Your morning jolt: Herman Cain courts Georgia congressmen
With several glowing polls at his back, GOP presidential candidate and Georgia entrepreneur Herman Cain apparently thinks its time for his home state’s Republican leadership to take him more seriously. From Politico.com:
Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) [said] that Cain – the former Godfather’s Pizza executive who’s been near the top of recent national polls – is coming to meet with fellow Georgia Republicans next Wednesday in his Cannon office.
“I’m looking forward to that opportunity,” said Gingrey, who is already endorsing Newt Gingrich. To date, Cain has not earned any endorsements in Congress.
While he scores well with local tea partyers, Cain has yet to obtain any endorsements from ranking leaders of the Georgia GOP. In addition to Gingrey, Gov. Nathan Deal and U.S. Reps. Jack Kingston of Savannah, Tom Price of Roswell, and Austin Scott of Tifton are still with Gingrich, the former U.S. House speaker. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle has declared himself a fan of Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
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The New York Times has had some chats with ex- staffers about chaos within the skyrocketing campaign of Herman Cain. Its report includes this line:
And then there was that e-mail to the staff about traveling in a car with Mr. Cain: “Do not speak to him unless you are spoken to,” the memo said.
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Former state lawmaker Bob Irvin of Atlanta this week served as moderator of a forum for District 6 candidates for the state Senate, hosted by the Mt. Paran/Northside Citizens Association in Buckhead.
You’ll recall that District 6 was a Democratically dominated area of Cobb County – until the August redistrict session, when GOP lawmakers redrew its lines to include much of Buckhead. Its voter rolls are now Republican-heavy.
Irvin said Democratic incumbent Doug Stoner of Smyrna was invited, but didn’t show. All three announced GOP candidates — Josh Belinfante, Beth Beskin, and Hunter Hill.
The news from Irvin:
”All three said that they are opposed to the creation of Milton County unless Buckhead gets the chance to decide if it is in or not. While this may not be terribly surprising, given where the forum was, it was gratifying to us, because two of the candidates, Belinfante and Hill, are from Sandy Springs and Cobb respectively, and might have been expected to be less definite.”
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Channel 2 Action News has raised the ire of Occupy Atlanta with this backgrounder on one of the movement’s chief voices:
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Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz has handed you a reading assignment: A fresh Congressional Budget Office report that measures the widening gap between haves and have-nots in the United States.
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Georgia Democrats on Wednesday shot this statistic at their compadres:
Latest figures show Georgia is one of only seven states to lose jobs in 2011 and ranks 49th out of 50 states in job creation since [Gov. Nathan] Deal took office.
That said, Deal appears to be in pretty good shape, according to a poll released Wednesday by InsiderAdvantage and Channel 2 Action News:
A statewide survey conducted last week, while he was traveling throughout China, shows Governor Nathan Deal within the margin of error of having a 50% approval rating in Georgia. The survey showed that 48% of registered voters in Georgia approve of “the job performance” of Governor Deal, while only 28% (the majority of which were Democrats) disapproved of Deal’s handling of his job.
The poll did indicate that 25% of Georgians said they either had “no opinion” or were “undecided” as to the governor’s job performance. But InsiderAdvantage CEO Matt Towery says that’s not a problem for Deal. Towery: “These days we generally see very popular governors around the level that Governor Deal is at…The old measure of being ‘vulnerable’ if less than 50% is long gone. Both Sonny Perdue and Jeb Bush were around 45% approval when they launched their reelection bids. And Deal is just in his first year…”
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A former Democratic candidate for governor was in Washington on Wednesday. From Legal Newsline:
Former Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker said Wednesday that integrity of America’s courts is in danger because of companies that specialize in funding litigation.
Baker made the comment at the 12th annual Legal Reform Summit, which is put on by the Institute for Legal Reform. The ILR is an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and owns Legal Newsline.
Baker said that companies only seeking the maximum profit might not have the best interests of claimants in mind.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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86 comments Add your comment
Jackson Baer
October 27th, 2011
12:58 pm
Cain seems like a smart guy. I’m curious to see how he does in Iowa.
http://www.whatthehellbook.com/the-book/
DannyX
October 27th, 2011
1:00 pm
US oil production
W
2001 -0.35%
2002 -0.96%
2003 -1.13%
2004 -4.61%
2005 -4.44%
2006 -1.47%
2007 -0.74%
2008 -2.25%
Obama
2009 +8.29%
2010 +2.82%
findog
October 27th, 2011
1:02 pm
td, those policies were done by Paulson, W’s treasury sec
td
October 27th, 2011
1:03 pm
findog
October 27th, 2011
12:55 pm
td, you are stretching in trying to keep democrats from the polls by acting like there is only one race on the November 2012 ballot
Read my words carefully. Did I tell people not to go vote? No, I educated people that if they were planning on voting Democratic in the Presidential race in Georgia then there vote would not be counted. Is it voter suppression if there are people that only go to the polls to vote for President and do not because they know there vote will not be counted? That is the Dems fault for not educating there own voters about the importance of becoming knowledgeable about politics and the importance of voting for down ballot candidates.
