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DEL.ICIO.USBlogwatch: Putting a premium on an incumbent insurance policy
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bloggers on both the right and the left are worked up over the election bill that passed the House on Tuesday, and not because it would permit Georgia’s presidential primary to be moved up to Feb. 5.
H.B. 487 would permit victory to be declared in three-way races when the leading candidate reaches the 45 percent mark.
Both Decaturguy and Jason Pye damn the legislation as an incumbent insurance policy. They make virtually the same points.
Says Decaturguy:
Don’t think this is a big deal? Well, in the 2006 election cycle, most notably, Cynthia McKinney wouldn’t have had to face a run-off with Hank Johnson (she got 47 percent in the primary) and would probably still be the representative from the Fourth District today. And Democrat David Burgess would still be on the Public Service Commission (getting the most votes with 48 percent in the general election).
Says Pye:
But I’d like to remind Georgia Republicans that without a run-off against David Burgess and Chuck Eaton, which the Libertarian candidate caused, the Republicans wouldn’t have picked up that PSC seat. One could argue that Eaton’s win in the run-off dealt a very big blow to Georgia Democrats.
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By Austin Rhodes
March 23, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this
HB 487 is a piece of crap that needs to be torpedoed POST HASTE.
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