[Coop]

Smart move. Saxby Chambliss should be quick to follow.

[OldSmaj]

"The Democrats’ base is the African-American community in the urban areas, and they do not want to disturb that base," he said.

No matter how base the base is, huh?

[.45MAN]

Sonny has the Governer over a barrel now, He's dammed either way......

[dansangel]

"Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, said he was not aware of criticism of the McKinney remark by any of Georgia’s Democratic leaders."

The silence is deafening. It can only mean that as a party, they condone racism and bigotry. Hypocrisy was always one of the stronger suits of the DemonRats anyway, so no surprise here.

Pinging "all the usual suspects"

[mhking]

Republican gubernatorial nominee Sonny Perdue has questioned Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes’ silence about anti-Semitic remarks made by state Rep. Billy McKinney, DAtlanta.

The Perdue-Barnes race is gonna get nastier before this whole shooting match ends in November. Perdue has already shown that he's got what it takes to go for the juglar where Barnes is concerned.

The "King Rat" video that Perdue's campaign came up with took most people down here by surprise, but for those who are familiar with Chicago-style politics, this was par for the course. Don't be surprised if Perdue uses some other Chicago-style tactics and keeps trying to rip Barnes' throat out before this is all over.

[mhking]

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[What Is Ain't]

Southern charm seems to be in short supply down there in Georgia these days.

I'm enjoying this battle. The times they are a changin'.

[Atlantian]

For those of you outside Georgia, Sonny Perdue was a Democrat until a few years ago. He knows how the party operates.

It's going to be a interesting campaign, worth national attention. Georgia hasn't had a Republican governor since Reconstruction.