Primarying is extremely difficult. Only one Republican has defeated another incumbent in a primary in GA at the federal level in the modern era, and that was in 2002 when John Linder beat Bob Barr (and this was incumbent vs. incumbent).
The only substantial challenger Woodall faced was in 2010 against Jody Hice. But, as you know, Hice just ran in Paul Broun’s 10th and successfully won, so recruiting him is out. Getting a potential challenger against Woodall is going to have to occur as early as now for 2016. Woodall will be well-funded and getting a similarly well-funded challenger will be paramount.
Primarying is extremely difficult.
Yes, primarying incumbents is difficult. But these are historic times. The Dems are already signalling the next two years will be one bloody political brawl after another. In that environment I can see an energized base removing those GOPers who supported and funded Obama’s amnesty. We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it any more from the GOPe.
We’ve got to make the omnibus bill vote the obamacare vote for the GOPe and hang them with it. No do-overs on amnesty. Once it’s done, it’s done.
We need to get on the attack now and not wait for the primaries. The GOPe are already trying to pretend that vote ever happened. We need to keep pounding on them and not let the issue go away.
Jody Hice is really a good person and even though I’m heartbroken that Paul Broun is leaving and did not get the senate seat there are plenty of others that can run agains’t Rob Woodall. He’s so sure of himself that he even boasted at a townhall he didn’t even have $50,000 in his warchest.
I’m assuming you don’t live in GA as you sound like you just know what you read but the 7th Dist is the most conservative dist in GA. When people got sick of Bob Barr they got rid of him and now we are getting sick of Rob Woodall. The last few townhalls have not been too friendly. We will either get someone to run agains’t him or we will all vote for the Libertarian. Would not bother me a bit.