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Sadie Fields joins McCain GOTV effort in Georgia
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With three weeks to go, Sadie Fields, the leader of the Georgia Christian Alliance, has jumped into the presidential campaign. She’s been placed in charge of turning out conservative Christians for the McCain/Palin ticket.
She’ll be chairman of something called Georgians of Faith.
“I have not seen this much excitement for a presidential race in many years,” Fields said in a press release. “Having been a prisoner of war for over five years, the senator has been tested and tried in the most difficult of circumstances, and is more than ready to be the commander-in-chief.”
And yet, before this late date, Fields had kept her distance from the presidential contest. She dropped a big hint as to what drew her in.
“The addition of vice residential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gives all Georgians - indeed all Americans — a ticket we can get behind with enthusiasm,” she said.
A list of other members of Georgians of Faith can be found on the jump.
State Chair
Sadie Fields, Marietta
Statewide Steering Committee
Chris Accardy, Buford
Alicia Adams, Atlanta
Bill Adler, Atlanta
Kelly Ally, Braselton
Sherena Arrington, Brunswick
Dr. Clint Ashford, Athens
Judy Bailey, Lawrenceville
Elaine Barrow, Savannah
David Barrow, Savannah
Debbie Blackburn, Savannah
Nanette Blumfield, St. Simons
Nancy Buffolino, Suwanee
Nancy Burton, Lookout Mountain
Sandy Case, Duluth
David Chatham, Alpharetta
Bob Christian, Valdosta
Edith Clark, Suwanee
Debbie Clifton, Vidalia
Pastor John Connell, Savannah
Ken Craft, Norcross
Judy Craft, Norcross
Bridget Dandaraw, Lawrenceville
Roger Deaton, Lawrenceville
Gail Downing, Marietta
Tim Echols, Athens
Debbie Ellis-Dooley, Dacula
Ivan Figueroa, Johns Creek
Paula Foil, Winder
Alex Garcia, Kennesaw
Carolyn Garcia, Kennesaw
Debra Giddens, Waycross
Mendie Glidewall, Cartersville
Kay Godwin, Blackshear
James A. Gray, Atlanta
Diane Green, Lyons
Richard Gruetter, Powder Springs
Linda Gruetter, Powder Springs
Shawn Hanley, Atlanta
Preston Herren, Decatur
Linda Herren, Decatur
Kathy Hildebrand, Snellville
Margaret Holliman, Sandy Springs
J. Gregory Howard, Lawrenceville
Ben Hughes, Snellville
Lori Hullet, Marietta
Margie Johnson, Acworth
Thai Johnson, Marietta
Karen LaBarr, Alpharetta
Susan Lacetti Meyers, Decatur
Debra Lankes, Marietta
David Lee, Atlanta
David Little, Savannah
Paul Littleton, Dacula
Dana Littleton, Dacula
Bob Maclaurin, Savannah
Rose Magoon, Snellville
Rosanne Marshall, Lilburn
Jenny Beth Martin, Woodstock
Tom McNeil, Decatur
Yvonne McNeil, Decatur
Drew McVey, Marietta
Carolyn Meadows, Marietta
Jan Mensing, Valdosta
Kathy Miller, Stone Mountain
Randy Miller, Norcross
Melinda Miller, Norcross
Bob Morgan, Marietta
Page Morgan, Marietta
Toria Morgan, Marietta
Dan Muldrew, Statesboro
Lisa Muldrew, Statesboro
Sally Musick, Norcross
Michael Opitz, Marietta
Chuck Payne, Dalton
Pastor, Dr. Jerry Peele, Eastman
Paul Ploener, Fayetteville
Nan Ploener, Fayetteville
Carol Pruett, Smyrna
Pat Quigley, Duluth
Judy Quigley, Duluth
Rev. Mike Reeves, LaGrange
John Rigby, Savannah
U.D. Roberts, Columbus
Rev. Lawton Sack, Statesboro
Ben E. Satterfield, Dacula
Mike Siegle, Norcross
Kathy Siegle, Norcross
Ray Smith, Atlanta
Lew Stafford, Marietta
Don Stone, Lilburn
Liz Sudderth, Smyrna
Adrienne Susong, Atlanta
Susan Swanson, Augusta
Raymund Taire, Lawrenceville
Malcolm Tarver, Atlanta
Judy Tarver, Atlanta
Rhonda Thomas, Milton
Richard Thomas, Milton
Pat Tippet, Baxley
Mindy Tsinajinnie, Lilburn
Denise Varenhorst, Suwannee
Betty Voyles, Sandy Springs
Buel Warden, Lawrenceville
Hoke Wofford, Dunwoody
Beverly Wofford, Dunwoody
Sandy Zanni, Duluth
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Boehner on the bailout: Some Republicans voted for it, some voted against it, but that doesn’t matter
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Today’s Macon Telegraph provides another example of how last week’s $700 billion rescue of Wall Street has become a muddled topic on the ground in Georgia.
