If crystal balls were real, I would look into one and tell Georgia what will happen with congress reapportionment and the 2012 elections (no need to state the obvious in safe seats.) Georgia 2nd District: Macon, Columbus and Albany will again be in this district and it will be Dem for the next ten years. [...]
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Crystal Ball: Georgia Reapportionment and 2012 Elections
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, austin scott, democrats, Macon, Michael Steele, Obama, republicans, sanford bishop on August 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Obama or Bill Clinton On The Georgia Campaign Trail
Posted in African Americans, Convention, politics, tagged Bill Clinton, Black college, Congress, democrats, Fisk, Jim Marshall, Macon, Michelle Obama, Obama on June 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the Fall, Georgia should have a campaign visit from one or more of the Democrat Big Three: President Obama, President Bill Clinton or First Lady Michelle Obama. Where is my ticket or can I get the hook-up. The logical facility for this historic event would be the Macon Coliseum because Georgia is the biggest [...]
Ghosts In The Georgia Political Machine
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, Blacks, Georgia, Herman Cain, Jesse Jackson, Jim Marshall, low information voters, Macon, Obama, tifton on May 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Election season can be awkward because the process doesn’t always allow the flexibility for voters to express themselves. We have primaries, party slates and candidates who make assumptions from their election results. I voted in the Republican primary six years ago because I wanted to support innovative Senate candidate Herman Cain but I skipped most [...]
Georgia Congressional Game Changer
Posted in politics, tagged Congress, Georgia, Macon, Obama on October 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The race in Georgia’s 8th congressional district won’t be a race at all without a game-changer element; a Republican candidate who can benefit from Rep. Marshall’s icy attitude toward President Obama. The same Jim Marshall who was wild about mentioning President Bush in his past campaign ads. State Senator Ross Tolleson would be next viable [...]
College Football and Congressional Politics: Georgia Bulldogs and Blue Dogs
Posted in politics, tagged blue dogs, college football, Congress, Georgia, Georgia Bulldogs, Macon, valdosta on September 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
While watching Georgia Tech fall to Miami in college football last night, the current national climate had me wondering if I am a racist for supporting the Canes’ young Black coach over my sister’s college. I wanted Tech to win but there’s something about see a door open for minorities—it’s like having a Black president. [...]
Father’s Day with a Twist: Salute Intentional Childless Men
Posted in politics, tagged Father's Day, Georgia, GOP, Macon, Obama, parenting on June 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This weekend we will hear everything that can be said fondly about America’s fathers. I wanted to take this opportunity to salute an often forgotten group, intentional childless men. Some men take parenthood so seriously that they wait for the optimal time and conditions to bring a child into this world. If those conditions never [...]
Don’t Run For Congress
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged 2010, Georgia, GOP, Macon, mcain, Obama, palin, politics on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During Thanksgiving Dinner or around the football games (if you can call blowouts football games), some civic-minded Georgians announced to their families their intentions to run for congress in 2010—a long process that starts in about 10 days. May I say that for many of these ambitious possible candidates that decision is as ill-advised as [...]
Saxby Chambliss v. Jim Martin: GA Senate Race Overtime
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged blue dogs, Chambliss, Georgia, jim martin, Macon, mcain, Obama, palin, politics, saxby on November 8, 2008 | 7 Comments »
The nation focuses on the senate runoff election in Georgia between Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin. Of course, the big question is “Will the African American community come back out to vote with Obama not being on the ballot?” Another question is “Does President-Elect Obama have the power to persuade the Democrats to [...]
Mayberry v. Marshall in Georgia
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged Georgia, Herman Cain, Jim Marshall, Macon, Obama, politics on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Prince had a song called “Style” in which he said, “Style is the face you make on a Michael Jordan dunk.” Well, I just made that face when I realized that Obama/Biden have the support of Ron Howard, Henry Winkler and Andy Griffith—Opie, the Fonz and Sheriff Taylor. What optimizes Americana in the 50s [...]
Republican Rhetoric Dialers Needed
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged democrats, Georgia, Macon, mccain, Obama, politics, republicans on October 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As we enter the final phase of this political season, we calculate what decisions and strategies would best serve the African American community. Six months from now, will we says “I wish we would have done this or that differently.” I don’t play checkers; I play chess—always thinking three or four moves ahead. When [...]
Putting Kountry First
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged Georgia, Jim Marshall, Macon, mccain, Obama, politics, sanford bishop on October 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The African American community has a long history of putting all of our eggs in one basket and waking up the day after the election to broken eggs. This blog is the net extension of our desire to provide sage political strategies at pivotal times to maximize our clout and capital. Senator Obama keeps saying [...]
Helping Certain Republicans
Posted in politics, tagged Georgia, Macon, mccain, Obama, politics on October 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
If the next White House and Congress will be better than the current, we must make every effort to quash bickering and party politics so common ground can found. African Americans who are familiar with official Washington know that we should diversify our political portfolio by supporting sensible Republicans. Obama and McCain have plans to [...]
Democrats’ Loyalty and the Movies
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, Blacks, Clinton, Macon, Mezvinsky, oba, palin, politics on September 28, 2008 | 8 Comments »
You are a political junkie if you know the name Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky. The mother of Chelsea Clinton’s boyfriend, MMM made the deciding vote in the House for Bill Clinton’s Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. That five year budget plan cut taxes for fifteen million low-income families, made tax cuts available to 90% of small [...]
Opinions from Georgia military and families
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged African Americans, army, bin laden, Blacks, Georgia, Macon, mccain, national guard, Obama, reserves, surge, troops, veterans on September 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In this election year, we need to hear from African American families directly affected by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the surge and the plans of the next president. Georgia active duty military, National Guard, reserves, veterans and families, please use this blog to say what is on your minds. I want to [...]
Vernon Jones and Hypocrisy
Posted in politics, tagged Chambliss, Georgia, Macon, politics on September 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Vernon Jones and Hypocrisy I voted for Vernon Jones because I felt that Jones v. Saxby was a win-win situation for rural Georgia. Jones established his centrist legislative record, knowledge of agriculture and rural development and strong executive experience. To me, DeKalb County is as complex a government as Alaska and just about as cold. [...]
Uppity
Posted in politics, tagged Georgia, Macon, Obama, palin, politics, westmoreland on September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I did not want to waste time and energy on this mess but since it is taking concentration away from the real issues, let’s do this. I was wrong. I heard that Rep. Westmoreland called the Obamas uppity and my head dropped. Westmoreland actually said that the Obamas are part of “an elitist-class individual [...]
Rep. Jim Marshall and the Obama Candidacy
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged African Americans, Georgia, Macon, Obama, politics on August 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It can’t be easy being a congressman in Georgia these days when your constituency is often divided by segments across the political spectrum. With respect to those members who find a way to successful handle this precarious situation, I don’t understand the logic of Rep. Jim Marshall ignoring his district’s support of the Democrat candidate Barrack [...]
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