As a poll watcher in Villa Rica Georgia I think your numbers are wrong. I looked at 3 different poll tapes in the area and many people didn’t even bother to select a choice in the public service race. Of course at my polling place Republicans got 82% of the vote, and thought we’d win in a landslide. Boy was I wrong. Everyone remember when gas get to $4 a gallon or higher make sure we verbally thank these democrats voters. I’ll also be giving them my very own #1 salute.
God is still on the Throne ... I keep say this and I truly believe it. Two years ago we moved to the sunny state of Arizona but before that we lived in GA, and I was proud to count myself as a Conservative from GA - now I am ashamed of the direction the GA-GOP has taken. You had a chance to keep the conservative voice in play in our nations government but for some crazy reason you stayed home. Pat yourselves on the back, you've proven absolutely nothing, except that you are willing to let the rest of the nation down.
And as far as the mess we saw in Washington DC today - Republicans are suppose to be the party of the Constitution and rule of law ... What we saw happening today was not the way people who believe in United States of America should act. Shame of them!
I’m very unhappy with the Republican Party at this point in time. They are supposed to be the voices of reason, and not the party of screaming psychos. There truly is only one party in the US, and I despise them.
Just look at what your support for Donald Trump has wrought. Hundreds of thousands of dead Americans due to a pandemic that was supposed to simply fade away, and now . . . .
And now Trump is tweeting for people to support and respect the Capitol Hill police! Like the police chief in the movie Casablanca, who was shocked to find that there was gambling going on.
Commenting on the tumult now going on in Washington - incited by Trump - we now have the first instance in the entire history of this country when we did not have a peaceful transfer of power. This is where Donald Trump has brought us.
And for anyone who thinks he is doing this out of concern for our electoral process . . . please. He is clinging to that presidential seal with every fiber of his being for one very simple reason: once out of office, he is going to jail.
I find it very interesting that none of these comments attribute what just happened to that which just happened. Specifically, just before Georgians went to the polls, the entire world heard Donald Trump trying to coax honest public officials into "finding" him another 11,000 votes or so.
I have always split my ticket but now, elections are very simple for me. Anyone who supported Donald Trump gets no support from me. I think it entirely possible that in staying home, a lot of Republicans were registering their disapproval of Trump's post-election behavior in much the same way.
The republican vote was not suppressed. No one put a gun to their heads and tied them to a chair. They chose to stay home and not vote. They need to sit down and shut up for the next 4-6 years and enjoy the new progressive agenda. Did I agree with what Trump and the republicans did? Absolutely not. But I realized what the consequences of my inaction would be. I held my nose and did the right thing like a big boy.
What are the odds that Mitch McConnell can get Joe Manchin (D-VA) to switch parties? Joe has already said he won't vote to kill the filibuster, or expand the court or make PR or DC states.
Wow, roughly 170,000 less voters for Perdue, compared to general election. That's a lot! They stayed away from polls because they were disenchanted? Why would one give up the fight when not voting results in an automatic loss, election fraud or not. This rationale escapes me...
Those who stayed home look at things exactly the same way "their president" sees things: Better to be a vociferous sore looser than to quietly pick up the pieces and try to get things right the next time.
From Walt Kelley in Pogo: “We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us”
Subtracting from the turnout in the general election, about 85,000 more Democrats than Republicans showed up yesterday. That is what lost the Senate. Batten down the hatches the next few years are going to be very stormy.
Even thought the stock trades eFd them, Collins also eFd us...still, with a majority, the Rs would find a way to infight and not act like they had a majority.
Serious question for Erick or any logical Georgian. The switch went off in Virginia in the 2000s. Net influx of blue state type voters, a collapse of the state GOP all cut the solid red state switch to blue and it never will come back on. It took a couple of 2 year election cycles, but we went from from the state or George Allen, to a state tearing down Robert E Lee. Is the same thing happening to Georgia?