The topic is House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio, who was in Macon on Wednesday to stump for Rick Goddard, the Republican, 8th District challenger to Democratic incumbent Jim Marshall of Macon:
Boehner downplayed any differences he may have with Goddard on last week’s vote to spend $700 billion in taxpayer money to purchase toxic loans and bail out the financial industry. Boehner voted for it; Goddard has criticized Marshall repeatedly for his vote in favor of the bill.
“Some members voted for it, some members voted against it, …” Boehner said. “They’ve got to do what they think is right.”
But the Marshall campaign called attention to some of Boehner’s previous statements on the bailout vote, when he was singing a slightly different tune.
“Before the vote on the Economic Rescue plan, John Boehner said it would ‘separate the men from the boys,’ ” Marshall press secretary Doug Moore said in an e-mail. “Jim and John Boehner put their country first by voting yes. Rick Goddard, on the other hand, dodged the press for two days while he polled to find his principles. That’s the difference between men and boys.”
Goddard’s campaign has said he was against the bailout from the beginning, but they waited more than a day after the initial House vote on the issue to put out a statement against it.
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On whether the DSCC should be playing in the Georgia race for U.S. Senate
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An internal debate seems to be brewing within upper Democratic circles over whether a deeper investment in the U.S. Senate race in Georgia would be worth the gamble.
Today, in an opinion piece for The Hill, a key Democratic opinion-shaper makes the argument for Democrat Jim Martin’s challenge to Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss.
Markos Moulitsas — founder and publisher of the liberal blog, Daily Kos — details a poll of the race he ordered up. And because Moulitsas already has his own publishing venue, you have to deduce that, by writing for a D.C. newspaper, he’s specifically directing his comments to those Democrats living inside the Beltway.
Moulitsas writes:
Martin’s support comes heavily from African-Americans, according to SurveyUSA; he’s winning them 84-7 percent, as opposed to whites, among whom he loses to the Republican incumbent 63-27. His path to victory requires either boosting black turnout to 30 percent (the poll assumes 25 percent, the 2004 number), increasing white support to 30 percent, or a combination of both. The SurveyUSA poll suggests Martin is having some luck with whites — his support increased from 18 percent in the mid-September poll to 27 percent in last week’s effort.
Others have weighed in as well.
FiveThirtyEight.com, an aggregate polling site, says today that Georgia is a slightly paler shade of red when it comes to the U.S. Senate race:
The most substantial movement this week is in Georgia, where several polls now show a tight race between Saxby Chambliss and Jim Martin. Martin remains relatively underfunded, but his economic populist message is a good fit for his state, his advertising has been sharp, and Chambliss did not do himself any favors by voting for the bailout. Still, Chambliss remains narrowly ahead.
Conveniently, the Kos article appears the day after U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, held a session with reporters to discuss Senate races across the map.
This from MSNBC’s “First Read”:
…. Schumer and the Democrats have added other previous-cycle crimson states to their target list: Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi and Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s seat in Kentucky. He went so far as to call Georgia and Kentucky “even-steven races.” The DSCC put up their first ad in Kentucky today.
But the point is, Democrats have decided to throw TV money at Kentucky and — so far — not at Georgia. (Also, keep in mind that payback may be another motive in the McConnell race. Republicans targeted — and defeated — Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004.)
Below is the anti-McConnell ad in question. When you see something like it with, Chambliss’ face, you’ll know the DSCC has decided that the race in Georgia is worth the coin.
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Two debates in Perry: Programs will be issued to permit spectators to keep track of bailout positions
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Both Republicans and Democrats are working hard to gin up a crowd for tonight’s debates at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry.
The U.S. Senate candidates will go at each other at 7 p.m. The two candidates for the 8th District congressional race, Democratic incumbent Jim Marshall of Macon and Rick Goddard of Perry, will begin at 8 p.m.
This event is unique in the campaign season, as the largest forum in which both Democrats and Republicans are encouraged to bus in as many supporters as they like. Saxby Chambliss, the Republican incumbent in the U.S. Senate race, has a car pool caravan going down this afternoon. Democrat Jim Martin is asking supporters to gather at the IBEW building near downtown Atlanta.
The event is sponsored by the AARP and WMAZ-TV in Macon.
But the forum will also be the first meeting of these candidates since Congress approved a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street — and you almost need a scorecard to keep up with who supports what.
Chambliss voted for the rescue. Martin opposes, as does Libertarian Allen Buckley. But in the congressional race that follows, the party positions are reversed. Marshall voted for the federal intervention. Goddard said he would have opposed it.
Attendants from the local chiropractic school will be on hand to treat cases of whiplash.
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