It’s here! District Convention. Be in line before 10a if you’re a delegate or alternate and prepare for people griping about resolutions. That’s pretty much it. Y’all discuss among yourselves about what y’all see going on in the conventions. I’ll be at the 7th District Convention. Maybe Will Kremer will share his popcorn…
It’s that time again. Today is Will Kremer’s birthday. Will became our second intern over at the old place just under two years ago, after I introduced him to Charlie one day when we had lunch at Ann’s Snack Bar. Will couldn’t finish his ghettoburger, but Charlie brought him aboard anyway. After we started GeorgiaPol,
Happy…Wednesday, everyone? You’re getting a double shot of Will Kremer this week. Today’s Morning Reads a tad late. We regret the error and blame others. Congratulations to the new hires heading to Washington D.C. with Congressman Handel. so you want to be a hill staffer? pic.twitter.com/WFsP2AnhIw — Hugh Thomas (@HughTFerguson) June 27, 2017 State Emory
It’s Independence Day. Most folks spend the weekend enjoying fireworks, maybe a few cold adult beverages, and barbecue. A lot of that barbecue was enjoyed by various Republican GOP events around the state…and no GOP barbecue is complete without a straw poll! Two county GOPs held events during the Independence holiday along with straw polls
Former Savannah congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Jack Kingston has become one of presidential candidate Donald Trump’s most vocal surrogates. He regularly appears on cable TV news shows in support of Trump’s candidacy, including Friday night, when he appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, attempting to defend Trump’s remarks as locker room talk: This morning,
A front page story in today’s New York Times dives into the difficulties Republicans are facing following Donald Trump’s declaration that “the shackles have been taken off me,” and his willingness to go against the Republican Party. The story lists lists states and GOP candidates who are at risk of losing, but it also includes
Will Kremer is vacationing this week where the Internet is weak, so he asked me to take over his Morning Reads duties. He compiled most of the links, so I’m just the delivery lady. Look at the size of those onions! Miss Georgia comes in second. Homegrown testing is a bad idea…or is it? Overhaul
It’s political convention week in America, and at 1 PM the Republican National Convention gets underway in Cleveland. Above, former Gov. Zell Miller addresses the 2004 GOP convention. Cleveland is ready. Georgia’s primary runoff enters its final week of early voting, and in the Third District, the ads are getting nasty. Meanwhile, early voting turnout
The presidential election is no doubt consuming all the oxygen in politics, but it’s worth noting Georgians will vote on four constitutional amendments next month. Brian Kemp’s office sent a list of the proposed constitutional amendments, which you can read here, or you can read the “too long; didn’t read” version below. If a GeorgiaPol
