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Entries from May 2006

Does Greg Hecht Have A Chance?!

May 31st, 2006 · 16 Comments

I just saw the Greg Hecht 15 second advertisement about him having some sort of energy plan.
It was AWFUL! The voice over sounded like it had been done by cell phone.
I’ve received several complaints about Hecht’s yard signs, which I haven’t seen yet. I hear the design is poor. My [...]

Tags: Democrats · Primaries · Statewide Races

You Want Beer With Your Peach Pundit?

May 31st, 2006 · 18 Comments

Will Collier of Vodka Pundit, Will Hinton of Dignan’s 75 Year Plan (and of Peach Pundit although he doesn’t know it yet), Mary Katherine Ham of Townhall.com, Clayton, and I will be at The Brick Store Pub in Decatur tomorrow night (that’s Thursday, June 1) at 7pm.
Since my birthday is on the 3rd, you [...]

Tags: Administrivia

Highway Robbery

May 31st, 2006 · 5 Comments

Tom Price takes note of a manuver by Senator Baucus (D-MT) that would remove $50 million from the Emergency Supplemental Appropriates Bill previously dedicated to highway infrastructure (Georgia would get $1.7 mil of it). Baucus would instead have the money fund entirely fund a project in Montana.
Price is calling for a fight. I [...]

Tags: Congressional Politics

In Which I Make A Lot Of My Friends Angry

May 31st, 2006 · 4 Comments

Hands down Casey Cagle has THE. BEST. LOGO. of 2006 in Georgia, regardless of race or party.
Coloring is great. Graphic styling on the signs is unique. The signs can be read from a distance. No one has anything else like them.
This is not even worthy of debate. I predict others will [...]

Tags: Politics

Cagle Mail

May 31st, 2006 · 16 Comments

I just got Casey Cagle’s mail piece in the mailbox. How the mail guy delivers on the even numbered side of the street at 1pm and doesn’t make it back to me until almost 5pm is beyond me.
I like this mail piece. It is kind of wordy, but the back side lays out, [...]

Tags: Lt. Governor · Republicans

Burgess Under the Radar

May 31st, 2006 · 5 Comments

While Stebin Horne is covering Macon in billboards, 4×4’s, and yard signs and Allen Peake is blanketing the airwaves, Becky Burgess has resorted to some under the radar campaigning.
I just received an automated phone call from Becky urging me to call her on her cell phone and let her know what I think about local [...]

Tags: Primaries · Republicans

Overheard . . .

May 31st, 2006 · 12 Comments

“S**t, if Brian Kemp can run against Osama Bin Laden, so can I. At least I’m running for a real f***ing office.

Tags: Politics

The Brian Kemp Ad

May 31st, 2006 · 16 Comments

I just saw his ad. He and his fairly are pretty telegenic and he sounds like a “regular guy.

Tags: Republicans · Statewide Races

If A Tree Falls . . .

May 31st, 2006 · 7 Comments

Apparently Jim Sehorn, the state’s first Inspector General resigned. But, apparently, he resigned in April and people are just now noticing.

Tags: Politics

Taylor & Cox (Again)

May 31st, 2006 · 9 Comments

My friend Tom and I have been talking about this race for a while.
While my original thinking in 2005 was that Cox could give Taylor a run for the money on the theory that Dems want to take out Sonny and Cathy is in a better position to do that, by about November of last [...]

Tags: Governor

Cox Still On Defense as Court Speeds Up

May 30th, 2006 · 14 Comments

Cathy Cox, so we’re told, was on leftist Air America today saying she was misunderstood or misquoted about the gay marriage decision. She apparently now says, though I haven’t heard the interview, that she is opposed to a ban.
Now that the Supreme Court has said it would fast track a decision Cox seems to [...]

Tags: Democrats · Governor

Speaking of Allen Peake

May 30th, 2006 · 5 Comments

He’s started running advertisements in which he says he is neither a lawyer nor a lobbyist. Two of his three opponents are a lawyer and a lobbyist. He does not say he is not a real estate broker, which is the occupation of his third opponent.
He focuses on being a non-politician and a [...]

Tags: Primaries · Republicans

Allen Peake Polling

May 30th, 2006 · 3 Comments

I just got polled by, I’m guessing Allen Peake.
The poll wanted to know what I thought about everyone in the race. I said I was favorable toward them all. Stebin had a poll in the field already, so I guessed this had to be Becky’s or Allen’s. I gambled on Allen Peake’s [...]

Tags: Primaries · Republicans

Kemp on the air.

May 30th, 2006 · 51 Comments

Brian Kemp went airborne today in an attempt to reach GOP primary voters via Fox News. His ad deals with the security of Georgia’s food supply and features a picture of Usama bin Laden:
Said Kemp, “The Agriculture Department is a vital office in the fight to protect our families. Having served in the Senate as [...]

Tags: Primaries · Republicans · Statewide Races

Handel announces plan.

May 30th, 2006 · 16 Comments

From Handel’s website:

Karen Handel Announces Plans for Licensure Division
Only Candidate with Detailed Plans for Secretary of State
Karen Handel today announced her plan for the Professional Boards and Licensure Division of the office of Secretary of State.
“An important function of the Secretary of State is the oversight of 34 professional boards and 64 trades and professions [...]

Tags: Primaries · Republicans · Secretary of State · Statewide Races