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Friday, November 23, 2007
Ahnold says he can party with Sonny, but not Newt
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gov. Sonny Perdue’s term as chairman of the Republican Governors Association ends next week when the organization meets in California.
On the West Coast, Perdue’s departure is making little news. Instead, California newspapers are focusing on the fact that their own governor, Arnold Schwartzenegger, will skip the meeting’s main event — a talk on “government transformation” by Newt Gingrich.
Instead, Schwarzenegger will attend a closed door dinner with Perdue and other governors the night before, at the Orange County resort where the event is being held.
Says a piece by the Associated Press
No one would call Schwarzenegger and Gingrich buddies, and the politics they practiced in office would place them far apart on the GOP spectrum.
Schwarzenegger, a practitioner of what he calls “post-partisanship,” has cut deals with Democratic legislators to curb global warming, provide low-cost prescription drugs and boost the minimum wage.
Lately, he’s warned that Republicans could be trounced on Election Day if they don’t capture the political center and take up issues like global warming and health-care reform.
Something new to worry about: Nunn says cyberspace will give us “the next Pearl Harbor”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
High tech types are digesting some recent comments by Sam Nunn, who identified “cybersecurity” — or its lack — as “the next Pearl Harbor.”
Tech Insider at governmentexecutive.com quotes the former Georgia senator as saying that “we’re making as many problems as we’re solving in the area.”
“As vulnerabilities proliferate and hackers reverse-engineer patches released by vendors like Microsoft ….that leaves government vulnerable and to some degree unaware of the impending danger, until an attack serves as a wakeup call,” Nunn said, according to the blog.
The item also notes that Nunn shed no further light on his potential run for the White House, “saying only that if it did happen, he’d run as an Independent candidate.”
