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"If Collins drops out before the runoff, it's possible Isakson could win outright."

Great point. Conservatives need to make sure that the pro-abortion Isakson does not get to 50% in the first round of the primary in July so that Herman Cain (or Collins, if he finishes ahead of Cain) can beat Isakson one-on-one in the run-off in August. I'm in favor of anything that improves Cain's chances of being elected to the Senate from Georgia, but not if it could result in Isakson sneaking past the finish line in the RINO-infested July primary.

The GOP primary to replace Mac Collins in the House is quite competitive, and Dylan Glenn, a young black conservative with a brilliant future, has a chance of picking up the seat. So it is possible that if Collins drops out of the Senate race and runs for reelection to the House it will sink the candidacy of two outstanding black conservatives in Cain and Glenn. What could have been a breakthrough election for the GOP in the South (and perhaps nationally), with a realignment of 30% of black voters to the GOP (and if the GOP gets 30% of the black vote, Democrats would be unable to win any statewide races in the South and could only win black-majority congressional races---and many of those would be competitive), would become a lost opportunity. If the end result is replacing conservative Democrat Zell Miller with the pro-abortion Johnny Isakson, I don't see how we'd be better off. And I'm still crossing my fingers so that no competent Democrat enters the Senate race, because a moderate Democrat could defeat Isakson by winning majorities in South Georgia (which is what Barnes and Cleland did in their statewide wins and failed to do in their 2002 loss).

The filing deadline in Georgia is April 30. I hope that if Mac Collins decides to drop out of the Senate race it convinces another Republican (hopefully from the Atlanta area) to enter the race and make sure that Isakson doesn't get to 50%. And in any event, I hope Mac Collins endorses Herman Cain and campaigns strongly for him so that a true conservative can win the Senate primary. Mac Collins is a good man and a solid conservative, and I hope his decision does not have the unintentional effect of making the U.S. Senate less pro-life than it is now.

GO, HERMAN, GO!