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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
A funeral, then an election
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We had lunch with Jane Kidd, the new chairman of the state Democratic party today, none of us knowing that U.S. Rep. Charlie Norwood of Augusta had just died hours before.
Because of the sensitive nature of the situation, Kidd didn’t have much to say about potential candidates for the 10th District seat, except that Democrats would try to line up behind a single figure. This will be a bipartisan race, to be held in the next 40 days.
One of her new staffers, Martin Matheny, pointed out that — in several counties in the very northern part of the state, women give President Bush his worse ratings.
Morning gleanings: Kingston on McCain, and pressure on Marshall to stay put
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Los Angeles Times has a piece today on the inside-the-Beltway campaign for president.
It contains this explanation from U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Savannah) on why members of Congress aren’t flocking to the side of U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.):
“He’s hurt himself with the Republican rank and file,” said [Kingston], who is leaning toward supporting [Mitt] Romney and who invited the former governor to speak to a group of House Republicans in January. Many times, “McCain is the spoiler on legislation. House members have gotten tired of it over the last six years.”
And in Monday’s The Politico, there’s this telling paragraph about the Democratic side of the ’08 race for the U.S. Senate in Georgia:
The House Democratic leadership is hoping that [U.S. Rep. Jim] Marshall won’t challenge [Republican incumbent Saxby] Chambliss next year. “I think if Jim left the seat to run for Senate,” the Democrats “would probably lose it,” said Doug Moore, Marshall’s spokesman.
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