You can not blame the messager when they are telling the truth.
td
October 27th, 2011
1:07 pm
findog
October 27th, 2011
1:02 pm
td, those policies were done by Paulson, W’s treasury sec
So you are trying to tell all of us that Obama came into office with his team and accepted and implemented all the polices put into place by Bush?
I do not even think most libs would believe that one.
DannyX
October 27th, 2011
1:08 pm
Of course Georgia is not going to vote for Obama. Georgia elected career politician, no-bid government contract loving, BANKRUPT, Nathan Deal as governor. Deal has not done anything positive.
Obama doesn’t stand a chance.
Blame the messenger? What is your message?
findog
October 27th, 2011
1:09 pm
td, the money was already gone when Obama came in
td
October 27th, 2011
1:11 pm
DannyX
October 27th, 2011
1:08 pm
Only 25% of Georgians feel the same way you do. Maybe that is because you are way out of the mainstream? What does that tell you about your message?
GaBlue
October 27th, 2011
1:13 pm
Nobody is “blaming” the messenger, td. We are simply calling you out on your very UN-American attempts to convince people who don’t believe as you do to stay home on election day. You claim that’s not what you’re doing, but that is exactly what you’re doing. Every time you post your fascist drivel while claiming to tell the “truth,” you provide yet another piece of evidence to your true motive. Furthermore, with each passing day that you continue to “educate” us, you’re showing that you’re less and less convinced that the solid Republican domination of this state is impenetrable.
td
October 27th, 2011
1:13 pm
findog
October 27th, 2011
1:09 pm
td, the money was already gone when Obama came in
You are going to have to prove that one my friend. I think it would be almost impossible for the government to hand out $700 billion in 6 weeks. BTW: Didn’t Obama use TARP money to bail out GM? Ooops that might throw a monkey wrench in your story line.
DannyX
October 27th, 2011
1:16 pm
“Only 25% of Georgians feel the same way you do. Maybe that is because you are way out of the mainstream?”
You have had all morning to tell us all of the positive things Deal has done and refused.
DannyX
October 27th, 2011
1:19 pm
“Ooops that might throw a monkey wrench in your story line.”
The GM bailout was a success story. Small businesses were saved. Thousands of jobs were saved. GM will sell 2 million cars in China this next year. GM has been on a hiring binge, and their stock is creeping back up. What exactly were the negatives?
DannyX
October 27th, 2011
1:21 pm
In fact Detroit and Michigan were the brunt of jokes a couple years ago, fact is Detroit and Michigan are adding a lot more jobs than Georgia.
Georgia is the new joke.
Independent voter
October 27th, 2011
1:25 pm
Td I dont understand you why bashing the president he did more for this country then Bush. The american people are made with the republicans because they keep saying Obama is hurting the country. Td tell me what the republican did to help the economy. Tell me why the republican party is turning against each other and leaving the republican party.
td
October 27th, 2011
1:32 pm
DannyX
October 27th, 2011
1:19 pm
But was it bailed out with TARP money?
GM may be a success story but to whom (BTW: how can you say it would not be as successful today if it would have been able to declare chapter 13)? Was it a success story for the stockholders, Teacher retirement systems, public employee retirement systems that had there stock totally held worthless? Maybe it was a success to the United Autoworkers union who was given controlling stock over the company?
td
October 27th, 2011
1:35 pm
DannyX
October 27th, 2011
1:19 pm
How much less would cars cost today if the unions would have had to make concessions with a bankrupt company? Is putting tires on a car worth $50 per hour?
td
October 27th, 2011
1:42 pm
finddog
October 27th, 2011
12:55 pm
std,
you are stretching in trying to keep democrats from the polls by acting like there is only one race on the November 2012 ballot
You are stretching out your butt cheeks and showing it to the world! If it was not for me educating you idiots on these boards, then all of you would be suffering at the hands of a wacko. You all should be very grateful that I am giving you my ass to kiss, for the world rests on my hands.
honested
October 27th, 2011
1:43 pm
td,
To quote a sad, old, failed president, ‘There you go again’.
Union concessions WERE made to keep the companies alive. All the cofc ‘whine lines’ about union costs and regulations starving companies are so much crap.
Of course the mark-up on health care costs provided by the for-profit insurance companies involved with auto workers (and every other worker both union and non-union) add substantial costs to almost all products and services without providing any real improvement in value.
Wouldn’t it make more sense to harangue against the for-profit health insurance carriers and DO SOMETHING to pry their tentacles away from OUR dollars?
DannyX
October 27th, 2011
1:44 pm
“But was it bailed out with TARP money?”
GM was bailed out with TARP money and Republicans had a fit about, it was Obama who decided to use TARP funds on the GM bailout and it proved to be a wise decision.
honested
October 27th, 2011
1:47 pm
Back to the ‘headline’.
Is it dangerous to have that many limited intellect ‘leaders’ in the same room at the same time?
