Author: Ataru Atlanta

Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat will be filled today. Ataru’s prediction is that it won’t be filled by Martha Coakley, who has tried very hard to lose what should have been an unlosable race with such startling gambits as misspelling ‘Massachusetts’ and calling Red Sox hero Schilling a Yankees fan. The weather forecast is bad, meaning…

I think many readers of this blog will be familiar with Daniel Fullerton, a Young Democrat who has been active with the Atlanta and DeKalb chapters as well as the state organization for many years. Those of us who know him on Facebook have been following his recovery from heart bypass surgery last Monday. YD…

From the Elena Parent for Desuckifying House 81 Files: Parent raises $80,200 in House District 81 bid Ashford Park Democrat outraises entrenched incumbent Chambers by $73,290 Atlanta – Ashford Park resident Elena Parent reported $80,200 raised late Friday in her first financial disclosure since launching her campaign to challenge State Rep. Jill Chambers, R-Dunwoody, in…

I can hear you saying, “2nd least valuable? Is there a list of these people somewhere?” In fact, yes, there is – Nate Silver has been at it again. Through some complicated math-like stuff I’m glad I don’t have to personally understand, Nate scored reps on ten key votes versus what we should expect given…

Maybe this has already been talked about but this is the text of a bill dropped by Joe Wilkinson (R- Badideaville), italicized portions are to be struck from the current law. “(a)(1)(A) The candidate or the chairperson or treasurer of each campaign committee organized to bring about the nomination or election of a candidate for…

From the article: In the first scenario, the white person did not comment afterwards. In the “moderate” case, the white person said, “Typical, I hate it when black people do that,” after the black person left the room. In the “extreme” case, the white person remarked, “Clumsy n****r.” “Even using that most extreme comment didn’t…