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Peach Pundit: Erickson to appear on Colbert Report

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:58:10 -0500

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Fresh from his cutting edge debate with Barbara Eden, head Peach Pundit honcho Erick Erickson has now set his sights on another media icon to tangle with: Stephen Colbert. As the Macon Telegraph is reporting, Erick will soon appear on Colbert’s Comedy Central show. Erick [...]

Confessions of a Political Junkie: links for 2009-12-06

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:02:28 -0500

15 Failed Predictions about the Future – Oddee.com Interesting list. [...]

Cracker Squire: Tom Friedman on Afghanistan, Part II: May It All Come True

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:40:00 -0500

Tom Friedman writes in The New York Times:

President Obama certainly showed leadership mettle in going against his own party’s base and ordering a troop surge into Afghanistan. He is going to have to be even more tough-minded, though, to make sure his policy is properly executed.

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Fresh Loaf: Photo of the Day: The Whigs

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:22:46 -0500

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His drum set comes with the halo [...]

Cracker Squire: A New York Times piece on the campaign of Georgia's former and next governor Roy Barnes

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:39:00 -0500

From The New York Times:

Over the course of the summer, four men of a certain age looked around their respective states and registered displeasure. They concluded that they could do things better — yet again.

The four are former governors who have grown old enough since [...]

Georgia Politics Unfiltered: Local Democrat Says GOP Has No Health Care Alternative (And Gets It Wrong)

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:17:00 -0500

"[U.S. Congressman Paul Broun is]just opposed. He's what I call a ‘Republican no.’ He just says ‘no’ and he does not present any real alternative, nor do the Republicans to the bill Democrats have come out with."

Those are the words of Richmond County Democratic Party Chairman Lowell Greenbaum speaking at [...]

Georgia Politics Unfiltered: Jane Kidd U.S. Senate Campaign Encouraged By Howard Dean

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:53:00 -0500

In a diary appearing on the liberal-leaning blog Daily Kos, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee had an encouraging word for Georgia Democratic Party chief Jane Kidd.

The diarist, using the moniker "Draft Jane Kidd", wrote the following describing the encounter between [...]

Fresh Loaf: 5 things to do: Monday

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:30:07 -0500

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1) Small Works Show continues at Anne Irwin Fine Art. [...]

Fresh Loaf: Add It Up: Atlanta 2009 runoff turnout bests General Election’s

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:15:17 -0500

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Breaking from tradition, more voters turned out for the runoff than the general election [...]

Georgia Politics Unfiltered: Ralph Hudgens: I Want To Continue Oxendine's Good Work

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:26:00 -0500

State Senator Ralph Hudgens (R - Hull) says if he becomes Georgia's next Insurance Commissioner, he'll continue the "good work" done by incumbent John Oxendine. Hudgens, who chairs the Senate Insurance & Labor Committee, is one of ten candidates that have filed papers with the State Ethics Commission to begin' [...]