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Thursday, April 20, 2006
Making lemonade
Says Reed: Put me on the ticket, and Democrats won't have time to attack Sonny Perdue
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Below is the best line from today’s Wall Street Journal article, written by Jeanne Cummings. It take a New York-conservative look at the Ralph Reed-Casey Cagle race for lieutenant governor:
“Wrapping up a Republican Party meeting here, Mr. Reed makes a stab at turning his own controversial candidacy into an asset: By putting him on the Republican ticket, the party faithful will be doing a favor for Gov. Sonny Perdue, who is seeking re-election. How so? Democrats will spend precious resources trying to defeat Mr. Reed and they won’t be able to ‘just key on Sonny,’ Mr. Reed says.”
The entire article can be found here.
Your assignment? Debate the strength of Mr. Reed’s argument.
A third party for real
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When the Georgia Libertarian Party gets together for its convention this Saturday at the Holiday Inn on Howell Mill Road, it can celebrate 20 years that it has consistently maintained ballot access requirements for statewide candidates. That’s saying something, in a state where a high bar is set for third parties.
This year it looks like Garrett Michael Hayes, who carried the flag for the party in 2002, will again be its nominee for governor. Here’s a list of the rest of the party’s ticket.
Time magazine and Georgia’s immigration law
Good on the broad overview, but a little short on the local politics
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What with Vincente Fox so upset over Georgia’s law to tamp down illegal immigration, Time magazine has taken a look at it.
But we think Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor’s going to be pretty ticked off. The article includes this paragraph:
“In the middle of an election year, it’s also not altogether surprising that Georgia’s GOP governor signed the Security and Immigration Compliance Act. Even though the state continues to trend more Republican, Perdue faces a very real challenge this fall from Democratic Secretary of State Cathy Cox, and the law commanded broad public support in a state with an estimated 500,000 to 800,000 undocumented immigrants.”
There’s no mention of Taylor. Ouch.
Read it here
