Thurbert Baker to enter 2010 race for governor
Twelve-year Attorney General Thurbert Baker will enter the 2010 race for governor, a move that could make the Democratic side of the contest every bit as complicated as the Republican one.
Attorney General Thurbert Baker. Photo credit: Mikki K. Harris/AJC
Jeff DiSantis, acting as a spokesman for Baker, said the attorney general has prepared the paperwork necessary to start raising money, and will file official notice shortly after the Legislature adjourns.
“This is not a contingent discussion. This is not based on whoever else is running,” DiSantis said. “It doesn’t need to be couched.”
Baker, an African-American, won more votes than anyone else on the Democratic ticket in 2006, his last statewide election.
His intention is to run a tough-on-crime campaign. More details to come.
Former Gov. Roy Barnes and House Minority Leader DuBose Porter of Dublin, who are white, are already contemplating the race. David Poythress, former adjutant general of the Georgia National Guard, who is also white, is the only announced entry.
Baker’s entry could make competition for the African-American vote, which now dominates the Democratic primary, extremely tight.
And it could make a runoff much more likely. With five GOP candidates already in the contest, Republicans have conceded a runoff, which eats both time and money,. Democrats had planned to take tactical advantage of a GOP runoff by trying to reach a consensus on their ticket.
That seems more unlikely now. Democrats immediately expressed concern.
“The last thing that the Georgia Democratic party needs is at this point in time is an extensive, controversial and divisive primary season, especially in the governor’s race,” said state Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond, who is also vice-chairman of the party.
A Baker decision to run for governor would also open up one more constitutional office for a high-cost, statewide race. On the Democratic side, state Rep. Rob Teilhet of Smyrna said Wednesday afternoon that he would file for the AG’s spot later this week.
Republican names immediately put into circulation include Robert Highsmith, former counsel to Gov. Sonny Perdue; state Sen. Preston Smith of Rome; and state Sen. Seth Harp of Midland.
Secretary of State Karen Handel and state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, both Republicans, will vacate their jobs to run for governor. State Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin, a Democrat, has said he won’t run for another term.
That leaves state School Superintendent Kathy Cox and Thurmond as the only constitutional officers remaining in place. And Thurmond is looking at either governor or lieutenant governor.
For instant updates, follow me on Twitter.
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Guides
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2009 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
90 comments Add your comment
Dave
April 1st, 2009
11:27 am
Good. Barnes, Porter and Baker are all good men. Let the games begin.
Tracey
April 1st, 2009
11:28 am
Count me out. He’s an idiot!
NickNick
April 1st, 2009
11:30 am
Dear Lord…
Tracey
April 1st, 2009
11:30 am
I remember Genarlo, the cop killing in Columbus, and the tasering in Gwinnett where he stood by and did nothing.
Carla
April 1st, 2009
11:36 am
As a middle-aged African-American female, I would never suppport Thurbert Baker for Governor. I do not like the way he handled the Genarlo Wilson case.
Norris
April 1st, 2009
11:38 am
African American or not…Remember Genarlo !!!!!!!!!!!
Will Jones - Atlanta
April 1st, 2009
11:50 am
Thanks for uncovering his “baldness,” Tracey. Baker is a fraud, with a bad rug.
GL Cornish
April 1st, 2009
11:51 am
Galloway…Baker may be African-American but contrary to your thinking he holds no special political place among and within that portion of the electorate. Why? Because he has done nothing to distinguish himself. The guy is affraid of his shadow.
G
April 1st, 2009
11:53 am
Mr. Baker,
Let me take this opportunity to assure you that I will most definitely NOT vote for you. You remind me too much of Zig Zag Zell which means you having a good chance of winning. I wish you luck in any event.
JCOPELAND
April 1st, 2009
11:56 am
He can run all he like. I will not be voting for him. I have had enough ouf his antics! He needs to just sit down and retire his political life.
Huh?
