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VP Biden Visits Ukraine and Georgia

By Jennn Fusion | Related entries in Biden, Georgia, Veep

Some people say “a vice president is just a vice president,” that a visit from a #2 isn’t all that big a deal. However, it seems that Vice President Biden’s current trip has important meanings for all involved. While it may not be as big a deal as a visit from Obama himself, sending the [...]

July 20th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »

Saxby Chambliss Wins Georgia Senate Runoff

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Georgia

The Democrat’s dream of a supermajority is dead, at least until 2010.
Also, Saxby Chambliss has the world’s biggest left hand.
From CNN:
Chambliss, a freshman Republican senator, was projected to win more than 50 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s rematch against Democrat Jim Martin.
The election is playing off the results of November 4, when Chambliss failed [...]

December 2nd, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Former Ambassador Says Georgia Started Russia/Georgia Conflict

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Foreign Policy, Georgia, Russia, War

Keep in mind that the following is coming from a critic of the Georgian administration, but he was an insider and he also went before his own government to give his assessment of the situation.
From BBC:
Erosi Kitsmarishvili, a former envoy to Russia, was testifying at a parliamentary commission hearing into the war the breakaway Georgian [...]

November 27th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

McCain Wins Alabama and Georgia

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Alabama, Georgia, McCain

No surprises here, although Georgia was seen as a possible landslide indicator for Obama.
Georgia has 15 electoral votes.
Alabama has 9.

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Early Voting Reality In Georgia

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Georgia, McCain, Voting

This from FiveThirtyEight…
If there is one shocker on election night in the presidential race, cast your eyes to Georgia. 1,994,990 people voted early in Georgia. 3,301,875 total voted in Georgia’s presidential race in 2004.
We may be headed for something completely unexpected tonight.

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Watch Georgia On Tuesday

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Georgia, McCain, Polls

More trend lines from Pollster.com, and it looks like McCain will be able to hold onto this state barely.

Here’s Chuck Todd’s take…
Has this state really slipped into the toss-up category? Possibly. A few years ago, I asked a smart Democratic demographer which states could become competitive if the party could maximize voter registration and turnout [...]

November 1st, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

TIME/CNN: McCain, Obama Split Battlegrounds

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Polls, Virginia

The big news here is that Colorado is really starting to turn blue, and nearly every news organization has changed it to lean Obama.
Because while wins in Georgia and Missouri would be nice, Obama doesn’t need them. But he does need wins in Colorado, Virginia and Nevada if he doesn’t want to worry about Ohio, [...]

October 29th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

MSNBC Profiles Bob Barr

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, 3rd Party, Barr, Georgia, New Hampshire, Video

Is Barr this year’s Nader? Probably not because this doesn’t appear to be a close call.
However, he could definitely siphon off crucial votes in New Hampshire and Georgia.

So, will Barr help bring about an Obama landslide?

October 28th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Georgia: McCain Leads By 6

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Georgia, McCain, Polls

Mason/Dixon
McCain – 49%
Obama – 43%
It’s pretty astonishing that Georgia is even in leaners column at this point. This state hasn’t gone blue since 1976.
And with early voting seemingly favoring Dems, McCain has a fight on his hands that he most likely never anticipated.
In fact, a recent poll showed Obama with a 1 point advantage.
Long [...]

October 27th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Quote Of The Day

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Barr, Georgia, McCain

“Senator John McCain will not win Georgia.”
- Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr
That’s certainly a bold prediction, but let’s remember that Barr represented Georgia’s 7th district from 1995 to 2003, so he may pull support from fiscal conservatives in the state.
What’s more, at least one recent poll has shown Obama up by one.
What do [...]

October 25th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Insider Advantage: Obama Up By 1 In Georgia

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Georgia, McCain, Polls

Obama: 48%
McCain: 47%
Other: 2%
Undec’d: 3%
Alright folks, because of massive turnout by African Americans in early voting, I think Georgia may actually be in the mix this year.
Let’s remember that Obama “routed” (per Alan’s hilarious scale) Hillary in the primary season by 35 points, so he’s certainly a popular figure in the state.
Here’s more…
“Obama is doing [...]

