Political Insider is reporting that Commissioner Thurmond will announce his candidacy to challenge Johnny Isakson on Tuesday. Apparently whoever’s doing this courting feels like sending our last remaining statewide incumbent on a suicide mission is a good way to maintain our relevance. I’m forecasting a 60% chance of bupkis on November 3. Upchuck bags can be found in the seat pocket in front of you.
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8 responses to “Who needs consitutional officers anyway?”
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The difference between the Democrats having won zero statewide offices and having won Labor Commissioner is what, exactly?
I don’t see the value in Thurmond running for re-election. If it’s a good year for Democrats then Thurmond misses his chance for advancement. If it’s a bad year for Democrats and Thurmond nevertheless prevails, he will face an even more hostile climate against an incumbent Republican during the midterm election of Obama’s second term. If it’s a such bad year for Democrats and Thurmond loses re-election, he’s lost an opportunity to raise his profile for any future candidacy. This is the best choice.
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“Isakson is not going down. This is beyond foolish.”
The GOP sens .are never going to go down if Dems are back asswards enough to not run strongly at top ticket races.
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Isakson is really sick. A line from this weekend–politicians will ALWAYS lie about being much healthier than they are.
Thurmond also has (IIRC) $1 millionish in his LC account.
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I’m ok with Thurmond running, long as he runs as hard as he can i think he helps the entire D ticket.
The biggest concern i have is the cost. To run a full campaign statewide he’ll need about 3.5million. Of that, he’ll likely have to raise a huge chunk in 2nd QTR before DSCC will chip in. No idea what their bar is, but prob 500K? maybe 1million? on his own first?
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Isakson is not going down. This is beyond foolish.
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And before people start whining about how, let my boss show you:
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Mike thurmond isn’t that strong of a labor commish anywhere. The weakeness of Georgia Dems is astounding and makes our entire state look stupid to the rest of the country. PPP finds Isakson to be the 3rd weakest GOP incumbent. Need to run someone against him and hard if we ever want to win against anyone. No way around that, stop whining.
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I suppose the good news is that Darryl Hicks will run for this office. That’s about all the good news in this.
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