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DEL.ICIO.USLinder has a Democratic opponent
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Democrat Doug Heckman is using a 2 p.m. conference call with reporters today, to announce his candidacy for the Seventh District congressional seat now held by John Linder, the Republican incumbent.
Heckman, who describes himself as a conservative, is a graduate of West Point, and recently served as a senior advisor to the Iraqi army. So he fits the pro-military, Jim Marshall-style profile that Democrats have attempted to develop among their candidates.
Heckman’s web site can be found here.
The Seventh is still considered Republican territory, but Heckman’s candidacy is likely to fuel GOP speculation over whether the state’s two longest-serving Republican congressmen, Linder and Nathan Deal, will sign up for another term.
Qualifying is at the end of this month. But you can bet that Republicans in Washington don’t want to see any more open seats in the House than they already have.
(Got a call this afternoon from a staffer for Deal. The congressman is in fact running again — though he won’t raise any local money until he has opposition. So all of you ambitious Republicans in north Georgia, please stand down.)
Comments
By Gilgamesh
March 31, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this
Conservative? He has my vote!
By Alan Ulman
March 31, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this
I am a middle-of-the-road, Southern, Sam Nunn kind of Democrat. I am pro-defense, fiscally conservative and socially moderate. I’m in Doug Heckman’s camp. He’ll make a fine Congressman.
By Alan Ulman
March 31, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this
I am a middle-of-the-road, Southern, Sam Nunn kind of Democrat. I am pro-defense, fiscally conservative and socially moderate. I’m in Doug Heckman’s camp. He’ll make a fine Congressman.
By Alan Ulman
March 31, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this
I am a middle-of-the-road, Southern, Sam Nunn kind of Democrat. I am pro-defense, fiscally conservative and socially moderate. I’m in Doug Heckman’s camp. He’ll make a fine Congressman.
By Gilgamesh
March 31, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this
The Three Stooges are conservatives? Somehow that makes me happy.
By Gary
March 31, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this
Linder runs, he wins hands down. He garners over 75% of the vote each time out and they have redrawn his district three times in ten years.
By cnote
March 31, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this
“I am a middle-of-the-road, Southern, Sam Nunn kind of Democrat.”
It’s always amazing to me these “blue-dog” Democrats have to reach back to Sam Nunn as someone they can openly associate with. When you state you are a “Sam Nunn” Democrat you might as well say you are a member of the Bull Moose Party - both have about as many followers.
By Michael
March 31, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this
You can’t beat Linder. He always moves to a district he can’t possible lose to.
By keith
March 31, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this
It’s time for someone to replace John Linder. The only thing he has going for him is this fair tax plan he keeps bringing up every two years . What other type of major legislation linder has offered? None. Same goes for Nathan Deal who has also had a free ride up in the 9th district. It’s time for these two hacks to be kicked out of office.
By Linder08
March 31, 2008 1:55 PM | Link to this
Does the entire district run against Linder? Hey, Mike can you explain? I have never heard of an entire district running for one seat.
By MiltonMan
March 31, 2008 1:55 PM | Link to this
Yet another DemoRat that will go down in flames - Barnes, Taylor, Vernon Jones, etc. DemoRats = clueless in Georgia
By Copyleft
March 31, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this
Linder’s name is inextricably tied to the Unfair Tax, so he needs to go. NOW.
By RJ
March 31, 2008 6:22 PM | Link to this
Gary…Past elections are based upon past terrain and events. This election year Linder, like all GW Republicans Congressmen from Georgia, have accountability and potential for effectiveness in a Democratically controlled Congress to overcome. Linder has been nothing but a showhorse on the Fair Tax issue. Its a shinning example of his inability to get things done. This election year favors candidates who can deliver not just posture with Town Hall meetings and extensive mailouts at taxpayers expense.
By Bitter EX democrackkk
March 31, 2008 7:56 PM | Link to this
There’s NO SUCH THING as ‘conservative democrat’…its about the BIGGEST OXYMORON there is!
STRIVE to be SMARTER than a democrackkk!
By Buckhead Jude
March 31, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this
I’m a blue jean wearing left wing flapping dixie-lib whose pro-blowing stuff up but against frog-poaching, I’m anti-growth pro-tax cut plus cheating on your taxes and giving your neighbor a hand fo’ sho’
By mitch
March 31, 2008 9:43 PM | Link to this
Linder and Deal have wrongly supported Bush Jr. and the neocons and must accept their responsibility for the war and all of it’s consequences. The trillions of dollars the war will cost taxpayers, the death and destruction to our military,our soldiers and their lives and families,gas and oil prices the highest ever, our economy is on the brink, denying global warming until it’s to late, Republicans have had their chance to change the world and have almost destroyed it. I only hope the Democrats can repair all the damage the republicans have done.
By mitch
March 31, 2008 9:57 PM | Link to this
I still live off the government. I have no job. I want the rich to pay for me.
By Copyleft
March 31, 2008 10:01 PM | Link to this
I support Linder and the Fair Tax.
By Copyleft
April 1, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this
No I don’t, namejacker. Pathetic.
By Copyleft
April 1, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this
Yes I do. I hate to admit it, but I do support the Fair Tax.
By Gary
April 2, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this
You’re right RJ, past elections are based upon past terrain and events. However you obviously don’t live or know the 7th district like I do. Yes Linder runs on the Fair Tax, but the people in this district are just as passionate about it as he is. I have lived in both Linder’s and Deal’s district in the last 15+ years. Both do very well and listen to their constituents which is virtually unheard of these days. Trust me, Heckman can run, but in the end he loses badly and only shows a blip on the electoral radar.
By Sean
October 5, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this
Linder, is a spineless jellyfish swimming in the sea of ignorance. He has voted right down the line with all of Bush’s useless,irresponsible agenda. Just one look at Linder’s voting record and you know right away he is out of touch and has little or no regard for the middle class. He is more interested in toadying to his district’s ten cent millioners. His advocacy of the fair tax should give some semblance of his lack of concern for middle and lower income families. The fair tax is just another right-wing gimmick that caters to the wealthy.