April 1st, 2009
12:03 pm
Now my question has been answered as to why he forecefully went after G. Wilson but after catching flack from people of both races he started back peddling. However, it is for this reason (among others i could name) that Mr. Baker will not receive my vote. According to the general blog, Mr. Baker might want to rethink his decision to run. It will prove unfruitful
Delta
April 1st, 2009
12:03 pm
Bad news for King Roy
Thurbert Baker Enters Governor’s Race — Peach Pundit
April 1st, 2009
12:04 pm
[...] So says the AJC. [...]
SMH
April 1st, 2009
12:04 pm
I, too, am African American. I will NOT vote for Thurbert Baker.
State News Shot » Georgia Attorney General Baker to Run for Governor
April 1st, 2009
12:04 pm
[...] Read the Rest… var addthis_pub = ‘rslc’; var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; [...]
Writegirl
April 1st, 2009
12:13 pm
Thurbert Baker will never get my vote. Ever! He thinks that the black community is stupid enough to vote for him only because he is black. Hasn’t he heard? People select candidates because of their qualifications and character. And as far as I’m concerned he has neither.
rwh
April 1st, 2009
12:17 pm
Mr. Baker’s run for governor for the state of Georgia is already hitting people wrong. The eyes have seen and the ears have heard of many issues and impending outcomes that has not been in the interest of the public. Steping forward to clear up and erase the wrongs he have done has not been forthcoming. I will be honest, first, I do not see many Africian-Americans actually voting for him and, secondly, I do not see any whites voting for him either, I think that he will lose money running this course. Clark Howard, Sam Olson, former Mayor Barnes, Bill Campbell, Former Mayor Young and, let’s not forget the others all would have the edge over him. The Attorney General in his service to the public needs to be upfront, open and vastly assured in his duties and not be weak to act on all cases presented before him, and those he must seek to bring charges thereof. I did not witness or see him acting on the part of the public behalf, but most against the public. I do not want to seem bias, so Mr. Attorney General Thurbert Baker, run if this be your wish and the goal you want to acheived!
Of Atlanta
April 1st, 2009
12:21 pm
“Thurbert Baker will never get my vote. Ever! He thinks that the black community is stupid enough to vote for him only because he is black. Hasn’t he heard? People select candidates because of their qualifications and character. And as far as I’m concerned he has neither.”
My thoughts *exactly.*
Richard Swinger
April 1st, 2009
12:22 pm
I cannot WAIT for Thurbert Baker to run for GA Governor so that I can NOT vote for him!!!
My skin is just as brown as his and he can not BUY my vote. I will write my own name in before I give it to this stooge.
DonR2002
April 1st, 2009
12:27 pm
You people have to be joking. AG Baker is one of the best public servants we have in this state. He does the right thing even when people like you complain that he shouldn’t do his job. I’m thrilled that someone decent is finally running for Governor instead of the same old same old people who’ve had plenty of chances to screw things up and have done just fine.
Ed
April 1st, 2009
12:32 pm
Enter your comments here
Ed
April 1st, 2009
12:33 pm
He’s joking. Right! This is certainly April fool day.
RobertOx
April 1st, 2009
12:35 pm
I like Thurbert Baker and I always have. I think he’s a stand up guy, and I’m glad there’s somebody like that willing to run for office these days. Lord knows we have enough of the other types around spending our money.
rural
April 1st, 2009
12:43 pm
Baker will most definitely get my vote. He is the only dem that can win this thing for the democrats in 2010. His conservative tendencies will be a huge asset in rural georgia.
sully
April 1st, 2009
12:55 pm
I’m african-american and I will in no way vote for him, he’s nothing but a chiken.
AAMaleGeorgia
April 1st, 2009
12:55 pm
Wow,
Now I’ve seen and now read it all! As an African-American male not only count me in the group that won’t vote for him, but I will actually do whatever it takes to campaign against him. What Baker and other politicians have got to realize is that the MAJORITY of the Black community and the larger community of Georgia as a whole are more aware of the issues that confront us and will not willingly give our vote to a man because of the color of his skin. AJC how about doing a little more investigative in your journalism. How do you substantiate the remark that his running could make the race “extremely tight”? Please provide some statistics or at least interview someone!
