From The State’s editorial today (Huntsman could bring us back together) endorsing Jon Huntsman in the South Carolina Republican primary: There are actually two sensible, experienced grownups. And while Mr. Romney is far more appealing than any of the other…
Tag: Elections
Pro-Gingrich PAC takes the gloves off in S.C., dubs Romney “King of Bain”
Mitt Romney on health insurance portability and how much he likes firing people
Another awkward moment from the Romney campaign. First he seems to be giving a pretty good endorsement of the idea of health care exchanges under “Obamacare”, and then he riffs: “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.”
Gingrich support “collapses” in Iowa; Ron Paul in the lead — for now
I don’t know how often I’ll be posting about the national elections, but I’m fascinated by the waxing and waning fortunes of the candidates in the GOP field. As others’ poll numbers rise and then fall, there’s Romney hovering steadily.…
FiveThirtyEight: Gingrich still leads “wide open” race for Iowa
Georgia’s Newt Gingrich picked up dozens of prominent new supporters in the state yesterday, but Georgia hardly matters at this point. (Really, with Governor Deal leading the Gingrich effort in the state, what prominent Republicans are going to say no?)…
Newt Gingrich “runs away with the Georgia primary,” according to new poll from SurveyUSA
A new poll from SurveyUSA shows Georgian Newt Gingrich with a huge lead among likely voters in the state’s Republican primary. Of course, the primary isn’t scheduled until March 6th, so lots could obviously happen between now and then. Still,…
Election season over — now what?
Not all of my candidates won in this year’s elections in Savannah, but I’m relieved that the campaign season is over. Now we can get down to holding the winners accountable for the pledges they have made — and to…
Edna Jackson elected Savannah’s new mayor; Tom Bordeaux takes at-large council seat
If you want some more data on how the reporting unfolded over about an hour on Tuesday evening, see my live blog. Tonight went pretty much as I suspected. 21,749 Savannahians voted in the mayor race in November. 19,466 voted…
Live blogging Savannah’s mayoral and aldermanic runoff
10:05 p.m. I made a follow up post: Edna Jackson elected Savannah’s new mayor; Tom Bordeaux takes at-large council seat. 9:21 p.m. Thanks to the handful of you who followed this post. At the end of the day, Jackson just…
SMN morning reading: column on housing; alleged campaign improprieties in mayor race
A couple of things I wanted to point out in today’s Savannah Morning News. Of first note, Charlie Harper — columnist, businessman, and editor of the right-leaning political blog Peach Pundit (a site I check almost daily) — has a…
NYT: Data shows urban areas underrepresented in Congressional districts
Recently, I wrote: Are struggling downtown areas shortchanged by local elections? That post deals specifically with Savannah’s urban core, but there’s a broader issue: cities have been consistently underrepresented at both the state and federal level. The problem is especially…
Savannah runoff elections just two days away
We’ve entered the homestretch in the Savannah mayoral runoff between Jeff Felser and Edna Jackson, which will be decided on Tuesday, Dec. 6. I’ve written a lot about the 2011 city elections. See my page of links to posts, and…
Some thoughts on the Savannah Morning News endorsement of Edna Jackson for Savannah mayor
All my posts about the 2011 Savannah elections can be found here. This morning, the Savannah Morning News editorial page endorsed Edna Jackson over Jeff Felser for mayor of Savannah. The runoff is Tuesday, Dec. 6th, when somewhere around 24,000…
Newt talks sense — and humanity — on immigration policy
I’ve been extremely critical of Georgia’s state policies regarding illegal immigration, especially HB 87, which has apparently led to critical farm labor shortages in some areas — and which has uprooted hardworking, taxpaying families that have lived in the state…