Political Notes

Political Notes

The Company You Keep

Tom Crawford,

Do we want to put ourselves in the company of progressive Southern states like Virginia and North Carolina or are we satisfied to keep company with states like South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi?

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Political Roundup: November 2006

Tom Crawford,

A slender Reed: Ralph Reed was effectively banished from the state's political scene with his crushing defeat by Casey Cagle in the GOP primary for lieutenant governor, but his influence here will live on after he is gone. An anti-tax…

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We Do Things Our Own Way

Tom Crawford,

Does Governor Perdue's smashing re-election victory set the stage for a triumphant second term, or is it a high point from which he, like other second-termers, slides slowly into lame duck status?

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The Last Of A Dying Breed

Tom Crawford,

If you have the opportunity between now and election day, you should try to attend a speech or political event hosted by Gov. Sonny Perdue or Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor. You'll be seeing a bit of political history not likely to be repeated in our lifetimes
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The Big Sleep

Tom Crawford,

Ever since Georgia voters messed up and began allowing governors to run for another four years, second terms have tended to be snoozefests in which nothing much happens.
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Which Way Do We Go?

Tom Crawford,

The governor wants to attract biotech and biomedical firms to create well-paying jobs for Georgians, but the Christian Right, an important part of Perdue's Republican base, says "no way" to major areas of research for fundamentalist reasons.
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Political RoundUp: May 2006

Tom Crawford,

Thinking outside the box: During the recently completed General Assembly session, Rep. Carl Rogers (R-Gainesville) came up with an innovative way to help out a bill that would have rolled back environmental protections on Georgia's waterways. Although the bill was…