A man’s holiday that we now celebrate, once coined a phrase “that the true measure of a man is not where he stands in times of comfort…”
Remember that Thurgood and remember Genarlow!!!
Gary
April 1st, 2009
12:57 pm
Baker would be a good choice for Democrats. Outside of that old conservative Democrat Fossil, Tommy Irvin, Baker is the only Democrat who has won statewide recently that can win the job. Now can he win the Dem primary??? I think if it is just him and Porter then yes, maybe. Barnes will probably not run now because he, unlike Baker, lost his last statewide election and people will be reluctant to put him back in office. Plus those years from 99-03 were not very good ones at the state house.
Looks like we need to get ready for those “I approve this message ads” to be showing like crazy next year.
John
April 1st, 2009
12:58 pm
Thurbert Baker, Roy Barnes, DuBose Porter, and David Poythress all are more qualified than anyone mentioned on the Republican side. We never had the political posturing and the problems we have in state government when a Democrat held the office.
tc
April 1st, 2009
1:10 pm
Baker is lite weight compared to Barnes…
Barnes/Thurmond could give repubs a close race, but unfortunately, in this backward state, close is not good enough.
The Career Teacher
April 1st, 2009
1:14 pm
Things are so confusing now….I miss the good old days when Tom Murphy was the REAL governor for about a full generation, regardless of who lived in the mansion on Paces Ferry Road from time to time.
Sigh.
eazye
April 1st, 2009
1:24 pm
lol april fools day? lol he needs to go bald then he might have a chance…. doesnt he know that people can see he has a hair piece??. i wont vote for him just like i didnt vote for mike huckabee.lol he looks like jim nabors to me.. you know, GOMER PYLE….lol so goofy looking just like THUBERT BAKER.lol
The Snark
April 1st, 2009
1:37 pm
You people bashing Baker don’t know a thing about his job. He had NO LEGAL AUTHORITY — I repeat, NO LEGAL AUTHORITY — to help Genarlow Wilson get out of his conviction. NONE. If you want a Governor who does what he wants regardless of whether he has the legal authority to do so, then resurrect Gene Talmadge and see what you get.
Wishtherewasanalternative
April 1st, 2009
1:40 pm
As a Black woman who remembers the Genarlow Wilson debacle I look forward to casting my vote for Poythress for Governor.
Wishtherewasanalternative
April 1st, 2009
1:46 pm
The Snark..do you remember the case while you’re up on your high horse? Even when the courts wanted to release this young man Thurbert Baker continued to hold this young man in jail with his motions, etc. ..obviously you have a short memory and Thurbert Baker thinks the citizens do also.
OK what am I missing? — Peach Pundit
April 1st, 2009
1:46 pm
[...] the Political Insider: With five GOP candidates already in the [...]
Marti Hernandez Rojas
April 1st, 2009
1:54 pm
He would make a good governor. He’s smart, ethical and is pro-business.
cathyhb
April 1st, 2009
1:55 pm
Thurbert Baker has been toting the Sonny and the Republicans water for the past eight years. Sounds like they’ve sent him out to get some more…
Edith McClusky
April 1st, 2009
1:58 pm
We need someone that can move Georgia forward in a new direction not backward.
Algonquin J. Calhoun
April 1st, 2009
2:08 pm
Hey, easy on Thurbert’s wig hat. He bought that at the Men’s Hair Warehouse. it’s a refurb previously worn by the late, and Honorable, Elijah Muhammad. A little re-blocking and it’ll look just fine.
snafu
April 1st, 2009
2:08 pm
Thurbert Baker needs to give it a rest. He is spineless and a fraud. He was read to let Genarlo Wilson rot in jail for something he too has done when he was younger. We need to send him the message loud and clear that we will not vote for him. This man cannot admit to his hair loss now why in the hell would I want that for governor. Its not about the color of his skin its about him as a person and he sucks.
