Tag: Democrats

  • The Cream of the Crop

    Dammit Mike. Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond… hasn’t disclosed anything whatsoever since 2007. Thurmond, who’s running for the U.S. Senate, filed no financial disclosure forms with the State Ethics Commission in 2008 or 2009, a check of the commission’s online look-up shows. Elected officials in Georgia are required to report on basic details of their personal…

  • New Governor’s Race Poll

    Blah blah blah, Barnes is within striking distance of all the Republicans, Thurbert doesn’t get above 36%, no point in even polling for other candidates. Nothing on the primary from what I saw. RB vs Ox: 43 – 45 RB vs Deal: 39 – 46 RB vs KH: 41 – 42 RB vs Eric: 42…

  • LGBT DEMOCRATS HOST MIXER FOR NEWLY-QUALIFYING DEMOCRATS

    For those of you who remember this from 2006 and 2008 (we were at Front Page News in 2008), this is going to be a fun time. Links to the events pages here, and here. Press release follows: ATLANTA – Atlanta Stonewall Democrats, Georgia’s largest Democratic LGBT organization, is hosting a mixer for all the…

  • Will the next John Lewis please stand up?

    Allow me to take a moment to worry about the future of the Democratic Party in Georgia. To tie the title of the article in real quick: Where are we after John Lewis rides into the sunset? He can’t, nor should he, do it all and forever. Where are we on women’s rights? 4 of…

  • Money doesn’t talk, it swears

    It was Will Rogers who is credited with saying, “We have the best Congress money can buy,” and the passage of time has shown us that Will was, sadly, all too accurate in his assessment.

  • What the demographics portend

    What sort of future lies ahead for the national Republican Party? Dan Balz of the Washington Post analyzes the latest demographic data and concludes that the party’s future is not exactly a promising one.