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Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Enough run-off talk. On to November.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Casey Cagle, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, began his general election campaign first thing Wednesday morning, by confirming that U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) be “the special guest” at a fund-raising luncheon on Oct. 9.
Cagle also announced that he’s lined up Gov. Sonny Perdue and every Republican congressman in the Georgia delegation to host fund-raisers for him this fall.
The devils they didn’t get
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One more bounce on the “moderate� topic. Think of all the strategies spun by Democrats this year that revolved around demonizing Ralph Reed, and all those spun by Republicans that depended on Cynthia McKinney being there to associate other Democrats with.
So now what are they going to talk about? Issues?
Jim Martin accepted his party’s nomination Tuesday night by describing himself as a church elder and a grandfather. Casey Cagle’s campaign responded to his win by promising to avoid personal attacks. Whoever thought that was going to be the race for lieutenant governor?
And since no one else has asked the question: Has secretary of state become the “woman’s race� in Georgia politics?