Now the Democrats need to find new blood to run in this governor’s race. Its time to stop recycling the bad politicians and get these people out of office. Georgia when will you wake up and stop voting for these crooks over and over. Time for a drastic change.
Greg Worthington
April 1st, 2009
2:08 pm
Jim Galloway, who is also white, will not be running for governor. lol.
I don’t know how good of a chance AG Baker has, but he would probably be a good governor.
Ronnie
April 1st, 2009
2:09 pm
I will not vote for him.. This is crazy..Someone pls tell him to sit down.
The Snark
April 1st, 2009
2:16 pm
Wishtherewasanalternative:
You don’t know what you’re talking about. The Attorney General has no power to hold anyone in jail. Baker didn’t hold Wilson or anyone in jail. Wilson’s prosecution and conviction were completely within the control of the county District Attorney. And before you fire off another ignorant response, be advised that Georgia’s District Attorneys are independent of the Attorney General.
Braves 82
April 1st, 2009
2:17 pm
Back in ‘98, the Democratic were torn between Roy Barnes and Lewis Massey, while Guy Millner sat on the sideline waiting for the bloodied winner. Massey withdrew from the race to help the Democrats, and Barnes went on to beat Millner in an upset. (Barnes could’ve returned the favor to Massey by appointing him Coverdell’s empty U.S. Sentate seat, but Zig Zag Zell got the appointment. Of course, that move costs Dems a future party leader and at the same time created a monster – well, Zell’s never been loyal and has always been self-serving, so I guess the word “created” doesn’t apply.) I wonder if any of these Democrats or Republicans are noble enough to withdraw from this race for the good of their party?
BernieDawg
April 1st, 2009
2:22 pm
Not excited about Baker. But has to be better than Barnes.
Wishtherewasanalternative
April 1st, 2009
2:35 pm
LOL..Guess that’s the story Thurbert is going to put out in order to get some votes..won’t work Snarky. However, most people blogging are voters so keep up with the criticism and highhanded remarks because you’re so much smarter than any of us anyway..lol..
rural
April 1st, 2009
2:51 pm
I don’t understand all of the bad comments about baker. It seems everyone is not going to vote for him because of the Genarlow Wilson case. That’s one case & it’s not going to determine if i’m going to vote for baker or not. If a poll comes out tommorrow, I bet it would show him in the lead over all of the republican candidates.
AppleSeed
April 1st, 2009
2:54 pm
GO BAKER!!!!
Will Jones - Atlanta
April 1st, 2009
2:55 pm
Years ago I was working up in Coob County when, having one of his earlier adulteries made public and redistricting, Newt Gingrich was elected again to the U.S. House. Astounded that the great and good people of Marietta, et al, would endorse such a scandalous pervert, my customer suggested that they voted for someone like them.
Adulterers vote for adulterers. Perverts vote for perverts. Traitors vote for traitors…and those who have no problem with an otherwise healthy man wearing a wig for vanity’s sake, despite biblical and common sense prohibition, see no problem voting for Thurbert Baker.
He apparently has no integrity. What wigwearer does? Why does he think Our Founders stopped wearing the wigs common to the English false-elite from whom we revolted?
From his official website – one of his enumerated duties in office:
Conducting special investigations into questionable activity concerning any state agency or department or a person or business that has done business with the State of Georgia.
He says he’s the People’s lawyer and everyone knows Gov. Perdue skirted law and ethics when he had his pal deal him a customized tax law to profit from his real estate shenanigans.
What became of Baker’s investigation into this very public matter?
How did you exercise his position of Public Trust and authority to bring to justice the police in Columbus and Gwinett who murdered our innocent fellow Georgians?
Baker supporters: Tell us of his proven integrity, Probity. Recount to us his difficult, unpopular positions on the side of Truth and Righteousness, to protect the rights of the People.
Give us the stuff of the legend Thurbert Baker, who despite his vain wigwearing is “actually” a real man. Tell us why he is your hero.
EL-ect mean the EL-evation of one of us, by Annuit Coeptis and the Grace of G-d, to guide Our State in Righteousness. Tell us of the stories which mark his greatness and godliness that just never seemed to have made it into the local news.