Well stated question. I am dismayed that so called ‘republicans’ would give up and simply lay down their power of the vote and think that the alternative, which came true today is better than ‘risking’ that your vote counts.
My question is bigger than even that. Have the demographics of Georgia changed now to the point that the state is a constant tossup at best, or a blue state by 2024.
I grew up with solid red Virginia, SC, and Georgia. NC was the tossup on the Senate level. How did these states change? In migration most importantly and a Republican party that didn't adapt and speak to the new arrivals.
I grew up in a solid red Virginia and moved to a solid red Georgia. Yes, the demographics have changed dramatically. Georgia has positioned itself to be a world class job opportunity state. Tax incentives for companies that want to relocate here, bringing with them employees who may be more liberal minded. Suburban areas of Atlanta becoming so attractive to liberals. Then you have urban districts that are so populated and end up ‘representing’ the state.
I would say the answer to your question is yes.
If the GOP does not wake up and represent its constituents, I cringe to predict a Stacy Abrams governorship in two years time.
Yes, there has been an influx of Democrat voters over the past decade. When Governor Sonny Purdue brought the movies to Georgia...a lot of "blue" voters came with that. Lots of business, an increase in prosperity for the state...but yes, "blue" voters came along with that, and the black population increased as well in the Atlanta and Athens areas.
Then there's Trump...some Republicans detested him, some adored him...but it further divided reliably Republican voters. Still, remember Kemp won Georgia by over 50,000 votes in 2018 after an incredible ground game from Abrams, that relied a lot on identity politics and victimhood claims, but he still won.
Then...there came Covid, and the social media blitz, and an enormous increase in "mail in" voting. Many who wouldn't normally take the time to go to the polls...didn't have to. I got...I don't even know how many "ballot request" forms in the mail, but it was a lot, and they came from everywhere, R's and D's and "action" groups from all over the country. All anyone had to do was fill out a form, receive a ballot and send it in. Since most people are automatically registered when they get a drivers license...even though they may not ever have been interested in politics...getting all these forms, and the non-stop political ads, the constant barrage of Trump hate from the media...they filled out the forms and voted.
Then...as Erick kept warning everyone, the "election was stolen" narrative convinced a lot of Republican voters not to vote. Period. They were going to "punish" the state's Republicans for not making sure Trump won Georgia. The conspiracy theories, the claim from Trump that Kemp and Raffensberger were "in on the steal"...I can't tell you how many comments I read on FB flat out stating that if Trump didn't "win", they were going to be sure that the state Republicans would lose.
So...it's not any one thing. It's a combination of factors that culminated in a guy who couldn't even beat Karen Handel...edging out David Purdue. And the Collins voters wouldn't vote for Loeffler...but I don't believe it's permanent.
From what Erick said, it wasn't really a "consent decree", it was settlement of a lawsuit that Abrams won and Georgia lost. I don't think the absentee ballots were a part of that, but I could easily be wrong.
Well the camel's nose is under the tent now. I'd expect a roll back of the "covid voting" measures (back to pre-2020 style voting) would be met with numerous lawsuits.
Or perhaps there are many Georgia voters like myself who were once reliably Republican but now vote for Democrats because of trump. Couple that with apathetic voters who compensated for our exodus but only when trump was on the ballot.
So whatever happens over the next two years (at least).....higher taxes for the middle class, increase in killing infants in the womb, benefits for non citizens, further removal of God from the public discourse, etc. ......it is on you!
Recovering from COVID and thereby saving hundreds of thousands of lives, restoring and strengthening democratic norms, reforming a broken criminal justice system, providing affordable, quality healthcare, and building a stronger, fairer economy ... THAT's on me!
Trump got the Covid vaccines here in record time. Those “hundreds of thousands” of lives saved are far exceeded by the number of US abortions (862,000 abortions in 2017!!). Strides in criminal justice system by Trump far exceeded those of past administrations. (Biden policies were/are the problem. Obamacare is a disaster. Cannot beat Trump’s pre Covid economy. Obama Biden said it was hopeless. Next??
