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Jim Galloway
Jim Galloway is a three-decade veteran of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution who writes the Political Insider blog and column.
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Your daily jolt: Jimmy Carter's grandson tests waters for a '14 run for governor
Gov. Nathan Deal may have more than a GOP primary challenge on his hands next year. We’re told that state Sen. Jason Carter, a Decatur Democrat and grandson of the former president, has commissioned a poll to "test the political environment, given recent events," for a 2014 run for governor. ...
Licensing bicycles requires a red-state reaction
The government can have my bicycle when it pries the handlebar from my cold, dead fingers. Because when bicycles are outlawed, only outlaws will have bicycles. The rest of us will have to make do with tricycles, or Segways, or roller skates. None of which are covered by House Bill ...
Your daily jolt: Blue Cross/Blue Shield chief ‘not anticipating’ a defunding of Obamacare
Over at WABE (90.1FM) on Thursday, Denis O’Hayer offered up an interview with Morgan Kendrick, president of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Georgia, the only health insurance carrier offering policies in all 16 areas of the state under the new, federally mandated exchanges. “We understand the business is shifting, and we ...
Among first to sign up for Obamacare? A college student alters his claim
Here's what we posted on Thursday: Enroll America, the organization plugging Obamacare, is putting out the name of Chad Henderson of Georgia as one of the first to sign up for a health care policy under the Affordable Care Act. From the Washington Post’s Wonkblog: He's a student at Chattanooga ...
Your daily jolt: Channel 2 poll says Georgia women blame GOP for federal shutdown
The first statewide poll of Georgia in a post-shutdown era shows voters doling out blame for the mess, naturally, according to their political inclinations. According to the survey by the GOP-oriented team of Landmark Communications/Rosetta Stone, conducted for Channel 2 Action News on the first day of the shutdown, 46 ...
Obamacare may put a target on Ralph Hudgens' back
State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, who oversees the content of all health care policies sold in Georgia, has kept a close eye on the roll-out of Obamacare. We know this because his people tell us so. What you might not know is that our Republican insurance commissioner has maintained this ...
Your daily jolt: Phil Gingrey bows out of Obamacare – and, perhaps, into Medicare
One of the oddities of a federal shutdown is that official lines of congressional communication disappear, or are severely restricted. If a constituent should call to register an opinion, for or against, on the shutdown, there’s often no one to pick up the telephone. The same goes for email. Some ...
Dr. Rad on Obamacare in Georgia: Republicans should ‘step up or step aside’
In the South, indications are that the rollout of Obamacare has been a rough and uneven thing. Here’s where the Associated Press is headed: ATLANTA — On the day consumers start perusing newly launched federal online health exchanges, Republican governors who oppose President Barack Obama's insurance overhaul have been largely ...
Your (giant) daily jolt: Tom Graves named a post-shutdown negotiator
As the government shutdown arrived, House Speaker John Boehner appointed eight members of a conference committee to work out a short-term spending bill with the Senate. Among them is Rep. Tom Graves, the Republican from Ranger who has led the “defund Obamacare” fight. Boehner’s move is a sign that the ...
CNN drops Hillary Clinton documentary
CNN will not pursue its documentary of Hillary Clinton, a company spokesman confirmed today, after director Charles Ferguson jumped ship. But in a piece published by the Huffington Post, Ferguson says it was the suspicion of Clinton operatives – not Republicans who threatened to kill CNN participation in the 2016 ...
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