It’s Friday! Thursday, and you get GeorgiaPol Radio. Yes, GeorgiaPol Radio on a Thursday. No, we didn’t get the FBI to hack into Charlie’s phone and change the date to make him think today’s Friday. The Sully Show will be remote out in Smyrna tomorrow, so we’re bumping GeorgiaPol Radio up a day for your listening pleasure.
If the Republican Party primaries followed the same rules as the Democratic primaries, Donald Trump would have little chance to win the nomination. The Democrats are assigning pledged delegates based on the proportion of the vote, and they also have the so-called “super delegates” that consist of unpledged party leaders who can eventually vote for
Once State Representative Stephen Allison announced his retirement, a tidal wave of potential candidates cascaded over House District 8. Wednesday, political consultant, Bryan Miller sent a press release with the following excerpts: Kent Woerner has announced his candidacy for the Georgia House of Representatives in House District 8. The District represents Union, Rabun, Towns and
I believe Donald Trump’s appeal shows what a lot of TEA Party folks are truly about: power. I honestly don’t believe that they’re concerned about big government, in general. They don’t like President Barack Obama, but I think that is because *they* are not in charge and he is not on their side. Consider some
Today I paid a telecom expert to influence my phone company to give me higher internet speed knowing full well that it will increase my phone bill. Then I hired a food expert to twist Kroger’s arm to carry Densuke watermelons knowing full well it will raise my grocery bill. Finally I engaged a financial
Today, President Obama spoke at the White House on his plan to shutdown the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. The Department of Defense will submit a 4-point plan to Congress that includes finding a facility in the U.S. to hold any remaining detainees. Several members of our Georgia congressional delegation have sent us their reaction to the
With all the bickering about RFRA/FADA/PPA, I think we should highlight a group that is slightly outside the norm. That group is called Georgia Republicans for the Future. It’s an interesting group to say the least. The group is not the chamber type nor is the group the evangelical type. It’s mostly young, conservative Georgians
Congressmen Trey Gowdy (R-South Carolina) and Lynn Westmoreland (R-Georgia) stopped by Marco Rubio’s Cobb County GA campaign headquarters for a media availability before continuing on to an event for campaign supporters. Regarding the official topic at hand, Gowdy said his support for Rubio was because he “carries our message in an aspirational and thus persuasive
Encryption is an important part of our digital lives. It shields our data so that we can perform routine tasks like checking our bank account and paying bills online, using digital wallets like Apple Pay and Android Pay, and various other tasks that we probably weren’t achievable 20 years ago. Apple knows that encryption is
Georgia’s 3rd District Congressman Lynn Westmoreland knows Trey Gowdy well. They’ve served together not just as Congressmen from neighboring states in the GOP caucus, but also served together on the House committee investigating Benghazi. Tomorrow they’ll be talking about another common interest: Electing Marco Rubio. The media availability will be tomorrow afternoon just before rush
