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Tag: John Oxendine

  • ITT: I Ask Republicans to Nominate the Ox

    What a stupid stupid boy.

  • The Ox is gored

    There was some bad news Thursday for Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine — some very bad news indeed. The State Ethics Commission, which for several months has been looking into questionable contributions that insurance companies funneled to the Ox via Alabama-based PACs, voted unanimously to expand their investigation by requesting additional information from the insurance companies…

  • News you can use

    Taking a quick look at some of the other political websites . . . Tondee’s Tavern has posted the first of what will apparently be several analyses of legislative districts represented by GOP incumbents who might be vulnerable to an election challenge next year. The spotlight falls first on Rep. Jill Chambers, a DeKalb County…

  • Whither Roy?

    As I wrote earlier on Capitol Impact’s Georgia Report, it looks like Roy Barnes won’t be making the big announcement on June 1 – he has a trial that starts on that date, so it may be another week or two before he tells whether he will run for governor or not.