[Sound of Crickets over deep silence]
Randall
April 1st, 2009
2:58 pm
The snark– you are idiot dude. AG Baker had all authority to intervene in the G. Wislon case. His job is to uphold justice, not stand on the sidelines to appease voters. This makes so much sense why he didn’t intervene in the Columbus, GA killing of an unarmed man; makes sense his foolish decisions in Gwinnett and Douglas. The only redemming quality I can think of is his REFUSAL to file paperwork on behald of the inept and corrupt Sonny Perdue, exempting GA from The Voting Rights Act. However, Frank Ski and Wanda have a better chance of getting my vote than this clown. It takes more than just looking like me to win my vote.
No Way
April 1st, 2009
3:02 pm
no way we remember the kid in Douglas county that went to jail for 10 years , and he would not stand up for legal wrong doing by the state. Out turn to do you like you did that kid!!!!!!!!!
John
April 1st, 2009
3:11 pm
The KGB is now officially out of the race.
AG-is Lost in space
April 1st, 2009
3:11 pm
Another Clarance Thomas. Ball less as a man just because it legal don’t make it right!
Jan
April 1st, 2009
3:49 pm
Wonderful! Perdue is as bad as W.
No Way in Hell
April 1st, 2009
4:09 pm
REMEMBER GENARLOW!!!
THE CATHOLIC HAMMER
April 1st, 2009
4:16 pm
I’ll vote for him if he promises to put the sodomite Genarlo back in jail.
Jonathan
April 1st, 2009
4:19 pm
Voting for Barnes.
Doug
April 1st, 2009
4:32 pm
To you folks who keep bringing up the matter of Generlow Wilson, I would like to know what you think Baker could have done about his situation?
But that silly rug has to go. Ben Benanke,with his bald head and beard,is one cool looking dude. I wonder if Thebert goes outside on windy days?
WOW
April 1st, 2009
4:33 pm
Good. Maybe he and Barnes will split up the primary votes and Porter will win. He is by far the most qualified. We don’t need the ego and baggage that would follow Barnes and Baker. Porter for Governor 2010!
Joe
April 1st, 2009
4:39 pm
Are your joking??
Give this guy more power in our state??
whatawasteoftime
April 1st, 2009
4:40 pm
I don’t know whether I care that Thurbert Baker or anyone else on the democratic side is running. The sorry democratic chair Jane Kidd has no clue and will not provide any ideas or leadership on how we don’t repeat 2006. Thurbert is running because there is nowhere else for him to go except home. However, running on being tough on crime will get him home quicker just like Mark Taylor. Good luck Thurbert! I’ll meet you at Mary Macs where all the retired politicos dine.
Sam of Georgia
April 1st, 2009
5:37 pm
Please do some research before you decide to base your decision not to support AG Baker due to his lack of involvement in the G. Wilson case. The AG has no control over the elected District Attorneys in Georgia. If you want to blame anyone for the Wilson matter in addition to the defendant, you may want to blame DA McDade. Whether AG Baker wins or loses will be up to the voters in the State, and I hope that each voter will take the time to be informed on the real issues that are confronting our State. Traffic congestion, water quality, lack of business growth, air pollution, crime, education (49th in the nation), school drop out rates, etc. etc.
Joey Porter
April 1st, 2009
5:51 pm
If that is a current picture he doesn’t stand a chance. He needs to lose weight and he also needs a hair cut asap.
why is it assumed that a dem race will be divisive? Is it because it is in jawjah?
It will only be divisive if the Atlanta journal toilet paper focusses on race rather than policy.
hey this is jawjah, America’s cesspool
Joey Porter
April 1st, 2009
6:02 pm
somebody cornhole that S.O.B
Kevin
April 1st, 2009
6:37 pm
I do not think he is qualified. After having tried a case against him (and winning), I think he is more interested in the spotlight and the money. There is something about him that I do not trust.
