For anyone familiar with Dan Carter’s The Politics of Rage, this election cycle, while rife with randomness, the tenor of this election cycle has been far from unpredictable. Starting in the early 1960s and arguably reaching into the late 70s, George Wallace and his horde of out of control, states’ rights social warriors were a
The Paul Broun campaign issued the following press release yesterday sharing the endorsement of his campaign by Sen. Ran Paul (R-Kentucky). Dr. Broun, a former congressman from GA-10, is a current Republican candidate for Congress seeking to defeat incumbent Rep. Doug Collins in Georgia’s 9th District in the May 24th Primary. Today, Dr. Paul Broun,
It’s Friday, and I’m over-caffeinated. That probably means spirited GeorgiaPol radio today at noon. Stefan Turkheimer and I will take over the Rhino Shield Studio from Sully (Rhino Shield, It’s better than paint) for our weekly attempt at talk radio. So what are we going to talk about? Apparently Jim Barksdale came out of hiding,
From a press release: ATLANTA, GEORGIA – Today Secretary of State Brian Kemp issued his final decision in candidate challenges for five contests on the upcoming May 24 General Primary and Nonpartisan Election ballot. To initiate a candidate challenge, an elector residing within a district must submit a complaint to the Secretary of State’s office
It’s early, but Ted Cruz apparently needs a game changer. (Youbetcha!). So he’s going to name Carly Fiorina as his running mate at 4PM today if the twittersphere is correct. So…there’s that. A friend of mine posted the question on Facebook yesterday of “Who should Trump’s nominee be? (Real or Fictional)” I like the question.
This week’s Courier Herald column: A bit over a week ago I was scanning my Facebook timeline and saw a post from one of my friends. In it she urged “… if you want to start sending a message about everything that is not working, don’t vote for the folks that have gotten us in
It’s Friday, and we’re back in our regular slot for WGST GeorgiaPol radio at noon on 640AM. It’s been a rather eventful week as we’ve transitioned fully into campaign season. So what are we going to talk about today? Let’s see. We have prophet for profit Debbie Dooley discovering that threatening to sue isn’t the
There has been plenty of speculation recently over whether presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has been cheated out of delegates he should or should not have had to date in the primary process. In fact, Trump has received 204 more delegates than he would have if the delegates had been allocated by the percentage of
Beginning with the Colorado caucuses earlier this month, in which Ted Cruz won all the delegates to the Republican National Convention this July, and continuing through similar results in Wyoming and through last weekend’s Republican District conventions in Georgia, there have been plenty of blog posts and op-eds decrying the way the nominee of the
In case you forgot, the Republican Parties in each of Georgia’s 14 congressional district held conventions to elect national convention delegates and alternates. Tim Bryant had GAGOP Chairman John Padgett on the air to discuss this weekend’s district conventions as well as the overall process. Accusations by the Trump campaign of Cruz supporters being elected
