on his thinking.”
Yes, Liberal Mess, we are in complete agreement here. Darwin’s theory is in fact a scientific theory.
And I’m sure we can also agree that Creationism is not in any way, shape or form a scientific theory. Correct?
Incorrect. Here’s a great website to educate yourself….
http://www.icr.org/
A Liberal Mess
February 22nd, 2013
2:11 pm
breckenridge:
O’ Yeah. You have yet to say where you believe we came from…
breckenridge
February 22nd, 2013
2:12 pm
“Yes. If you don’t attempt to live a righteous life and ask for forgiveness for your sins and realize that Jesus is the only way to the father you won’t get to Heaven. The bible is your guide. Pick it up sometime and inform yourself.”
Uhhh….yeah. Hey thanks for the advice.
And my advice is this……be very careful about installing halogen light bulbs in the range cover above the stove. I don’t think they can handle heat, and they will explode.
A Liberal Mess
February 22nd, 2013
2:12 pm
Just Saying..
“Its a repulsive and dangerous lifestyle…”
No Dick Cheney Christmas card for you…
I’m sorry but the thought of two men together is extremely gross. And the stats back up the fact its dangerous.
Just Saying..
February 22nd, 2013
2:19 pm
“I’m sorry but the thought of two men together is extremely gross. And the stats back up the fact its dangerous.”
Liberal Mess…
or
Liberal Plant?
A Liberal Mess
February 22nd, 2013
2:24 pm
Just Saying..
Just saying…..
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 22nd, 2013
2:27 pm
The Spock-like Obama criticized for being aloof has been ditched in favor of a president who tells personal anecdotes about his life, shares locked-away thoughts from his past and on several occasions has wiped away a tear or two in public. – The Hill
Get a room already.
Partisay
February 22nd, 2013
2:29 pm
Tiberius – “No, that’s just your DNC talking points memo screaming in your head.”
Dang, coulda sworn year after year for as far back as I can remember I have heard conservatives talking negative about “elites”. But I guess I got that confused with my DNC talking points memo.
JDW
February 22nd, 2013
2:30 pm
“He’s a lot like Patrick McGoohan in ‘The Prisoner’, trapped in a fantasy world.”
Nahhh…it’s more like Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest…blogging with a cross between Charlie Cheswick and Martini.
sailfish
February 22nd, 2013
2:34 pm
“Yes. If you don’t attempt to live a righteous life and ask for forgiveness for your sins and realize that Jesus is the only way to the father you won’t get to Heaven”
I guess god has no use for the chinese or the hindu’s in india. Please use some logic when referring to a “loving” god.
Just Saying..
February 22nd, 2013
2:40 pm
A Liberal Mess
February 22nd, 2013
2:24 pm
Just Saying..
Just saying…..
Just assure me that’s not a moan…
Jefferson
February 22nd, 2013
2:55 pm
The GOP is offing themselves, quite fitting.
getalife
February 22nd, 2013
3:01 pm
“BRUSSELS — A top E.U. official warned Friday that the economy of the euro area would shrink for the second year in a row and that countries like France and Spain would miss fiscal targets meant to ensure the stability of the common currency.” NYTimes.
Why do you want that here cons?
Get your failed party out of the way job killers.
Buzz Belle
February 22nd, 2013
3:16 pm
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America 11:02 am
And there you go – so anybody with an (R) beside there name is better than anybody the dems throw out. So, what if the DEM is say…..Sam Nunn. You really think Broun is better than Sam Nunn? Hahahahahaha!
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 22nd, 2013
3:23 pm
Sam Nunn of the 1990’s? No.
But Sam is 74 now, and last I saw of him seems to have lost a step or two.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 22nd, 2013
3:31 pm
If only this could get rid of the liberal infestation on this blog . . . .
http://news.yahoo.com/us-govt-air-drop-toxic-065326367.html;_ylt=ArV_X7RvEXDrHWlKVbVpry2RxLEF;_ylu=X3oDMTUwbnM4b3FnBGNjb2RlA2N0LmMEbWl0A0FydGljbGUgTW9zdCBQb3B1bGFyBHBrZwM2ODE4NjJmMy0yZjc0LTM0ZGMtYWY3Yi1kYzUzNGYxM2YxYzYEcG9zAzQEc2VjA01lZGlhQkxpc3RNaXhlZE1vc3RQb3B1bGFyQ0FUZW1wBHZlcgNhZDQ5MzMyMC03Y2ZhLTExZTItOWRmZS04YWVkODk0NDVlZTI-;_ylg=X3oDMTNha20xZXJmBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDNzgzMmQ0Y2ItZDdlYi0zOGQxLWIxMmItMDA2ZjAyZmViMmNmBHBzdGNhdANzY2llbmNlfHNwYWNlLWFzdHJvbm9teQRwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2U-;_ylv=3
Reality
February 22nd, 2013
3:33 pm
Real sad that the only mention of candidates are republicans. When (if ever) will the State of Georgia catch up? Why is Georgia so very lop-sided and willing to travel blindly down the path with the mis-guided Tea Party, and other ‘conservative’ nuts?
Haven’t Georgia voters learned anything at all? Why cannot people understand that a good politican is NOT one that stands firm and refuses to negotiate, but it is one that is able to communicate and negotiate to the true ‘middle ground’ of political issues?
Until we learn that simple lesson, the rest of the Country will continue to laugh at us.
Politico
February 22nd, 2013
3:35 pm
“If only this could get rid of the liberal infestation on this blog . . ”
Some do love echo chambers. Yes they do
Buzz Belle
February 22nd, 2013
3:35 pm
Saxby is 69, Johnny is 68 and Sam losing a step? …he is currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. I’m not sure Saxby or Johnny could keep up with any lost steps of Sam.
Reality
February 22nd, 2013
3:36 pm
@Just Saying….
Are you telling us that you think BEFORE the hiv virus (which has only been around for about 20 years or so), it was perfectly okay for two men to be together?
Think about this one before answering. LOL!
Reality
February 22nd, 2013
3:37 pm
@A Liberal Mess….
Maybe my above post and question should have been directed towards you?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
February 22nd, 2013
3:47 pm
Of course, Politico, liberals eating vermin would classify as cannibalism, so maybe we can find something else to shoo you away.
The truth certainly doesn’t do the trick.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
February 22nd, 2013
3:50 pm
Buzz Belle, have you read any words of support from me regarding those two?
No.
But electing a shadow of a man, no matter how good he was, doesn’t justify my vote.
Politico
February 22nd, 2013
3:52 pm
yap, yap, yap in Tibsville
I don’t get “shooed” away as you have been.
so keep on yapping
Cheesy Grits is gone but not forgotten
February 22nd, 2013
3:55 pm
Doctors should get into politics more because they are some of the most educated people in society. Many politicians are lawyers who are some of the most corrupt people in our society.
Suits me just fine.
Well, it happened again: As in 2008, Barack Obama won those voters with a post-graduate degree by a huge margin on Tuesday — 13 points. That’s smaller than the 18-point margin that Obama achieved in 2008, but still substantial.
Why do the most educated Americans vote Democratic?
The most familiar reason is that these voters tend to be more liberal on social issues, and Democrats speak to those views. For example, surveys have found that college educated older Americans are far more likely to support gay marriage than those without a college degree. Likewise, college graduates are far more likely to support abortion rights than those with only a high school degree.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
February 22nd, 2013
3:56 pm
Ah, the repetitive leg humping of Politico.
It never gets. . . . new.