The first procedural vote on Obama in the Senate will come tomorrow as Democrats try to win 60 votes to begin debate:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that the first crucial vote on an $848 billion health care overhaul package would probably happen Saturday.
That procedural vote will decide [...]
Often, when politicians are personally affected by an issue, their perspective changes. A soft on crime victim of crime gets tough. A free wheeling legislator with a family member injured or killed by not wearing a seatbelt, becomes a seatbelt zealot, etc.
With Speaker Richardson’s mental health issues, I wonder [...]
Being out of town, we’ve fallen down on the job and failed to metion this big news.
David Adelman has been nominated Ambassador to Singapore. Congrats to him. The Senate GOP is probably breathing a sigh of relief. Adelman’s a sharp one.
[...]I received an advance copy of Sara Groves CD “Fireflies and Songs.” I’ve heard a few of Groves’ songs on the radio and liked them but I’d never purchased one of her CDs. After listening to “Fireflies and Songs” I just might do so in the future. She’s got [...]
It looks like we’ll have another special election.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – NBC Augusta 26 News has learned State Rep. Hardie Davis will resign as District 122 State Representative Friday. Davis was elected to the position in the fall of 2006.
Earlier this month Davis announced he would run for former Senator [...]
Jim Beck has stepped down as President of the Georgia Christian Coalition. Beck took over when Sadie Fields left to form the Georgia Christian Alliance.
Received via email:
Atlanta- The Georgia Christian Coalition has announced a new president, Columbus resident Jerry Luquire has been named to the post. According to outgoing President [...]
Some of you may remember that earlier this year I participated in Hoops of Hope to raise money for AIDS orphans in Africa.
Hoops of Hope was founded in 2004 by the then 9 year old Austin Gutwein. Last night I finished reading [...]
If I told you a United States Senator drew this picture of his home state, you wouldn't believe me. It looks just like the State of Georgia.
You can check out other Senators' drawings here.
[...]Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) may be in trouble if he gets a primary challenger:A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely 2010 Republican Primary voters in Arizona finds the longtime incumbent in a virtual tie with potential challenger J.D. Hayworth. McCain earns 45% of the vote, while Hayworth picks [...]
So here come the Dems again, sending up a trial balloon for a new Jobs Bill.
They sit in Washington and dangle the carrot of jobs creation before the American people and claim that if only they had more of your money, they could “create or save” jobs. They claim [...]
In case you're interested, Brett Bittner and I talked with former Congressman Bob Barr about a letter he co-signed earlier this week with David Keane of the American Conservative Union and Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform supporting a move of detainees from the United' [...]
Roger Hines announced yesterday that he is running against incumbent School Superintendent Kathy Cox in the Republican primary. Along with the press release kicking off his run comes an endorsement from Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers:
The rain stopped long enough today for hundreds of supporters to listen to Roger [...]
On news of the score from the CBO on the Senate version of ObamaCare I wrote:As I've noted in posts on previous scores, the CBO always adds that each score is "subject to substantial uncertainty" because these estimates are almost always inaccurate.This morning, thanks to Jamie' [...]
Bill Clinton Does. I just got an email announcing Clinton will attend a fundraiser for Thurbert Baker.
The Press Release:
(Atlanta) Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced today that President Bill Clinton will deliver remarks at a fundraiser to benefit his 2010 campaign for Governor of Georgia. The event will be [...]
US Rep. Nathan Deal, who is seeking the GOP nomination for Georgia of Georgia, told the Savannah Morning News that he’d sign a $1 per pack cigarette tax hike into law if it were passed by the legislature, hoping to use the revenues to plug the budget gap:
U.S. Rep. [...]
US Rep. Nathan Deal, who is seeking the GOP nomination for Georgia of Georgia, told the Savannah Morning News that he'd sign a $1 per pack cigarette tax hike into law if it were passed by the legislature, hoping to use the revenues to plug the budget gap:U.S. Rep.' [...]
Remember all those jobs supposedly saved or created by the so-called "stimulus" bill? The guy responsible for federal oversight of "stimulus" spending can't verify the Obama Administration's claims:Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney was responding to a request for information by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the top Republican on the' [...]
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Libertarians believe capitalism works better than any system that instead is based on government intervention. [...]
Tonight, 5:30pm, Five Seasons at the Prado/Sandy Springs, is the Peach Pundit Road Show/Happy Hour. I’ll be there, and based on how the day is going at the “real job”, I’ll be surly and bitter. Beer should help.
Scheduled to attend from the front page are Jason Pye and Buzz [...]
Congrats to Kelly McCutchen, who has been named President of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.
[...]Yes, this is the dumbest resolution to ever come before Congress.
I'll complain if I damn want to.
