http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs Read and respond to campaign news. en-us ldonosky@ajc.com 2006-11-08T12:29:00-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Read and respond to campaign news. http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/08/post_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs Peach Pundit was feeling bittersweet on Wednesday: Bitter about the national results; sweet about the state. Over at Georgia Unfiltered, the mood was depression, describing the election as probably the lowest point in the history of the state Democratic Party.... 110513@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ 2006-11-08T12:29:00-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/08/post.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs After a late night, the blogosphere was back in business Wednesday morning. Here’s a sample of what political bloggers are blathering about: Crazy Politico’s Rantings included eating crow for his predictions. But he was giving no ground on this point:... 110454@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ Election results 2006-11-08T09:35:04-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/08/why_did_georgia_ran_against_th_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs So did Georgia swim against the national tide because more residents lean Republican or because the Democratic field was weak? Or were there other reasons?... 110439@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ Election results 2006-11-08T09:08:31-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/08/does_future_of_georgia_dems_re.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs So who’s now the leader of the Georgia Democratic Party? Thurbert Baker, who won re-election as attorney general? And since it’s never too early to start talking about the next election, who do you think will be the candidates for... 110431@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ Election results 2006-11-08T09:02:08-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/07/setting_a_new_house_agenda.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs With Democrats taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives, what do you think will be at the top of their agenda? What do you think should be on the agenda?... 110323@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ Election results 2006-11-07T23:23:46-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/07/where_do_georgia_democrats_go.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs “Clearly the Democrats are going to have to regroup,” said Michael Thurmond, a Democrat who was relected as Labor Commissioner. That made him one of only three Democrats to win statewide races in Georgia Tuesday. Who do you think can... 110313@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ 2006-11-07T22:33:39-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/07/new_media_old_media_dizzy_medi.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs Your election night blogger has been surveying the media scene for you. Feel free to check it out on your own. But, frankly, we’d prefer your eyeballs stayed glued this spot. Here’s what we can report: Fox News moved at... 110285@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ Election results 2006-11-07T21:38:48-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/07/georgia_bucking_the_trend.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs Early returns show Democrats picking up seats in the U.S. House and Senate. But it appears Georgians are on their way to putting even more Republicans in state office - for the first time adding the lieutenant governorship to the... 110273@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ Election results 2006-11-07T21:11:31-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/06/perdue_leads_gop_flyaround.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs Fresh off his final confrontation with Mark Taylor, a Sunday night debate, Gov. Sonny Perdue took his re-election campaign to major cities across the state. Flying out of Epps Aviation at Peachtree-DeKalb Airport off Clairmont Road in DeKalb County, Perdue... 109721@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ Campaign trail diary: Perdue 2006-11-06T14:14:20-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/06/taylor_ready_to_shock_the_nati.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs Twenty-three hours before the polls open on Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor boarded a private jet and headed to five cities across Georgia for a last day “flyover�? looking to secure last minute votes. At 8:01 a.m., a convoy of... 109712@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ Campaign trail diary: Taylor 2006-11-06T14:02:07-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/06/perdues_final_push_is_cityboun.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs Fresh off his final confrontation with Mark Taylor, Gov. Sonny Perdue took his re-election campaign to major cities across the state. Flying out of Epps Aviation at Peachtree-DeKalb Airport off Clairmont Road in DeKalb County, Perdue’s led a slate of... 109554@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ Campaign trail diary: Perdue 2006-11-06T09:27:05-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/05/taylor_makes_whirlwind_tour_am.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs Mark Taylor spent the last Sunday before Tuesday’s general election for governor in church - or make that several. Starting at 9 a.m., Taylor hit four metro-area churches, asking members to pray for him and of course vote for him... 109445@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ Campaign trail diary: Taylor 2006-11-05T17:53:47-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/04/perdue_tours_northern_suburbs.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs CUMMING — The final day of Sonny Perdue’s bus tour of Georgia dawned clear and cold. That may have held down the crowds who braced against the biting winds at the fairgrounds in downtown Cumming. Forsyth, long known as one... 109342@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ Campaign trail diary: Perdue 2006-11-04T11:39:57-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/03/gridiron_campaigning.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs For Mark Taylor, the last day of the work week found him at Friday Night Lights. In the heart of Middle Georgia, in the heart of one of the biggest football rivalries in the area, Taylor campaigned at the Northside... 109323@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ Campaign trail diary: Taylor 2006-11-03T23:54:21-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/entries/2006/11/03/perdue_caravan_hits_the_mounta.html?cxntfid=blogs_ballot_blogs In Hollywood, actors often being upstaged by animals and children. In politics, that same rule doesn’t apply to food. As long as folks attend, politicians are happy to share the spotlight with a good meal. So, Gov. Sonny Perdue began... 109237@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/realitycheck/ Campaign trail diary: Perdue 2006-11-03T17:06:22-05:00