There’s runoffs across Georgia today. Blah blah blah. Let’s skip to the results. Most of them (Congress, State House & Senate, D.A.’s, etc) can be found here. Want to know how Tim Lee is faring in Cobb? We’ve got a link for that. How about Sharon Barnes Sutton in DeKalb. That one’s…well, maybe here eventually.
This week’s Courier Herald column: Republicans have finished their week in Cleveland Ohio. Those seeking the elusive dream of a brokered or contested convention can put away their hot takes for another 3 years. It was not to be. As is now custom, the suspense for who would be picked as the nominees for President
This morning, Johnny Isakson has endorsed Drew Ferguson over Mike Crane in the race to replace Lynn Westmoreland in Congress. Isakson in a press release (full release below the fold) says Ferguson has his “full support”. The race is about to get some national attention as Senator Ted Cruz will do a soft launch of
I’m sure my left of center friends will be adding a punch line to what they think is a headline as a beginning of a joke. So be it. I’m old enough to remember when the GOP prided itself on being “the party of ideas”. And we were. “Were”. Past tense. A friend of mine
This week’s Courier Herald column: Like most Georgia families in the middle of the last century my family was made up of Democrats. It’s OK. I still love them. But when Bo Calloway won the election for Governor in 1966 (three years before I arrived on the scene) my Grandmother pronounced the change. Why is
And Newt and Fox News have agreed to “suspend” their contributor agreement, per the twitterverse: "Fox News Channel has mutually agreed to suspend its contributor agreement" with Newt Gingrich "effective immediately." Story TK. — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 12, 2016 STATEMENT: “FOX News Channel has mutually agreed to suspend” relationship with Newt “effective immediately” pic.twitter.com/NNMZlwuuxv
Mayor Kasim Reed has earned high praise for his handling of the ongoing protest marches. He’s been in the middle of the protestors. He’s stood beside them and his police force, simultaneously. He’s done his best to allow all sides to vent their frustrations, and ultimately let everyone go him safe with their messages delivered
Next week’s Courier Herald column: I miss my dad every day. Some days more than others. Today is one of those days. Like most sons, I found my father to be a larger than life figure. He could fix anything. He could protect me from anything. He was often unconventional, but he was direct, pragmatic,
Today is the 70th wedding anniversary of Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter. Seventy Years. I put Mrs. Carter first in that opening sentence because President Carter is usually the first in the headlines and to speak. For 70 years she’s been dutifully by his side. She’s been a full partner during that time, with each dividing
This week’s Courier Herald column: With the celebration of Independence day, the great experiment that is America has been running for two hundred and forty years strong. It hasn’t always been easy. It didn’t even happen all at once. In between the Declaration of Independence and the adoption of the Constitution there was war and
