Blog for Democracy

Category: Campaigns+Elections

  • Predictions (Open Thread)

    Roy heads to a runoff Thurmond loses in a landslide. Marshall goes bye-byes (probably epically too). Bishop wins. We win one Constitutional Office. It won’t be Moffett, Martin, or Powell. Legislature gets more Republican. Democrats retain both chambers. OPEN THREAD!!!!

  • A Question or Two…

    23,783 Rep. Jan Jones, who saved Deal’s bacon in the primary, has noticed the Women. Against.Deal. Facebook page. I supposed it’s a little hard to ignore 23,783 people. Jones calls Barnes some names and accuses him of organizing a “candlelight vigil” for tonight. Horrors!! I’m curious, does Jones agree with Deal’s four votes against strengthening…

  • Say My Name. Say My Name??

    The associated press reports that today, Karen Handel, who campaigned on the theme of an “honest, ethical and transparent government” said that she supports the “Republican ticket” but stopped short of a ringing endorsement for Nathan Deal, who she once called a “corrupt relic of Washington.” In fact, with the exception of a roll call…

  • Political Mailers

    The Republican Party is smart. My husband voted in this Republican primary this year, so unlike previous years, we’ve received an onslaught of Republican political mailers addressed to “The JenBHusband Family.” The use of “family” is smart because it’s not just addressed to him, but the entire family and I can feel included in receiving…

  • Political Fall “sport”

    Dean Wormer: Who dropped a whole truckload of fizzies into the swim meet? Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner? Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode. Juliana: And every Fall we political folks engage in the sport of kings, not polo, but yard sign hijinks!…

  • Voting?

    If this doesn’t motivate you, nothing will.