He must have very good genes and mitrochondria otherwise he would be overweight and just plain fat, instead of atheletic looking. Look at all the fat cat politicans around Georgia and correlate that with the slop trough.

Thank God there is a new day dawning in Georgia finally not dominated by the status quo do nothing politics of all talk and no action brought to you by a real conservative Republican named Gerry Purcell.

Obviously, if you don’t like how Oxendine has managed the DOI, then Northington would have to be counted out as well.

I hardly think that with Sheffield’s extensive and impressive record in insurance matters that she will be an Ox clone. I would bet Maria would run the insurance department independently from Oxendine and bring her own ideas into the department.

For those of you who have not chosen a candidate yet, check Sheffield out as you would any of the other candidates. I think you will find that she has the best credentials of any of the candidates. I also think it was a very smart thing for her to go ahead and state UPFRONT where she stands on Conservative issues.

As for Jeff, did you ever think that maybe Sheffield and Kathryn are friends and that maybe Kathryn has agreed to help her because she knows the territory. But I’m sure that never entered into your limited way of thinking.

At least I can say Jim Wooten called me a Reagan Republican so I don’t have to put that moniker on myself.

Good luck to her, though. I have no idea who I’m supporting for Insurance Commissioner. Maybe she can still win me over.

Well that pretty much covers everything….

That kind of reminds me of when the weatherperson on TV’s forecast is:
“Seasonal temperatures, sunny, with a chance of showers.”

The thing that makes me most wary of Sheffield with just a casual glance is that she appears to be trying to portray herself as the Second Coming of the Ox – and my feelings about him are pretty well known. Maybe I’m wrong here though, and I look forward to the discussion. Like I said, just a first impression there.

1. Is a Ronald Reagan conservative – The tells me that she thinks that government is a burden to free markets. Less likely to issue overreaching and intrusive regulations.

2. believes in reducing the size of state government – definitely applies to running a state government agency.

3. supports the Fair Tax – okay, maybe not within the perview of the Commissioner of Insurance. But the Commissioner is also the State Treasurer. That is a position that could have a say on the tax revenue and how it is collected. I’ll give you this one, but with that provision.

4. private property rights – Insurance deals with protecting property. Limited scope for the office, but a scope nonetheless.

5. tort reform – Tort reform, when it comes down to it, is supposed to reduce insurance rates by limiting jury awards. Very much something of interest for the office.

6. The Second Amendment – Insurance companies will from time to time try to charge gun owners more than non-gun owners. Oxendine prohibited this in GA. Sheffield seems like she would keep that prohibition in effect.

7. The Tenth Amendment – There has been a move for a number of years to create a national commissioner of insurance and end insurance regulation at the state level. The big insurance companies favor this. This is a 10th Amendment arguement.

8. And is pro-life – Healthcare and therefore health insurance issue.

9. She will oppose any new taxes at any level of government – State treasurer and the premium tax is a big issue in the insurance industry.

Not looking good, particularly with most of the values she presents.

I’ll have more on her actual positions later.

Anyone got a website/twitter ID for her?

“Maria Sheffield, a Ronald Reagan conservative, believes in reducing the size of state government, supports the Fair Tax, private property rights, tort reform, the Second Amendment, the Tenth Amendment, and is pro-life. She will oppose any new taxes at any level of government.”

So she can pander like and Ox, and

“Kathryn has recently served as campaign manager for John Oxendine’s campaign for Governor ”

And she can blame the Lib’ral AJC like an Ox.

It’s a shame. She seems to have the qualifications, but the first paragraph in her presser is what she feels is most important for me to know about her, and most of it is designed to pander to interests well outside the scope of the insurance commissioner.