Nope you are factually not only wrong but proof embeciles can type. Clinton didn't have a good economy until Republicans took the house and senate and lets not forget Jimmy Carter with 21 percent mortgage rates. Lyndon Johnson implied social disaster programs costing trillions and we have worse results and he blew trillions on the Vietnam War.
Perhaps you shouldn't use big words like "Imbecile" if you can't spell them correctly. But I digress. Google is your friend and it might even make you smarter. Try it. Do the following: 1) Turn on your computer. 2) Open your preferable web browser. 3) Type in "Does the economy perform better under Democrats or Republicans" in the search bar. 4) Scroll through all the articles. 5) Choose 2 or 3 or 20 or 30 sources that you trust and read them. 5) Come back here and tell me you were wrong. (#5 isn't necessary because I already know you're wrong.)
i) trump's gross negligence in handling the coronavirus is what lost him re-election. He had nothing to do with the quick delivery of the vaccine. You can thank Pfizer who partnered with a German-based biotech to produce the vaccine -- and they took no government money in doing so. In fact, trump's constant lies downplaying this deadly disease coupled with his numerous super-spreader events makes him complicit in the deaths of many (I'm thinking particularly of Herman Cain here.).
ii) The abortion rate has declined over the last decade and no evidence points to this being due to government restrictions. The rate has declined proportionally in states that exercise no on-demand restrictions. The only rational way to reduce abortions is through education, quality health care, community health centers, free birth control, and programs that help young mothers keep their babies PERIOD! And how one calls themselves pro-life while supporting tax cuts for the rich while gutting programs in ways that keep Americans in abject poverty, uneducated and deprived of health coverage goes beyond understanding.
iii) On the subject of trump and criminal justice you may want to keep up.
Here's what he actually did:
Restricted clemency to only those who are celebrities, well-connected individuals, or have a personal affiliation with the president3*
Encouraged the use of excessive police force on peaceful Black Lives Matter protestors4*
Threatened maximum sentences for vandalism of monuments5*
Restarted federal executions after a 17-year informal moratorium on federal capital punishment6*
Secretly altered the risk assessment authorized in the FIRST Step Act to drastically reduce the number of federally incarcerated people eligible to be released to subdue the spread of COVID-197*
Denied federal coronavirus relief funding to small business owners with a criminal record8*
Argued in court against people eligible for sentence reductions under the FIRST STEP Act9
Jeopardized the FIRST STEP Act by underfunding its programs10
Reinstated DOJ contracts with private prisons11
Left director of the Bureau of Prisons position vacant for more than a year12
Disbanded a program to create federal prison education systems13
Closed halfway houses that help those incarcerated transition back to the community14
Prohibited federal investigations of patterns of unconstitutional policing15
Stopped assistance to police departments that voluntarily wanted reform16
Eliminated restrictions preventing police departments from obtaining military equipment17
Condemned public criticism of police by threatening that protestors “might find themselves without the protection they need”19
Eliminated DOJ community policing program grants in proposed executive budget20
Attacked prosecutors who are pursuing criminal justice reform in their communitites21
Proposed to eliminate a DOJ office dedicated to help communities reduce racial conflict22
Rescinded federal guidance meant to stem the flow of the school to prison pipeline23
Ordered federal prosecutors to pursue the harshest punishments possible24
Threatened federal prosecutions for marijuana in states where it is legal25
Attempted to resume use of the federal death penalty and encouraged expansion of the death penalty in drug cases26
Waged the same failed war on drugs from the 80s27
Attempted to force federal job candidates to disclose participation in diversion programs28
Expanded the federal use of civil asset forfeiture29
Suspended the national forensic science commission30
Failed to report on deaths in police custody as required by Congress31
Disbanded the DOJ Science Advisory Board that provided evidence-based rigor to DOJ policies32
Rescinded DOJ guidance that warned courts against excessive fees and fines.
iv) Obamacare helped more than 20 million Americans have health care, especially people of color and small business owners. trump supported
efforts in Congress to repeal the law and replace it with an alternative that would have weakened protections for people with pre-existing conditions, eliminated the Medicaid expansion, and reduced premium assistance for people seeking marketplace coverage. The perfect plan that he was going to introduce never materialized. Straw man!
