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Sponsor a Young Democrat

This year, the Young Democrats of Georgia will be hosting its Annual Convention on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta. This year’s event promises to be the best yet, with a schedule packed full of incredible events. In order to put on an event like our Convention, we rely on many incredible sponsors to […]

March 24, 2013
Preach!

Rep. John Lewis Condemns Congressional Inaction March 15, 2013 Contact: Brenda Jones FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (202) 226-4673 After voting for another week on partisan legislation that does not address the need to curtail punishing automatic cuts which threaten the longevity of many important federal commitments, and yet another week with no attention to America’s […]

March 19, 2013
Ta Ta, Trevor

Many of you know Trevor Southerland. He’s a regular contributor here at Blog for Democracy, the co-founder of Southeastern Campaign Group, and a former Libertarian. Well, Trevor is abandoning us all. Sure, he’s starting an incredible new job in Michigan as the Finance Director of the Michigan Senate Democratic Caucus. Sure, it’s a great opportunity […]

March 11, 2013
“Party-line vote”

I’m assuming you’ve signed this already. But if you haven’t, seriously, get on it. Last week, the AJC reported on a budget amendment that Senator Tate proposed to the budget. It would have redirected $150,000 from Georgia Public Broadcasting into the education budget. For some strange reason, Georgia Republicans balked at this. The line from […]

February 26, 2013
Giant Chasm of Dreck*

That’s right, all the links below have some element of the ridiculous and the awful. The “S” word and what it means to Georgia. Finger pointing, because yeah sure that’s a mature way to lead. Keep it up old white guys. Yes, I realize that’s a double entendre. Speaking of morally corrupt old white guys….looks […]

February 26, 2013
Polls, Popes, and punks.

Tune into Kudzu Vine tonight at 7PM. Our guest is Tom Jensen from Public Policy Polling. We’ll talk with him about recent poll results and upcoming polling. How could we pass on discussing the resignation of Pope Benedict? The punks? Those would be Senator Marco Rubio (R-Thirsty) and the GOP Senators blocking President Obama’s nominations […]

February 17, 2013