In a comment related to the Cathy v. Mark post, Bill Simon asks the following:
Regarding the “neutralizing” of the South Georgia effect on both Cathy and Mark, one item that we really don’t know about is the “gender effect” on whether South Georgia Democrats will go for a female gubernatorial candidate.
Granted, Cathy Cox does not [...]

In the post below, commenter “Rebel” says that Mark Taylor is going to try to define Cathy Cox with the “L” word in the Democratic Primary. I assume, by that, he means tagging Cox as a liberal.
It is true that Cox has not come out definitely with many positions, leaving her open to definition [...]

I had an interesting conversation on Thursday with a guy who really thinks Taylor is going to beat Cox. He says, and others have said, that Cox has never really run an aggressive statewide campaign. She’s always been “Cathy” and people have liked her, especially when she’s been placed against rather incompetent and/or [...]

Some of you just might have your world rocked by this bit. We are pleased to announce a new contributor: Decaturguy. He will keep us up to date on Democrats and the metroarea. Yes, Decaturguy fits the bill for our socially liberal - fiscally conservative contributor.
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We value your comments. We also value our contributors and appreciate their time. So, let me offer up this for all of you:
The views of commenters and contributors are their own and don’t think that because Maverick or Bull have said something that I agree with it. So, save your IM’s and [...]

Those who are crusading against the voter ID law keep asking those of us who support the law for examples of fraud.
Well, here’s the deal. They know we, for the most part cannot show evidence of voter fraud at the polls, beyond producing examples of voters who show up at polls only to find [...]

From 11 Alive.

Fulton County Commission chair Karen Handel may not have much of a warchest yet in her bid to become Georgia’s first Republican secretary of state since Reconstruction, but her support from the business community is ironclad.
After months of speculation, Handel on July 27 officially announced her candidacy to succeed Democrat Cathy Cox, [...]

The Telegraph has a list of all the tax free goods for the weekend.

Robert Brown,the Senate Minority Leader, is asking the federal government to block Georgia’s Voter ID law.
State Sen. Robert Brown is urging the U.S. Justice Department not to approve a new law that would require voters to show a photo ID at the polls.
In a letter to a top federal official, Brown, D-Macon, said the law [...]

Using common sense instead of populist rhetoric, Chairman Charlie Bishop, and Commissioners Sam Hart and Elmo Richardson spared Bibb County from Joe Allen’s kiss of death.
Bibb County commissioners shot down a contract with a labor union Tuesday, but said repeatedly that county employees still have the right to organize.
Saying he didn’t think elected officials should [...]

I’m going to chime in at this point and voice my support for Bill Stephens for Secretary of State. I do think that the record speaks for itself in reference to Karen Handel. I do believe she came out of the proverbial “no-where” to become the Governor’s deputy COS, and then chair of [...]

Georgia law requires electronically filed campaign finance disclosures, in addition to the filing of paper copies. In my experience, however, municipalities and most counties are ill equipped for electronic filing. In fact, in some cases the local Elections Superintendent does not even know of the requirement and in numerous cases, despite knowledge of [...]

On February 10, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. I’ll be conducting my bi-annual continuing legal education course on Election and Campaign Finance Law at Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law.
I cover basic state and federal election law, as well as state and federal campaign finance laws and related issues, such as the political rate [...]

Atlanta is competing to be NASCAR’s Cooperstown (seriously, dont’ Charlotte and Daytona actually make more sense), Governor Perdue is off to Canada, and it is hot outside. Sounds like the perfect time for an open thread.

I have been reading your posts for a couple of weeks now with great interest. I commend Erick Erickson for his leadership in setting up this blog. I hope I will have the chance to meet Erick in person soon as I admire his ability with this helpful new tool and technology about which I [...]