Posted on 05/19/2014 7:04:55 AM PDT by cotton1706
Most political eyes will be focused on Georgia’s Republican primary on Tuesday. With Mitch McConnell a sure thing for re-election at this point (though see if Bevin can break 40%, which I think he can), Georgia is where the great unknown is.
In fact, there are only three things known about Georgia’s elections right now. One, the Democrats are not going to win the state in 2014. Look no further than DailyKos for the reason why. Two, David Perdue is going into the runoff. Three, turnout is going to be very low.
The only part of the state showing significant early voting is the Columbus-Muscogee area. That is because of a highly contested mayoral race in that consolidated city-county government. Fulton County, which had more than 100,000 early votes in 2012 has had somewhere around 10,000 this year.
This is the first time Georgia has had a primary in May. It is usually the third week of July. People just aren’t paying attention. Likewise, there are so many candidates and so many races that a lot of voters have decided to just wait for the runoff to vote. Let the die-hards pare down the ballot.
That leads us to the contenders of the Republican primary for the Senate. The Democrats, in their Senate primary, are certain to nominate Michelle Nunn who is that rare candidate whose last name and accomplishments are the same thing.
David Perdue will get in. He has spent a lot of money to generate name ID for himself and tie himself to former Governor Sonny Perdue, his cousin. It has worked. When he goes off talking points, Perdue makes routine flubs. He attacked those without college degrees — a reference to Karen Handel.
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The only GOP candidate who would not be an improvement over Saxby is Perdue. Paul Broun is the real meal deal and has been for years. His voting record is stellar.
Handel went to war with Holder twice while she was SOS to get our Voter ID law. She’s totally anti amnesty which is also good.
I’ve seriously considered brown.
Yes he’s nuts: A medical doctor, an army reservist who was in Afghanistan last year treating our wounded warriors, a US representative who time and again submits legislation to cut the size of government, pay down the debt, stop illegal immigration, initiate tax reform and healthcare reform, adhere to the Constitution. God forbid we elect a man like that.
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