The Cannon building is old, I’d hate to see it disappear into a ’stupid-vortex’.
Charles
October 27th, 2011
1:50 pm
What does it say about our country as a whole when we have to get communists to create jobs for us? We have citizens and business owners here who are actively advocating for not creating jobs here until their perceived “war on business” is ended. Have we have drifted so far to the edge of the cliff that we’re willing to not only risk our future, but leave our future in the hands of communists?
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Didn’t our former Republican governor go to Cuba looking for a trade relationship? It seems to me that basically they just want to use the taxpayer dime to travel abroad. If Deal is like Perdue by the end of his term he will have lined his pockets well and not have to worry about money problems for the rest of his life.
clem
October 27th, 2011
1:54 pm
td, got to hand it to you…you sure post a lot…..how do you find the time and have time for work, family etc….maybe you could work for the hermanator while you are at it too
Ga Values...Just call me heartless
October 27th, 2011
2:07 pm
Deal has done an increditable job… from Bankrupt to multimillionGeorgia.
td
October 27th, 2011
2:12 pm
clem
October 27th, 2011
1:54 pm
If you worked in my business then it is not to hard to monitor a blog and monitor other systems at the same time. When you own your own business then you work 24, 7, spending 30 minutes to an hour per day typing is no big deal.
Southern Comfort
October 27th, 2011
2:28 pm
Charles
The travel on taxpayer’s dime is small potatoes when you look at the complete sell-out of the American worker. If you want to see why other countries are doing much better than us (Germany, Brazil, China, India), look no further than their domestic manufacturing capability and compare it to ours. Manufacturing is what built our middle class after WWII, and the destruction of our manufacturing is what is killing off the middle class.
People want to complain about unions, but unions only represent 12% or so of the entire work force. We allowed our politicians to get to intertwined in our educational system, and now it’s shot to hell. It’s only a matter of time before our faux economy completely collapses and puts this country into irrepairable ruin.
Independent voter
October 27th, 2011
2:41 pm
I think Td a old retire republican campaign worker who goes around Georgia and tell democrat voters they vote does not count.
Mark
October 27th, 2011
2:55 pm
@ Independent voter
October 27th, 2011
2:41 pm
I think Td a old retire republican campaign worker who goes around Georgia and tell democrat voters they vote does not count.
I think td is an arrogant, know-it-all, homosexual. What real man brag’s about his degree’s and his business without someone asking. Typical gay Repub
ITS ALL DEALS FAULT
October 27th, 2011
3:06 pm
Latest figures show Georgia is one of only seven states to lose jobs in 2011 and ranks 49th out of 50 states in job creation since [Gov. Nathan] Deal took office.
Please
October 27th, 2011
3:18 pm
Herman Cain is in this to sell his book and make money. He has NO desire to become President. He has not established any sort of network in key primary states and he has no intention of doing so. He has made a name for himself in order to line his pockets with even more cash. Case closed.
td
October 27th, 2011
3:26 pm
GaBlue
October 27th, 2011
1:13 pm
Nobody is “blaming” the messenger, td. We are simply calling you out on your very UN-American attempts to convince people who don’t believe as you do to stay home on election day. You claim that’s not what you’re doing, but that is exactly what you’re doing. Every time you post your fascist drivel while claiming to tell the “truth,” you provide yet another piece of evidence to your true motive. Furthermore, with each passing day that you continue to “educate” us, you’re showing that you’re less and less convinced that the solid Republican domination of this state is impenetrable.
Calling me out for telling the truth? If there are Democratic voters in Georgia that stay home when they learn they do not vote directly for the President and there votes will not be counted is suppression then I fell sorry for the party. All the voters should already know this information and if Democrats are telling them they are voting for Obama directly then that is at the best misleading and at the worst voter fraud. I believe that voters should be informed of what they are doing. I think all these, so called advocates on either side, going out to Senior centers and “helping” people ill out absentee ballots or picking up people on buses, taking them to the polls and on the way “educating” them is nothing but fraud.
ab
October 27th, 2011
4:00 pm
TD
Thank you for all of you usefull information on this blog. You have educated me beyond belief. Not only am I not going to vote, I am changing my political party and not vote for a republican. You have changed my life……
td
October 27th, 2011
4:16 pm
ab
October 27th, 2011
4:00 pm
As long as you understand the presidential election process then my job has been accomplished and I feel like you are a better person now.
ab
October 27th, 2011
4:17 pm
TD
I was joking fool
td
October 27th, 2011
4:27 pm
ab
October 27th, 2011
4:17 pm
TD
I was joking fool
How is the fool. The one that calls out someone or the one that does not know how to read sarcasm?
td
October 27th, 2011
8:15 pm
ab,
It is not my fault your name is gay. At least if you would have pluralized ab, then I might not have made fun of your screen name in front of all my cronies. You are obviously a leftist wacko. Ab?! Psshhh…you crack me up. What could you possibly prove with that name? It just goes to show much you know!
Question Man
October 27th, 2011
10:27 pm
Won’t Herman Cain be able to count on support from Zell Miller?