Well I worked at the polls at Clermont 14 yesterday - a still rural part of far North Georgia - and I saw my neighbors of all ages, shapes, sizes, occupations and colors march through to vote. I can tell you these people did not support either Democratic candidate. Our little district wouldn’t have swung the election but it gives me peace to know that we share the same values for our country. So I’m very happy to live where I do and know that the people around me care about our country. I lay one half of this debacle at the feet of Brian Kemp. He appointed a non-starter of a replacement for Isakson and she proved to be a weak campaigner with little vision of her own and no ability to connect with real people. The backstory on that maneuver is one I hope we’ll read someday. On its face it makes no sense. I hope he has fun negotiating with these two goons when he needs allies for Georgia in DC. They’re waiting breathlessly for Stacey-the-Suppressor to become our next Governor.
In the meantime- I don’t have a Senator who represents me, and our government is in the hands of socialist sympathizers.
I’m bitterly disappointed and weary of all this analysis of what went wrong. I may go underground for two years until a real candidate emerges who will give us back our state. Hey, Doug, are you still available?
Thank you, excellent analysis. Last I heard, Perdue had a chance, but I guess that's over. Can we go back to a Republican Party that talks about the things that matter and will actually help their voters? (Yes, I'm a Democrat but sometimes vote Republican. Now I feel like there's no sane option.)
Oh well, back to Pennsylvania, where the senate seems to have lost its mind.
As a poll watcher in Villa Rica Georgia I think your numbers are wrong. I looked at 3 different poll tapes in the area and many people didn’t even bother to select a choice in the public service race. Of course at my polling place Republicans got 82% of the vote, and thought we’d win in a landslide. Boy was I wrong. Everyone remember when gas get to $4 a gallon or higher make sure we verbally thank these democrats voters. I’ll also be giving them my very own #1 salute.
God is still on the Throne ... I keep say this and I truly believe it. Two years ago we moved to the sunny state of Arizona but before that we lived in GA, and I was proud to count myself as a Conservative from GA - now I am ashamed of the direction the GA-GOP has taken. You had a chance to keep the conservative voice in play in our nations government but for some crazy reason you stayed home. Pat yourselves on the back, you've proven absolutely nothing, except that you are willing to let the rest of the nation down.
And as far as the mess we saw in Washington DC today - Republicans are suppose to be the party of the Constitution and rule of law ... What we saw happening today was not the way people who believe in United States of America should act. Shame of them!
I’m very unhappy with the Republican Party at this point in time. They are supposed to be the voices of reason, and not the party of screaming psychos. There truly is only one party in the US, and I despise them.
Just look at what your support for Donald Trump has wrought. Hundreds of thousands of dead Americans due to a pandemic that was supposed to simply fade away, and now . . . .
This.
And now Trump is tweeting for people to support and respect the Capitol Hill police! Like the police chief in the movie Casablanca, who was shocked to find that there was gambling going on.
Commenting on the tumult now going on in Washington - incited by Trump - we now have the first instance in the entire history of this country when we did not have a peaceful transfer of power. This is where Donald Trump has brought us.
And for anyone who thinks he is doing this out of concern for our electoral process . . . please. He is clinging to that presidential seal with every fiber of his being for one very simple reason: once out of office, he is going to jail.
And he knows it.
I find it very interesting that none of these comments attribute what just happened to that which just happened. Specifically, just before Georgians went to the polls, the entire world heard Donald Trump trying to coax honest public officials into "finding" him another 11,000 votes or so.
I have always split my ticket but now, elections are very simple for me. Anyone who supported Donald Trump gets no support from me. I think it entirely possible that in staying home, a lot of Republicans were registering their disapproval of Trump's post-election behavior in much the same way.
