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…
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?
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
Families first, High-energy move, Probation and incarceration
He nailed it, An ethical guy, Missing in action, Don't make me mad
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.
One to watch, Ethics appointee, Helping hand, Over the Hill?
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.
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…
The pipeline bill easily passed in the House, but came to a halt in the Senate as Republicans started to get nervous about raising gas rates in an election year.
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