' [...]There is yet another score from the Congressional Budget Office for ObamaCare (it hasn't been released to the public). According to the Wall Street Journal, the legislation will cost $849 billion in the first ten years and also cut budget deficits by $127 billion. Oh, and it contains' [...]
We can't buy alcohol on Sunday in Georgia, but it looks like momentum is building to bring horse racing to the state:A bipartisan panel of state lawmakers on Wednesday backed a plan to legalize betting on horse racing in Georgia.
Rep. Harry Geisinger (R-Roswell), the chairman of the Special Equine' [...]
Over at the Tax Foundation, Gerald Prante explains some of Frédéric Bastiat's economic beliefs by using New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on 4th and 2 against the Indianapolis Colts:The type of response we see to Coach Belichick's decision is too [...]
Looks like someone in Georgia is doing something right. NCR, Rubbermaid and now Sony Ericcson are relocating to our state.
Sony Ericsson moving North American HQ to Atlanta, newspapers say | ajc.com
[...]The national debt of the United States has topped $12 trillion:It's another record-high for the U.S. National Debt which today topped the $12-trillion mark. Divided evenly among the U.S. population, it amounts to $38,974.34 for every man, woman and child.
Technically, the debt hit the new high yesterday, but it [...]
Representative Joe Wilson no longer has a monopoly on inappropriate outbursts in public. Apparently, Mrs. Judson Hill was inspired enough by Rep. Wilson that she decided to try it out on her husband’s primary challenger, Lynda Coker, at a recent gathering of the North Fulton Republican Women’s Club. From [...]
From a Press Release:
SMYRNA – Today Representative Rob Teilhet formally endorsed Stacey Evans to succeed him as the representative from State House District 40.
“I’ve known Stacey Evans for several years as a community leader and know her to be intelligent, hard working, and passionate about service,” said Representative Teilhet. “Stacey [...]
Skipping past the property damage, long-term road closures, and overall life routine disruptions, we have apparently missed the biggest crisis of the recent Atlanta floods until now: Frozen Waffle Shortage
Kellogg Company said that due to “a confluence of events” — including flooding at its Bucknell Drive manufacturing facility — [...]
The Florida legislature passed a $1 dollar tax increase on cigarettes this year, on top of the increase passed by Congress with SCHIP expansion, and sales have taken a hit:Cigarette sales have fallen sharply across Florida since a $1-a-pack tax increase took effect July 1, plunging nearly 50 [...]
I just had a terrific interview with Governor Sarah Palin this afternoon. Her new book, Going Rogue, came out today. I’d like to say we talked a lot about her book, but I did not get it until 10:00 a.m. and had family stuff to take care of. I [...]
We were told early on that V.P. Joe Biden will be the sheriff to police the funds for “shovel ready projects” funded by the $787 Billion Stimulus. That he would “call out” those who misspent or wasted these valuable funds.
Now we discover that not only has Uncle Joe failed miserably [...]
China wants to know the fiscal implications of ObamaCare:
Guess what? It turns out the Chinese are kind of curious about how President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plans would impact America’s huge fiscal deficit. Government officials are using his Asian trip as an opportunity to ask the White House [...]
The House of Representatives will vote this week on a $300 billion "doc fix," similar to what failed in the Senate last month:Say you are a member of Congress who agrees that the cuts should be rescinded -- that physician payments shouldn't be reduced, that is -- but' [...]
The Atlanta Hawks, you know, our pro-basketball team here in Atlanta, currently sit atop the NBA power rankings. This should give Dick Williams plenty to talk about on next Sunday’s Georgia Gang. In fact, Coach Mike Woodson should probably be given a Nobel Peace Prize for this.
In case you [...]
We all know the jobs "created or saved" by this Keynesian spending are bogus, but [...]
Whether the result of unexciting candidates, a disinterested electorate, or collapsing local media outlets, the contest to be Atlanta’s next mayor flew under the radar until a couple of weeks before election day. The sole entertainment injected in the race was when Mary Norwood was attacked for being a Republican, [...]
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[...]From the Tipline:
Secretary of State Candidate Brian Kemp will be having a Young Professionals event tomorrow, November 17th, 5:00 to 7:00pm at Chastain Park. Hosts are asked to give or raise $500, Couples attending are asked to contribute $100.
The Legion House At Chastain Park
3905 Powers Ferry Road, NW
[...]
11Alive and V103 commissioned a poll in the Atlanta Mayor’s race runoff. SurveyUSA is back with the results.
If the runoff for Atlanta Mayor were today, would you vote for … (choices rotated) Mary Norwood? Or Kasim Reed?
Reed: 49%
Norwood: 46%
Undecided: 5%
Did you vote in the general election [...]
Sen. Johnny Isakson doubts ObamaCare is going anywhere and notes that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will not listen to any compromises (not that a compromise would be a good thing):Georgia’s senators are bracing for a contentious debate on health care reform and are dubious of Majority Leader [...]
