Plans for a debate between Senate candidates Democrat Jim Barksdale and Republican Johnny Isakson are being negotiated, and could include six debates, each in one of the major media markets in Georgia, according to a story published in the Red & Black. While the idea for one or more senatorial debates has been rumored, the
This morning, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat speculated on Twitter that polling in Georgia shows that evangelicals are supporting Donald Trump at a lower rate than they did Mitt Romney back in 2012. Back to Georgia: State is 40% evangelical. Romney got 53 percent. If Trump's in the high 30s, he *has* to be
This week’s Courier Herald column: I was walking across the hallways of Georgia’s Capitol in early March when I ran into an old friend. I hadn’t seen Dr. Karen Mathiak in a while, but like many of my friends from political circles I keep up with her on social media. Dr. Mathiak is a Spalding
Georgia’s first district congressman Buddy Carter delivered the weekly Republican Address on Saturday. While President Obama chose to speak on the nation’s Olympic athletes, Rep. Carter chose to speak about the House legislative agenda, known as “A Better Way.” In prepared statements, Rep. Carter and Speaker Paul Ryan talked about Carter’s message: “The message I
Many of us recall the collective media firestorm back in 2014 when the conventional wisdom was that the race to replace retiring Senator Saxby Chambliss would undoubtedly be headed into a runoff. Only one poll since September had David Perdue running at or above the 50% mark heading into Election Day. Indeed, the final RCP
Donald Trump’s national poll numbers against Hillary Clinton aren’t spectacular, and I think that’s putting it nicely. Jon also mentioned earlier about a prognostication by FiveThirtyEight on the possibility (if the election were held today) that Hillary Clinton could win Georgia. That would be a black eye for Georgia Republicans, but the ramifications go deeper
If you have been waiting for Georgia to turn blue, you have your wish: That’s the latest map from the political prognosticators at FiveThirtyEight. It gives Hillary a 50.2% chance of winning the Peach State to Donald Trump’s 49.8%. Of course, there are disclaimers. This is their Now-cast view, which assumes that the election is
With the GOP nominee seemingly unable to get out of his own way, the unrest within the party is growing with some unusual declarations. The AJC’s Jim Galloway reported on a phone conversation he had with Baoky Vu one of the 16 Georgia members of the Electoral College. Vu has just put out a statement
This week’s Courier Herald column: The benediction to the first night of the Republicans’ convention two weeks ago was unusual. Pastor Mark Burns of South Carolina announced to the delegates “Our enemy is not other Republicans, but is Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party.” He then prayed that “we together can defeat the liberal Democratic
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