The republican vote was not suppressed. No one put a gun to their heads and tied them to a chair. They chose to stay home and not vote. They need to sit down and shut up for the next 4-6 years and enjoy the new progressive agenda. Did I agree with what Trump and the republicans did? Absolutely not. But I realized what the consequences of my inaction would be. I held my nose and did the right thing like a big boy.
What are the odds that Mitch McConnell can get Joe Manchin (D-VA) to switch parties? Joe has already said he won't vote to kill the filibuster, or expand the court or make PR or DC states.
Wow, roughly 170,000 less voters for Perdue, compared to general election. That's a lot! They stayed away from polls because they were disenchanted? Why would one give up the fight when not voting results in an automatic loss, election fraud or not. This rationale escapes me...
Georgia republicans are disgraceful.
Those who stayed home look at things exactly the same way "their president" sees things: Better to be a vociferous sore looser than to quietly pick up the pieces and try to get things right the next time.
From Walt Kelley in Pogo: “We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us”
Subtracting from the turnout in the general election, about 85,000 more Democrats than Republicans showed up yesterday. That is what lost the Senate. Batten down the hatches the next few years are going to be very stormy.
Even thought the stock trades eFd them, Collins also eFd us...still, with a majority, the Rs would find a way to infight and not act like they had a majority.
Serious question for Erick or any logical Georgian. The switch went off in Virginia in the 2000s. Net influx of blue state type voters, a collapse of the state GOP all cut the solid red state switch to blue and it never will come back on. It took a couple of 2 year election cycles, but we went from from the state or George Allen, to a state tearing down Robert E Lee. Is the same thing happening to Georgia?
Well stated question. I am dismayed that so called ‘republicans’ would give up and simply lay down their power of the vote and think that the alternative, which came true today is better than ‘risking’ that your vote counts.
Disheartening indeed.
My question is bigger than even that. Have the demographics of Georgia changed now to the point that the state is a constant tossup at best, or a blue state by 2024.
I grew up with solid red Virginia, SC, and Georgia. NC was the tossup on the Senate level. How did these states change? In migration most importantly and a Republican party that didn't adapt and speak to the new arrivals.
I grew up in a solid red Virginia and moved to a solid red Georgia. Yes, the demographics have changed dramatically. Georgia has positioned itself to be a world class job opportunity state. Tax incentives for companies that want to relocate here, bringing with them employees who may be more liberal minded. Suburban areas of Atlanta becoming so attractive to liberals. Then you have urban districts that are so populated and end up ‘representing’ the state.
I would say the answer to your question is yes.
If the GOP does not wake up and represent its constituents, I cringe to predict a Stacy Abrams governorship in two years time.
In my opinion, it's a combination of things.
Yes, there has been an influx of Democrat voters over the past decade. When Governor Sonny Purdue brought the movies to Georgia...a lot of "blue" voters came with that. Lots of business, an increase in prosperity for the state...but yes, "blue" voters came along with that, and the black population increased as well in the Atlanta and Athens areas.
Then there's Trump...some Republicans detested him, some adored him...but it further divided reliably Republican voters. Still, remember Kemp won Georgia by over 50,000 votes in 2018 after an incredible ground game from Abrams, that relied a lot on identity politics and victimhood claims, but he still won.
Then...there came Covid, and the social media blitz, and an enormous increase in "mail in" voting. Many who wouldn't normally take the time to go to the polls...didn't have to. I got...I don't even know how many "ballot request" forms in the mail, but it was a lot, and they came from everywhere, R's and D's and "action" groups from all over the country. All anyone had to do was fill out a form, receive a ballot and send it in. Since most people are automatically registered when they get a drivers license...even though they may not ever have been interested in politics...getting all these forms, and the non-stop political ads, the constant barrage of Trump hate from the media...they filled out the forms and voted.
