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Graves already in trouble.
CQ is reporting that Georgia’s newest Congressman Tom Graves started breaking House rules his first day on the job. His infraction? Looks like he was co-mingling campaign and official business by posting House floor video on his campaign site which according to House rules is a no no. Thanks for making Georgia look awesome your first day of […]
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President’s Speech
Obama will address the nation at 8pm tonight on the ongoing failure of an attempt to contain the oil spill in the Gulf Coast. We’ll have a CoverItLive set up, so check back then! [the epic fail has been deleted.]
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Rep. Price Under Investigation
This could be interesting.. Congressional ethics investigators are looking into whether votes by Rep. Tom Price and seven other lawmakers on financial industry reform legislation may have been improperly influenced by campaign contributors. The investigation includes committee members who voted both against and in favor of the legislation, but we’ll see if anything shakes out.
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US Senate Poll
Winner to face Republican Johnny Isakson in November. Totally unscientific, yada yada. If the Democratic Primary for US Senate were held today, which of the following candidates would get (or have already gotten) your vote?survey software
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GAE Releases Endorsements
The Georgia Associations of Educators today released their endorsements for statewide candidates in the upcoming primary. I found some surprises in the release. No endorsement for Governor: The surprise to many people may be that GAE did not endorse anyone in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.“All of them had their individual strengths as to what they […]
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Boob of the Week
This week’s, erm, honor(?), goes to…..all the candidates inviting me to events that not only aren’t in their district, but are WAY OUTSIDE. For whatever reason this has been a bipartisan phenomenon this year. The people you need to reach to win your election, are in a specifically contained area. The district. You reach them […]
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