GAPolitico
April 1st, 2009
6:44 pm
Some have had enough personal dealings with the AG’s office to know that not much gets done there. I can’t wait to hear him start detailing his track record, so that I can laugh at how the masses are once again duped. That being said, I wouldn’t deign to vote for any one of these potential candidates. They are either too inexperienced, too experienced (really, Roy Barnes?), not very intelligent, lazy, and/or corrupt (more so than the average politician).
Cornelius Cooper
April 1st, 2009
7:05 pm
Why did the author of this article felt it necessary to make the first half of the article about who’s black and who’s white? (As if we didn’t know already)
Georgian
April 1st, 2009
7:16 pm
In the midst of the Genarlow conversation I wonder how many of you actually understand the constitutional issue that AG Baker was faced with! So many time we stand by and Monday morning quarterback on a person who made a very tough decision. As AG he is responsible for representing the STATE of Ga. and to better define this arduious task he went to battle with the Govenor Sonny Perdue! Baker pushed the issue to the Supreme Court, where the ultimate power lies, to make the final decision about Genarlow. Furhtermore, no one was looking to roll the heads of the legislature or the DA in Douglass county when this was an issue… You must do a better job of making yourself aware of the issues that many of our elected officials are responsbile for handling!
The legislature could have made the act retroactive and had the young man released, but that didn’t happen. The DA mis-used his prosecutorial descretion, yet he is still employed by the STATE!
I’m not sure who will win, but I can say that a man that is not affraid to make a tough decision is always a good sign!
GEORGIAN~
Tracey
April 1st, 2009
7:35 pm
He could have done something in the Genarlow case, as well as the Columbus police killing of an unarmd man laying on the side of highway, as well as the Gwinnett police taser killing. For Genarlow, he could have picked up the phone and talked to his fraternal brother McDade. He could have recommended that to the courts that Genarlow be freed. He could have accepted the ruling of the appeals court judge in Monroe County that overturned the case. He could have shut the frick when the GA Supreme Court overturned the case, but he continued his grand standing. Meanwhile, McDade was never brought up on charges for distributing porn when he made copies and gave them to the media of the young lady who was violated without blurring her face.
Thurbert Baker is a fraud. If his duty is follow the law of Georgia as they are written, then why is McDade still walking the streets of Douglasville. He passed out tapes of an underage girl performing sex acts to every news outlet that asked for one. That, by Georgia law, is distribution of porn. Follow that law Therb!
Tracey
April 1st, 2009
7:48 pm
Cagle for Governor!
creole1908
April 1st, 2009
8:07 pm
Baker’s bad toupe can’t hide the fact that he is an idiot. His handling of the Genarlow case shows that he’s lacking in basic leadership and common sense. He’s a loser.
Bob
April 1st, 2009
8:35 pm
No way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Roy Barnes 2010!!!!!!!!!!!
Michael
April 1st, 2009
8:46 pm
I like Baker but tough-on-crime is a one-trick pony; tough on crime in Georgia is redundant. His breadth of knowledge in all areas of Georgia law should be used. Preston Smith of Rome is a drooling idiot who should not run any office bigger than his own.
bbdawg
April 1st, 2009
10:01 pm
When the race really begins and people begin to learn about him, David
Poythress will stand head and shoulders over the other candidates. His background and qualifications are strong and he has the ideas and ability to get GA moving again. If you are inclinded go to his website and take a look. Just Google his name and you will find it.
RWL
April 1st, 2009
10:48 pm
I think Baker is a great candidate. He does have his negatives, like the Genarlo Wilson case (though I agree with those who say that he was doing his job), et al, but his record of achievement in this state is long and deep. I am pretty sure he was the first sponsor or the HOPE scholarship bill, and the repeal of the tax cut on groceries, and has stood up to that gas bag Perdue whenever he could.
Baker has my vote.