Then...as Erick kept warning everyone, the "election was stolen" narrative convinced a lot of Republican voters not to vote. Period. They were going to "punish" the state's Republicans for not making sure Trump won Georgia. The conspiracy theories, the claim from Trump that Kemp and Raffensberger were "in on the steal"...I can't tell you how many comments I read on FB flat out stating that if Trump didn't "win", they were going to be sure that the state Republicans would lose.
So...it's not any one thing. It's a combination of factors that culminated in a guy who couldn't even beat Karen Handel...edging out David Purdue. And the Collins voters wouldn't vote for Loeffler...but I don't believe it's permanent.
Interesting. The mail-in is here to stay in Georgia? Is that the "consent decree" I keep hearing about.
From what Erick said, it wasn't really a "consent decree", it was settlement of a lawsuit that Abrams won and Georgia lost. I don't think the absentee ballots were a part of that, but I could easily be wrong.
Well the camel's nose is under the tent now. I'd expect a roll back of the "covid voting" measures (back to pre-2020 style voting) would be met with numerous lawsuits.
Or perhaps there are many Georgia voters like myself who were once reliably Republican but now vote for Democrats because of trump. Couple that with apathetic voters who compensated for our exodus but only when trump was on the ballot.
So whatever happens over the next two years (at least).....higher taxes for the middle class, increase in killing infants in the womb, benefits for non citizens, further removal of God from the public discourse, etc. ......it is on you!
Recovering from COVID and thereby saving hundreds of thousands of lives, restoring and strengthening democratic norms, reforming a broken criminal justice system, providing affordable, quality healthcare, and building a stronger, fairer economy ... THAT's on me!
Trump got the Covid vaccines here in record time. Those “hundreds of thousands” of lives saved are far exceeded by the number of US abortions (862,000 abortions in 2017!!). Strides in criminal justice system by Trump far exceeded those of past administrations. (Biden policies were/are the problem. Obamacare is a disaster. Cannot beat Trump’s pre Covid economy. Obama Biden said it was hopeless. Next??
One last thing and I'm through with this conversation. Statistically speaking, the economy performs better under Democrats. Adieu.
Nope you are factually not only wrong but proof embeciles can type. Clinton didn't have a good economy until Republicans took the house and senate and lets not forget Jimmy Carter with 21 percent mortgage rates. Lyndon Johnson implied social disaster programs costing trillions and we have worse results and he blew trillions on the Vietnam War.
Perhaps you shouldn't use big words like "Imbecile" if you can't spell them correctly. But I digress. Google is your friend and it might even make you smarter. Try it. Do the following: 1) Turn on your computer. 2) Open your preferable web browser. 3) Type in "Does the economy perform better under Democrats or Republicans" in the search bar. 4) Scroll through all the articles. 5) Choose 2 or 3 or 20 or 30 sources that you trust and read them. 5) Come back here and tell me you were wrong. (#5 isn't necessary because I already know you're wrong.)
i) trump's gross negligence in handling the coronavirus is what lost him re-election. He had nothing to do with the quick delivery of the vaccine. You can thank Pfizer who partnered with a German-based biotech to produce the vaccine -- and they took no government money in doing so. In fact, trump's constant lies downplaying this deadly disease coupled with his numerous super-spreader events makes him complicit in the deaths of many (I'm thinking particularly of Herman Cain here.).
ii) The abortion rate has declined over the last decade and no evidence points to this being due to government restrictions. The rate has declined proportionally in states that exercise no on-demand restrictions. The only rational way to reduce abortions is through education, quality health care, community health centers, free birth control, and programs that help young mothers keep their babies PERIOD! And how one calls themselves pro-life while supporting tax cuts for the rich while gutting programs in ways that keep Americans in abject poverty, uneducated and deprived of health coverage goes beyond understanding.
iii) On the subject of trump and criminal justice you may want to keep up.
