In the wake of Donald Trump becoming the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the Cook Political Report issued an updated Electoral College Scorecard. The latest rankings predict the Democratic nominee, likely Hillary Clinton, with 304 electoral votes, Donald Trump with 190 votes, and the remaining 44 votes as a tossup. 270 votes are required to win
Texas Senator Ted Cruz suspended his presidential campaign Tuesday night after a decisive loss in the Hoosier State — one that he determined was a must win for him. A post mortem story in Politico suggests that despite the fact that Indiana should have been Cruz-friendly territory with its southern social conservative heritage, the candidate’s
There is no question that there is more information available to us today than ever. And there are more sources for that information. Increasingly much of that information is coming in the form of video followed by the written word. So a March article on intellectualtakeout.org titled Americans Don’t Read… and that’s Affecting our Elections
Rich Sullivan has been the mid-day host on WGST for a bit over two years. During that time he’s been quite gracious to allow us an hour per week to bring you some talk in the #GAPol realm. We’ve gotten to know him well during this time, and that goes to show who he actually
This week’s Courier Herald column: Last week Governor Deal signed his fifth criminal justice bill into law. The effort continues Georgia’s effort to realign Georgia’s priorities to assign appropriate sentencing based on the severity of crimes that are committed, but to also ensure that once a debt to society is paid the offender is able
This past Saturday I attended the Freedom Forum in Blairsville to hear from the 9th District Congressional challengers, the 51st District State Senate candidates and others standing for election. I am the grassroots Director for Congressman Doug Collins in Union County and was manning a table with various material from the Collins campaign. Before the
The following is a guest Op-Ed by our longtime friend and one of Georgia’s original political bloggers, Jason Pye: On Thursday, a bipartisan group of senators, led by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), unveiled improvements to the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, S. 2123. The measure is designed to reform federal sentencing policies, bring
It’s the weekend, and that means that the GeorgiaPol #RINORadioPowerHour. Over-caffeinated Charlie Harper and Stefan Turkheimer have taken the keys to the radio booth and talk about politics. Jon Richards was heading back from the #RINOEstablishmentSyndicated Headquarters in Washington, DC. I’m sure he was getting the latest instructions from the Overlords (the good thing about
We received the following as a press release today. Democrats have been highlighted in red. Speaker of the House David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) has appointed the following members to the House Study Committee on Base Realignment & Closure: Rep. Dave Belton – Chair (R-Buckhead) Rep. Shaw Blackmon (R-Bonaire) Rep. John Carson (R-Marietta) Rep. Mike Cheokas
We have received the following press release from Georgia Ethics Watchdog calling for the resignation of State Rep. Tom Taylor (R, District 79) from his seat and the withdrawal from his re-election campaign. Rep. Taylor was recently arrested for DUI while four juveniles were in his vehicle. The group also has called on his Republican
