Blog for Democracy

  • Please don’t care about who I’m voting for

    Hi. I’m Martin. I used to work over at the state party, and now I work with candidates. I also blog about stuff, over at Beyond the Trestle, at change.org, and now here. So, I reckon I’m about as much of a blogger as anyone else. And I need you guys to do me a […]

  • Endorsements

    Earlier today, on the steps of the state Capitol, Roy Barnes rolled out the endorsements of Andrew Young, Shirley Franklin and Lee May.  If you think endorsements matter, I suppose these are some of the best.  I tend to think the usefulness of endorsements is overblown, with Tom Harkin’s endorsement of Dean in 2004 being […]

  • Great Kudzu Vine

    Mostly Alabama this week. Check out our The Kudzu Vine on BlogTalkRadio every Sunday at 7PM! A lively discussion about  Southern politics with yours truly and Tim, and our host Dave. This past Sunday (5/30) we talked with Shelia Smoot, Democratic candidate for the 7th Congressional District of Alabama.  Ms Smoot will make a terrific […]

  • Andrew Young Supporting Teilhet?

    So, maybe you remember back in August when the Ken Hodges campaign crowed from the rooftops about its support from Ambassador Andrew Young? Apparently it was not an endorsement after all.  Said Young in the AJC “I took a picture with him. But the picture that I took with him really was at Joe Lowery’s […]

  • The Race is Done

    Third verse same as the first. Former Atlanta mayors Shirley Franklin and Andrew Young, plus Brooke Jackson -Edmond, daughter of former Mayor Maynard Jackson, will announce their support of Barnes’ candidacy at a 10 a.m. news conference at the Capitol.

  • Bug Smashing Open Thread

    [Promoted by admin] The transition to WordPress is complete. Over the next couple of days, we’ll be tracking down bugs and fixing format issues as we reconcile the old platform with the new. Please excuse the mess as we do so. If you find something that requires our attention, please leave us a note in […]

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