Here's what he actually did:
Restricted clemency to only those who are celebrities, well-connected individuals, or have a personal affiliation with the president3*
Encouraged the use of excessive police force on peaceful Black Lives Matter protestors4*
Threatened maximum sentences for vandalism of monuments5*
Restarted federal executions after a 17-year informal moratorium on federal capital punishment6*
Secretly altered the risk assessment authorized in the FIRST Step Act to drastically reduce the number of federally incarcerated people eligible to be released to subdue the spread of COVID-197*
Denied federal coronavirus relief funding to small business owners with a criminal record8*
Argued in court against people eligible for sentence reductions under the FIRST STEP Act9
Jeopardized the FIRST STEP Act by underfunding its programs10
Reinstated DOJ contracts with private prisons11
Left director of the Bureau of Prisons position vacant for more than a year12
Disbanded a program to create federal prison education systems13
Closed halfway houses that help those incarcerated transition back to the community14
Prohibited federal investigations of patterns of unconstitutional policing15
Stopped assistance to police departments that voluntarily wanted reform16
Eliminated restrictions preventing police departments from obtaining military equipment17
Eliminated community-based violence prevention programs18
Condemned public criticism of police by threatening that protestors “might find themselves without the protection they need”19
Eliminated DOJ community policing program grants in proposed executive budget20
Attacked prosecutors who are pursuing criminal justice reform in their communitites21
Proposed to eliminate a DOJ office dedicated to help communities reduce racial conflict22
Rescinded federal guidance meant to stem the flow of the school to prison pipeline23
Ordered federal prosecutors to pursue the harshest punishments possible24
Threatened federal prosecutions for marijuana in states where it is legal25
Attempted to resume use of the federal death penalty and encouraged expansion of the death penalty in drug cases26
Waged the same failed war on drugs from the 80s27
Attempted to force federal job candidates to disclose participation in diversion programs28
Expanded the federal use of civil asset forfeiture29
Suspended the national forensic science commission30
Failed to report on deaths in police custody as required by Congress31
Disbanded the DOJ Science Advisory Board that provided evidence-based rigor to DOJ policies32
Rescinded DOJ guidance that warned courts against excessive fees and fines.
iv) Obamacare helped more than 20 million Americans have health care, especially people of color and small business owners. trump supported
efforts in Congress to repeal the law and replace it with an alternative that would have weakened protections for people with pre-existing conditions, eliminated the Medicaid expansion, and reduced premium assistance for people seeking marketplace coverage. The perfect plan that he was going to introduce never materialized. Straw man!
Next???
Is that all?
Well I worked at the polls at Clermont 14 yesterday - a still rural part of far North Georgia - and I saw my neighbors of all ages, shapes, sizes, occupations and colors march through to vote. I can tell you these people did not support either Democratic candidate. Our little district wouldn’t have swung the election but it gives me peace to know that we share the same values for our country. So I’m very happy to live where I do and know that the people around me care about our country. I lay one half of this debacle at the feet of Brian Kemp. He appointed a non-starter of a replacement for Isakson and she proved to be a weak campaigner with little vision of her own and no ability to connect with real people. The backstory on that maneuver is one I hope we’ll read someday. On its face it makes no sense. I hope he has fun negotiating with these two goons when he needs allies for Georgia in DC. They’re waiting breathlessly for Stacey-the-Suppressor to become our next Governor.
In the meantime- I don’t have a Senator who represents me, and our government is in the hands of socialist sympathizers.
I’m bitterly disappointed and weary of all this analysis of what went wrong. I may go underground for two years until a real candidate emerges who will give us back our state. Hey, Doug, are you still available?
In two years, there will likely be a Democrat in Georgia's governor's mansion.
Thank you, excellent analysis. Last I heard, Perdue had a chance, but I guess that's over. Can we go back to a Republican Party that talks about the things that matter and will actually help their voters? (Yes, I'm a Democrat but sometimes vote Republican. Now I feel like there's no sane option.)
Oh well, back to Pennsylvania, where the senate seems to have lost its mind.