I think the candidate from either party that can focus on pragmatic problem solving will be the next Governor. Not the candidate that throws the most mud.

What I find very disappointing is the lack of focus on real issues from all the candidates from both parties.

The real question is which candidates have thoughtful pragmatic solutions not just talking points and mudsling.

This is a shame that Poythress would attack his old friend like this, its just a shame, and that he was the first one to throw mud (as I noted at GA Liberal, he was VERY negative towards Dubose Porter, another democratic hero).

His campaign manager is Wendy Davis, a Rome Ga native who is known for her dirty, mud slinging politics. He made a mistake by picking someone with a losing, dirty campaign record like Wendy Davis.

I’ll address the specific fallicies in the negative points over at GA Liberal later.

I’d like to see Wendy, and Poythress to start being positive, and pointing our the differences, and not looking to the past and trying to tear each other apart, especially when Poythress is only polling in the single digits, and Gov. Barnes is a 50%.

Based on what I know about them, and I could be wrong, he and Barnes aren’t that different on the issues, so he HAS to do SOMETHING to separate himself from Barnes, and playing up Barnes’ past failures and the criticisms that even *I* have heard from Democrats about Barnes is probably the way to do it.

Will it get him the win in November? Not a chance. But could it at least get him in a runoff in July? Quite possibly.

I almost was dragged on that tour of his house. My wife found out about it late so I did not have to go. Roy’s wife does something like this every year and community people attend. Does this mean that I am out of touch if I host a neighborhood Bar B Que? How about having them admire my kegerator buried in the basement floor?