Mike Brown
April 2nd, 2009
9:45 am
Thurbert Baker has been a great AG who has called the shots based upon his duty to uphold the state’s laws regardless of what his personal positions may have been. Heaven help us if we get an ideologue in that office who decides which laws to defend and which laws not to. He has taken on the Governor when required and there has not been a hint of impropriety in his leadership. What the Democrats don’t need is another pure leftist who panders only to that wing of the party, which would be another recipe for a loss. (See Mark Taylor, Jim Martin, etc.) Roy Barnes needs to stick to practicing law, as he contributed to the Republican takeover. Thurbert gives the Dems. the first real chance at victory in ten years, and if the party faithful are dumb enough not to nominate him, you can expect eight years of Gov. Oxendine.
Will Jones - Atlanta
April 2nd, 2009
11:06 am
In this greatest State of the United States of America, the “best” all of us together can come up with is a clown like Oxendine or wig-wearing Baker? That’s a screwy outlook.
No bad hair for GA
April 2nd, 2009
12:02 pm
If it comes to a contest of Baker v Ox, it will be a battle of bad hair.
Brad Taylor
April 2nd, 2009
12:47 pm
Do we really need to keep dividing people by making sure everyone knows their race? If so, can you please call the whites European American if you are going to call blacks African American.
This seems stupid
April 2nd, 2009
5:56 pm
I, for one, am ELATED that Thurbert Baker is running, though he will NEVER get my vote. It will finally SHOW folks in GA that Black/African American people do NOT vote based on race, but on the issues.
Well said Tracey.
State political races update | Fresh Loaf
April 3rd, 2009
4:49 pm
[...] feeling was reinforced for some with the surprise announcement Thursday that Democratic state Attorney General Thurbert Baker is planning a run for governor. Some [...]
Dave H
April 3rd, 2009
5:21 pm
Barnes in 2010! Turns out he was right about most things – traffic, bad mortgages, etc.
Mother Nature
April 14th, 2009
1:44 am
Mr. Baker has been a great Public Servant and I have followed his career over the past and find him to be a honorable man. For those of you who are bad mouthing the AG, lets see what you can do; offer yourself for office.
You will have Mother Nature’s Vote Thurbert Baker.
Mother Nature
April 14th, 2009
1:53 am
I have followed Mr. Baker’s political career for over twenty years and he has proven to be a honest and honorable Man. I am excited about his run for Governor and I will be voting for Thubert Baker. Both Roy Barnes and Dubose Porter are good men and I would have no problem supporting either of them therfore in 2010, Georgia’s Democrats will have a choice. I do agree with one of the responses that Jane Kid needs to go; she is a disgrace and ineffective party leader.
Laura
April 17th, 2009
7:45 pm
Genarlow Wilson….remember? Thurbert Baker handled this as well as other cases poorly. The African-American community will NOT support him. Barnes is a sincere man, and although white, is more in-tuned with issues involving the Black community. Roy Barnes has my vote.
Peachpride
April 25th, 2009
8:49 am
I am so happy Thurbert Baker is stepping down as AG, Georgia couldn’t take another term from him. The 1st thing the new Attorney General should do after taking office is CLEAN HOUSE. Baker had some unscrupulous people working under him.
Marcella Lewis
June 3rd, 2009
1:34 pm
Not only will I NOT vote for Thurbert Baker, but I will campaigning wherever he is to remind people of his many injustices towards the people of Georgia that he was supposed to be serving.
Andy
July 1st, 2009
1:20 am
Alan Keys ran for President years ago and everyone knew he was an idiot. THIS GUY IS ANOTHER ALAN KEYS. Voters Please do not shame your state by voting for this man. Tell him to keep his rug and help him find Mr. Keys. Hey maybe they can run against Obama for President in 2012 and we can get an early laugh.
Andy
July 1st, 2009
1:26 am
He is an idiot please do a serach on Genarlow Wilson case and you will see what I mean. Honesty does not always mean someone uses the common sense God gave them. Please encourage him to run against Obama so we can all get laugh during the debates. He is a idiot.
april
November 3rd, 2009
10:35 pm
I hope so much this man never makes it anywhere…he helped overturn the conviction of the man who admitted to killing my mother and had no problem doing so.