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  • Squires Calls for Hudgens to Retire

    Turns out she wasn’t too pleased with Ralph Hudgens’ comments that the Insurance Commissioner “can’t do squat about healthcare”. Full release below.

  • The Downside of Hillary – More Obama missteps

    So, I almost hate to post this, but may I just say that the immigration law in Arizona is extremely popular among the electorate and suing Arizona is NOT the way to resolve the issue. All that’s going to do is fire up the Tea Party and friends on an issue we cannot win on. That’s the […]

  • Court of Appeals

    Justice Johnson is retiring at the end of the year and so far, there are four lawyers who have announced they are running for his seat. I could tell you about all of them, but I won’t. Christopher McFadden is, by far, the most qualified. McFadden has practiced primarily before the Court of Appeals of […]

  • That Other War Is Getting A New Commander Too

    While President Obama’s nomination of Gen. David Petraeus to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal is the lead military story in most news outlets, it’s easy to forget the latest happenings over in Iraq.  In particular, Operation Iraqi Freedom (or Operation New Dawn, take your pick) is getting a new commander.  Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin, nominated to […]

  • South Cobb Showdowns

    Usually primary challenges are not worth blogging about, but there are a couple of incumbent Democrats in Cobb County who face formidable challenges.  In HD 33 incumbent Don Wix faces former Cobb Democratic Party Chair David Wilkerson and over in HD 39 Alisha Thomas Morgan faces former Cobb School Board member Betty Gray.

  • The New Crossfire?

    CNN is replacing Campbell Brown with a roundtable discussion featuring Kathleen “rational conservative” Parker and Eliot “Sheriff of Wall Street” Spitzer. Says Parker, “With Eliot Spitzer as my co-host, Wall Street and Main Street will finally meet. It can’t possibly be boring.” We’ll see.

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