March 15, 2021 4:52 AM
Morning Reads for Monday, March 15, 2021
Today marks Legislative Day 32 in the Georgia General Assembly and with two bills on the Senate floor and one bill on the House floor, it will be a short one in both chambers. But where we lack in time on the floor, we are more than making up for in time in committee. You can follow along by clicking here.
- Officials located December recording of Trump call in a trash folder on Georgia investigator’s device
- Will new incentives for Medicaid expansion sway Georgia leaders?
- Man dead after allegedly taking hostage, leading police agencies on multi-county chase
- Big day arrives for many Georgians wanting COVID vaccine
- Capsized Golden Ray remains a blemish on Georgia’s coast
- 1.9 million Georgia residents received supplemental federal food aid in September 2020
- Some Senators want permanent Daylight Saving Time
- Sen. Raphael Warnock faces early 2022 attack with ad slamming COVID-19 relief vote
- Controversial Georgia elections bills head for finish line in General Assembly
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The first plans for attacks on Warnock probably were laid the morning of January 6. That could be a very interesting race, and if Warnock shows any vulnerability, a very expensive one.
I fielded a robo-survey this weekend that had a Kemp focus, although Trump was mentioned several times, Duncan a couple, Abrams once. My view is Kemp hasn’t ruled out a run for Senate.
I look at it as an acknowledgement of a known weakness, and attempting to address the weakness by setting a narrative before the benefits kick in. I am guessing most people will be happy with a new round of direct payments, dropping very hotly. And they may well see local stories of schools improving their facilities, or averted layoffs of police officers and firefighters. Or maybe faster vaccine rollout. God forbid those good things be acknowledged or embraced. I can only hope that the broad swipes of hate used by Rick Scott, trying to leverage anti-immigrant and partisan hate, ring hollow in voters as they simply and rationally ask: What the heck are they talking about?
My fave line from the articles remains: “Gov. Brian Kemp… has called Georgia’s share of the latest relief round too paltry compared to the money pots for New York and California.” So, I repeat the paraphrased joke about a restaurant review: “The food is awful, and there’s not enough of it.”
The partisan attack approach continues to reach new and obvious levels of absurdity. May all voters see through them, and see only the truth.
My favorite bit of history concerning Rick Scott:
“Scott was pressured to resign as chief executive of Columbia/HCA in 1997. During his tenure as chief executive, the company defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and other federal programs. The Department of Justice ultimately fined the company $1.7 billion in what was at the time the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history.[9][10] Following his departure from Columbia/HCA, Scott became a venture capitalist and pursued other business interests. In 2009, Scott founded Conservatives for Patients’ Rights.” Wikipedia
He got off “Scott” free. Now his song is “Heaven forbid we take federal dollars”.
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I find it interesting that Stacey Abrams did not run for the Senate in 2020. She probably would have won easily, in either race. I suspect she is more interested in being a high profile public figure.
Even a stopped clock…
I find myself agreeing with Sen. Rubio’s desire to stop the biannual clock changing nationally. And yes, it only causes too much confusion just done on a state by state basis. Indiana used to be the worst with variations on a county basis. It isn’t an issue that makes my top ten, but it is a nuisance that could be easily dispensed with. Well, now that I write that and given the great partisan divide, perhaps not.