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Presidential Wednesday: Sunday Edition

Peach Pundit: 02/05/12 07:00 am

As I type, Mitt Romney is winning the Nevada Caucus by a wide margin. Paul and Gingrich are fighting for second with Santorum trailing. Check the Google results map for the latest numbers. Gingrich he...

Supreme Court decision due Monday in Cardinale v. City of Atlanta Open Meetings case

Peach Pundit: 02/04/12 01:59 pm

The Georgia Supreme Court will announce Monday at 8:30 am its decision in the case of Cardinale v. City of Atlanta et. al. At issue is whether “Committee Briefings” must be advertised and open to ...

Patrick Millsaps named Chief of Staff for Gingrich campaign

Peach Pundit: 02/04/12 01:00 pm

Patrick Millsaps, former Chairman of the State Ethics Commission and a partner at Hall Booth Smith & Slover, has been named Captain Chief of Staff of the S.S. Titanic Gingrich presidential campaig...

Will PSC Member Tim Echols Face Re-election This Year?

Peach Pundit: 02/04/12 10:54 am

Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols posted on Facebook this morning that the PSC redistricting bill had been dropped in the hopper and will force him to run for re-election this year, rather th...

Happy Golden Retriever Day! (belated)

Peach Pundit: 02/04/12 09:12 am

Apparently February 3d was “Golden Retriever Day” and I didn’t realize it till late last night. Goldens make great dogs for Republicans. President Gerald Ford had one, named Liberty. And tho...

11Alive/Survey USA Georgia Poll: Gingrich Leads, Romney Gaining

Peach Pundit: 02/03/12 04:46 pm

Courtesy of our good friends at WXIA 11 Alive News: In a SurveyUSA poll conducted for 11Alive, 45 percent of adults in Georgia said they would vote for Gingrich if the Georgia primary were held today....

Suck It Birthers, Obama Eligible For Georgia Ballot

Peach Pundit: 02/03/12 03:46 pm

Breaking news without more details, but what more do you need?  Anyone with a brain has known that Obama will appear on Georgia’s ballot since he decided to run for re-election.  I’m...

Common Cause highlights loophole in lobbyist registration by exploiting it

Peach Pundit: 02/03/12 10:25 am

Common Cause of Georgia is a member of the Alliance for Ethics Reform and their Executive Director William Perry spends a good bit of time at the Capitol lobbying for, among other things, greater rest...

Hicks & Slicks: Principles Drive Us Rural Voters or "Hicks" as some &q

Peanut Politics: 02/03/12 09:30 am

This One Is Personal

Peach Pundit: 02/03/12 08:00 am

Today’s Courier Herald Column: I have met a lot of people because of my work in and around politics. Candidates are among the hardest to really get to know.  An astute observer realizes that a ...

When in Doubt, Blame a Republican

Peach Pundit: 02/03/12 07:20 am

Imagine you survived a bitter loss and a brutal campaign that involved negative advertising and personal attacks. Like always, you dusted yourself off, pulled up the ol’ bootstraps and started a...

Morning Reads for Friday, February 3, 2012 – Stop Violence Against Women Edition

Peach Pundit: 02/03/12 07:04 am

Yesterday’s Groundhog Primary showed the inherent superiority of Southern Groundhogs, as General Beauregard Lee saw no shadow yesterday, predicting an early spring. Gen. Lee has a 94 percent acc...

Pictures from the Capitol for February 2, 2012

Peach Pundit: 02/02/12 05:54 pm

Decision To Be Made Soon On Dalton-Whitfield County Merger

Peach Pundit: 02/02/12 12:18 pm

The Dalton Daily Citizen is reporting that there should be a decision on the merger of Dalton and Whitfield County in the coming weeks: “We should be able to put (the report) together at ou...

Atlanta T-SPLOST As Seen By Rural Georgia

Peach Pundit: 02/02/12 12:00 pm

Today’s Courier Herald Column: I’m sure the non-Atlanta area readers of this column probably wonder why so much coverage is given to a regional squabble over transit in Atlanta when there ...

For Some Republicans, Distortions & Lies are the Only Way to Win an Election

Peanut Politics: 02/02/12 10:36 am

A Politically Segregated Georgia is Not in the Best Interest of the People

Peanut Politics: 02/02/12 10:00 am

Happy Birthday Saba

Peach Pundit: 02/02/12 06:09 am

Today is the birthday of front page contributor Saba Long.  We will not ask how old she is, but she’s still younger than most of us.  Poor girl has lived her entire life with her birthday bein...

Morning Reads for Tuesday, February 2nd

Peach Pundit: 02/02/12 05:38 am

Here in Georgia… - Baker has added a new feature to That’s Just Peachy. - Just so you know, don’t ask Herman Cain questions about 9-9-9. - Speaking of Cain, when ...

Morning Reads for Thursday, February 2nd

Peach Pundit: 02/02/12 05:38 am

Here in Georgia… - Baker has added a new feature to That’s Just Peachy. - Just so you know, don’t ask Herman Cain questions about 9-9-9. - Speaking of Cain, when ...

 


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