This evening the National Federation of Independent Businesses and Columbus’ WRBL have teamed up to bring an issues focused debate among candidates competing for the GOP nomination for Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District. We’re attempting to embed the livestream from WRBL below, or you can watch the debate by following this link. The debate will begin
It appears that whomever talked Aaron Barlow into returning from Chicago to his Fulton County house to run for Georgia’s State Senate told him there would be no math. Either that, or he hopes that voters in the Cherokee and Fulton County district are uninformed or don’t care that he is playing fast and loose
Yesterday while on a trip to Washington I was able to attend a meeting with Paul Ryan, my Congressman Barry Loudermilk, and a group of Loudermilk’s supporters. Speaker Ryan praised Loudermilk as a “do-er”, and noted that he was one of the top freshmen in this Congressional Class, by passing three bills. Loudermilk noted that
I’ll preface with the fact that I do not live in House District 80, and other than the candidates, I do not believe I know anyone who votes in the district. I know both Catherine Bernard and Meagan Hanson and I would consider both friends. I have not contributed to either House campaign and do
As you may recall, Governor Nathan Deal appointed State Representative Dustin Hightower (R-HD-68) to a state superior court judgeship in the Coweta Judicial Circuit last week. Represenetative Hightower had qualified for re-election with no challengers, so the Georgia Republican Party executive committee had a meeting last night to decide to reopen qualifying for House District
On Friday, I filed an ethics complaint against Catherine Bernard’s campaign for House District 80. My complaint details her use of campaign money on hair treatments (think John Edwards) and her lack of end-recipients. She responded to my complaint this afternoon, accusing me of being one of the “smirking, useless frat boys in the Georgia Republican
Y’all remember where you were when Jimmy Carter said “Yes”. Y’all won’t forget who you were with when Margie Lopp decided it was time to put Paul Coverdell in the Senate (and kick Wyche Fowler out). Take a look at your surroundings. Note who you are with. Check the date and time. All of that
The answer to what is, frankly, an entirely reasonable question is yes. On paper, Jim Barksdale should have been a semi-decent candidate if only because he could self-fund his race. However, since his March 11 announcement, Barksdale has done seemingly nothing on the campaign trail. The most damning piece of evidence is that his Facebook activity
I’m coming to grips with Donald Trump becoming the standard bearer of our Republican Party. That means that, traditionally, he’ll get to call the shots…including setting a platform for the Republican National Committee and a tone of Republican policy for the next four years. Speaker Paul Ryan, the man, if we are able to maintain
This week’s Courier Herald column: Last week was a rough one for many longtime Georgia Republicans. Ted Cruz suspended his quest to be the Republican nominee for President, all but ensuring Donald Trump will arrive in Cleveland with well more than the 1,237 votes needed for nomination. Governor Nathan Deal vetoed a “campus carry” bill
