And Newt and Fox News have agreed to “suspend” their contributor agreement, per the twitterverse: "Fox News Channel has mutually agreed to suspend its contributor agreement" with Newt Gingrich "effective immediately." Story TK. — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 12, 2016 STATEMENT: “FOX News Channel has mutually agreed to suspend” relationship with Newt “effective immediately” pic.twitter.com/NNMZlwuuxv
Randy Evans, who is one of Georgia’s members on the Republican National Committee, gave a whip count in a story in the Wall Street Journal that shows Anti-Trump delegates having at least a chance of allowing a floor vote on the presumptive nominee. As things stand, Trump has enough bound delegates to be elected on
Earlier today, FBI Director James Comey effectively brought the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server to an end, announcing that the FBI would not recommend bringing charges against the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Last week, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced she would accept the FBI’s recommendation and not override it. Georgia Republican Party Chairman
History will mark 2016 as a year when insurgent progressives seriously threatened the candidacy of a mainstream, moderate Democrat. And believe it or not, Bernie Sanders might have only been the first half of that story. On Wednesday night, Athens hosted its first presidential candidate of the 2016 cycle, bringing Dr. Jill Stein to the
Nate Silver, who runs the popular polling / prediction site FiveThirtyEight.com, developed a forecasting model that correctly picked the outcome of the 2012 presidential election. Now, he is out with the 2016 version, which is based on the one used in 2012, but has been improved, notably by splitting the model into three separate forecasts,
My grandfather always hated politics, and by extension, politicians. They were all crooked, or soon would be, and he didn’t look favorably upon the fact that his grandson was interested in pursuing a career in politics. This distaste for politicians compounded when I informed him that I not only loved politics, but that I wanted
Dear Republicans: it looks like things are about to get very bad thanks to Mr. Trump. In his most recent Crystal Ball, Larry Sabato says there is very little reason for the GOP to be sanguine about the Donald in November–even in Georgia. Hillary Clinton still has 347 Electoral College votes, the same as in Sabato’s
Are you a Republican who is concerned about the impact that Donald Trump is having on the GOP brand? If so, then stop by the 5 Seasons Westside at 7PM tonight for an event hosted by the Atlanta Young Republicans. A panel will discuss the following questions: Will Trump reinvigorate the Republican Party, or will he
Today, the Washington Post goes into some depth over recent polling that shows presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump isn’t gaining traction among voters of color. The paper’s polling shows 88% of African-Americans have an unfavorable view of Trump, and 87% of Hispanics view the candidate unfavorably. Trump is also under water with whites, although
The AJC’s Tamar Hallerman is reporting that Paul Broun is the Vice-President choice of Georgia Constitution Party. Of course there are a few hurdles to overcome like #1 getting Broun to accept. Favorito said Broun did not run or campaign for the position, nor did he attend the party’s convention: “He knows us and we
