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DEL.ICIO.US‘To be’ wins out
Senate leader decides he'll go for a seventh term
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After playing Hamlet the last couple weeks, Senate President pro tem Eric Johnson of Savannah announced Monday that he had decided to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune for another two years.
In other words, the No. 1 Republican and de facto leader of the Senate has decided he will, in fact, run again. Among his top priorities: Filling the “mega site” just outside Savannah, once eyed for Daimler-Chrysler, and making trauma care available to every Georgian.
The decision by Johnson, an architect and developer, also means he’ll be on hand to greet the next lieutenant governor of Georgia. And presumably will have some say in how much — if any — power flows back to that position.
If you’re worried that Johnson’s hemming and hawing may have hurt his chances, fear not. His latest campaign disclosure shows $385,548.66 in the bank, ready to go.
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