Wednesday, December 3, 2008
News Atlanta blogs today
Posted by Scott Freeman on Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:15 PM
— Congratulations Georgia. We continue to go against the mainstream and managed to save democracy last night by withholding that 60th Democratic vote in the U.S. Senate. Where from here? Amy at Georgia Women Vote has already turned her eye toward the next big vote: Is there a Democrat in the house worthy of being Georgia's next governor?
— Andre at Georgia Politics Unfiltered notes that two years ago, with virtually no money in his war chest, Martin got 42.3 percent of the vote when he ran for lieutenant governor. This year, with a substantial war chest and Obama's troops behind him ... he got 42.6 percent of the vote. That's what happens when the only viable candidate you can find has to be pushed into the election like leading a mule to water.
— The esteemed Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight wonders if the shameless one hasn't found the new path for Republican candidates. They can't run on Bush's record, they can't run against Obama's record yet. The Big Sax Machine spotlighted his "bi-partisanship" and Silver says Republicans may have realized it doesn't promote their cause to act like assholes.
— At What Is Going On?, Wilson Smith offers his own post-election analysis and also has a podcast chat with DriftGrift.
— The author of the Daly Briefing is home from his stint in Iraq and pondering fate. There were certain things he didn't blog about from the war zone, sometimes to protect his fellow soldiers and other times to keep friends and family members from worrying. Today, he discusses one of those episodes in which fate seemed to lend a hand to protect him from a mine.
— And, finally, Reporter-Cub notes the passing of one of America's great singers, Odetta. It's worth a look because he has a sound clip of my favorite Odetta song, the best version of "Midnight Special" I've ever heard.
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