the primary election in Georgia
when I worked on the Gainesville mayor's campaign in 2004, I did warn her that every campaign I had ever worked on was a loser. Thankfully she won. it was after my work on Don Johnson's congressional reelection campaign in 1994 (D-Ga) that I swore off campaigning. Yet the Georgia races are fascinating to me as their primary is this Tuesday. Note that the governor, Sonny Perdue, was a Democrat when I had met him in 1992, when he was a state legislator and I was an intern. (One of my memories of the internship program was the constant reminder "don't sleep with the legislators!"
The Democratic nomination is between Mark Taylor and Cathy Cox. I would vote for Cathy if I could, she is very cool. When I went to Athens last month I went to Woodlawn Terrace where I used to live, and the neighbor who was the mayor-commissioner when I was in school had the Cathy Cox sign in her yard. Cox would be the first female governor in Georgia. Mark Taylor was also a state legislator when I was an intern, and he was one of the snobby ones who would never deign to speak to an intern so I thought he was a jerk. Whoever wins Tuesday faces Sonny Perdue in the general election. The poll shows 52% for Taylor, 41% for Cox, and the rest undecided.
Also on the ballot is a lieutenant governor for the Republicans, and one of the candidates at a dead heat is Ralph Reed, the former Christian coalition guy. He has lots of ties to Jack Abramoff and that is reducing his lead, apparently. He's just slimy. A UGA grad, I might add (most of the candidates are, of course). Zell Miller is endorsing Ralph Reed:
On Friday, Reed released a radio ad featuring Zell Miller, in which the former governor and U.S. senator proclaims his trust in Reed's "values and his character."
"Ralph will fight those who seek to trivialize the pro-family values that are the foundation of our country," Miller says in the ad.
Even the mayor's race in Athens is up for grabs and the incumbent, someone who think is great (Heidi Davison), is being challenged by the right-wingers.
Yikes.
The Democratic nomination is between Mark Taylor and Cathy Cox. I would vote for Cathy if I could, she is very cool. When I went to Athens last month I went to Woodlawn Terrace where I used to live, and the neighbor who was the mayor-commissioner when I was in school had the Cathy Cox sign in her yard. Cox would be the first female governor in Georgia. Mark Taylor was also a state legislator when I was an intern, and he was one of the snobby ones who would never deign to speak to an intern so I thought he was a jerk. Whoever wins Tuesday faces Sonny Perdue in the general election. The poll shows 52% for Taylor, 41% for Cox, and the rest undecided.
Also on the ballot is a lieutenant governor for the Republicans, and one of the candidates at a dead heat is Ralph Reed, the former Christian coalition guy. He has lots of ties to Jack Abramoff and that is reducing his lead, apparently. He's just slimy. A UGA grad, I might add (most of the candidates are, of course). Zell Miller is endorsing Ralph Reed:
On Friday, Reed released a radio ad featuring Zell Miller, in which the former governor and U.S. senator proclaims his trust in Reed's "values and his character."
"Ralph will fight those who seek to trivialize the pro-family values that are the foundation of our country," Miller says in the ad.
Even the mayor's race in Athens is up for grabs and the incumbent, someone who think is great (Heidi Davison), is being challenged by the right-wingers.
Yikes.
posted by maestro @ 2:50 PM
2 Comments:
At 8:41 PM,
Anonymous said…
Jeanna,
I'm at a loss! Now that I'm a Geogia Peach, please steer me in the right (I mean left) direction. I can be your voting monkey! :) p.s. I thought Cox seemed cooler too, glad to know it wasn't just me.
At 6:30 AM,
maestro said…
Living in the suburbs of Atlanta is going to be a tough road for anything but good old-fashioned Republican values. When I lived in Atlanta, it was more liberal in the inner core and a typical suburban ring around it of conservative. However they've now got it so that the ring is very HUGE. I always can recommend moving to Athens, where liberal values are abound. hooray for Athens!
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