In an article over at Praxis, Matthew Sheffield discusses whether political ads that pepper our evening TV viewing time during the campaign season really work. In his opinion, they don’t, and he give five reasons why. I think we’ve gone past “weird” in terms of the 2016 political season, but Donald Trump has bucked a lot of
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.
There are two State Senate runoffs, one in Augusta to replace Bill Jackson in District 24, and another to challenge incumbent JaNice Van Ness in district 43. The Augusta runoff pits former House member and 2012 John Barrow challenger Lee Anderson against newcomer and military veteran Greg Grzybowski. Anderson’s website is a bit short of policy
WSB TV released the results of a poll conducted of 500 likely Georgia voters that has Republican Donald Trump leading Democrat Hillary Clinton by 1.2 percentage points, well within the margin of error of 4%. Trump has 45.5%, Clinton has 44.2% Libertarian Gary Johnson has 5.2%, and the Green Party’s Jill Stein has 2.5%. 2.6%
Georgia Seventh District Congressman Rob Woodall, who reporesents portions of Gwinnett and Forsyth counties, was one of the last to announce his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump. At the Republican National Convention last week, Woodall was on a roundtable that discussed the middle class and its role in the presidential election. The
Johnny Isakson’s many years of being business friendly have paid off. Today, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce endorsed him in Georgia’s 2016 senatorial election. He will face Democratic challenger Jim Barksdale, a self-funded millionaire, in November. The endorsement was no surprise. In his 12 years as a U.S. Senator, Isakson has not been shy about
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
The GOP Convention, warts and all, is mercifully over. And on Monday the Democrats begin their quadrennial ritual of formalizing their nominee for POTUS. Georgia Democrats, in contrast to the Republicans, will have several high-profile positions at their convention. (Governor Deal was the most prominent Georgia Republican, speaking on a panel about criminal justice reform). Former
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
Ok folks, it’s been a blast. The ‘never, ever, ever, blessed ever and I mean I’m serious never Trump’ movement is dead! Thankfully!!! Donald J. Trump ran an unconventional outsider campaign against both major political parties, those who fund them and their media partners in crime. Using this unique never before tried strategy, he won