October 24th, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Early Voting Favoring Both Candidates

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Democrats, Florida, Georgia, Independents, Nevada, North Carolina, Republicans, Voting

TIME has the numbers.
In Nevada and North Carolina it favors Obama…
Cumulative early-vote totals in the Las Vegas area show ballots were cast by 31,875 Democrats and 13,371 Republicans through midday Monday. Republicans had the advantage in absentee balloting, 6,616 to 6,161 through noon Monday.
In the Reno area, a similar pattern occurred twice as many Democrats [...]

October 21st, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Early Voting Up Big In North Carolina

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Georgia, McCain, North Carolina, North Dakota

It’s overwhelmingly favoring Obama…
Across the state, Democrats showed the most first-day enthusiasm. Of the nearly 114,000 first-day voters, 64 percent were Democrats, 21 percent Republicans and 15 percent were unaffiliated.
African-American turnout was up significantly. Black voters, who make up about 22 percent of registered voters, were 36 percent of Thursday’s early voters.
In 2004, [...]

October 18th, 2008 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

InsiderAdvantage: McCain Leads By 3 In Georgia

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Georgia, McCain

McCain – 49%
Obama – 46%
MOE: +/-4
Is this an outlier? Well, FiveThirtyEight gives the poll a weight of 0.89, and that means it’s not nearly as reliable as other polls like Gallup’s daily, which carries a weight of 1.76.
Still…any poll numbers that show a lead this small for McCain at this point in the race has [...]

October 10th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

African-Americans 39% Of Early Voters In Georgia

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Georgia

I don’t think anybody believes Georgia is in play, but if the turnout is this high in a non-swing state, imagine what it’ll be in competitive locales.
From AJC:
A disproportionate number of Georgia’s 194,138 early voters are African-American, in what could be an encouraging sign for Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.
As of Wednesday, about 39 percent [...]

October 2nd, 2008 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

2008Central.net Presidential Election Podcast (09/24/08)

By 2008Central.net | Related entries in 2008 Election, Afghanistan, Bad Decisions, Barack, Bush, Canada, Congress, Debates, Democrats, Economy, Foreign Policy, Georgia, Homeland Security, McCain, al Qaeda

This podcast discusses the proposed legislation to bailout Wall Street, McCain suspending his campaign to return to Washington and his call to postpone this Friday’s debate, a debate preview and a discussion of foreign policy issues (both obvious and not so obvious), and more…
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September 25th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Colin Powell On Russia/Georgia Conflict: Georgia Started It

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Foreign Policy, Georgia, McCain, Russia, Video

I watched part of CNN’s “The Next President: A World of Challenges” forum on Sunday, but I missed this bit that reveals Colin Powell not only saying that Georgia started it, but it also appears that he backs away a bit from McCain’s response to the crisis.

As I’ve said before, Colin Powell’s endorsement could be [...]

September 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| 18 Comments »

George’s Georgia

By donar | Related entries in Bush, Cartoons, Cheney, Georgia, Political Graffiti, Russia
September 8th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Why Is Cindy McCain Going To Georgia?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Bad Decisions, Cindy McCain, Foreign Policy, Georgia, McCain, Republicans

This is just odd…
McCain is traveling with the U.N.’s World Food Programme, whose work she monitored in Southeast Asia and Africa this spring and summer. McCain plans to meet with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and to visit wounded Georgian soldiers. She would also visit representatives of the HALO Trust, which works to remove land mines [...]

August 25th, 2008 | Permalink| 17 Comments »

Biden Buzz Building

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Biden, Georgia, Veep

To me, Joe Biden as VP makes a lot of sense for the younger Obama, and his latest overseas trip to Georgia definitely puts him at the top of the list.
From CNN:
(CNN) – When Joe Biden returns to Capitol Hill Monday from his two-day trip to embattled Georgia, vice presidential speculation will rest squarely on [...]

August 18th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »