Roy Barnes 2010

Press Coverage

Gubernatorial candidates agree: State must do more to combat unemployment (Dalton Daily Citizen)
AG: Ga. must hand over $18 million to local gov'ts (Business Week)
Ga. told to hand over $18 million to local governments (AP)
AG: State must turn $18 million in sales tax revenue over to county governments (Albany Herald)
Lawmakers Honor Late Speaker Murphy (GPB)
Georgia Dems ask House ethics committee to resume Nathan Deal investigation (AJC Political Insider)
Deal favors gift ban for Governor's office (The Weekly)
Your morning jolt: Is Ralph Reed running for Congress? (AJC Political Insider)
Democrats Release GOP ‘Hypocrite’ List After Rangel, Massa Ethics Charges (US News & World Report)
Gubernatorial Candidates Debate in Midstate (13WMAZ)
Republican candidates for governor spar in midstate (Macon Telegraph)
Gubernatorial candidate Oxendine visits Polk County (The Cedartown Standard)
Handel supports building 411 connector ‘right’ way (Rome News-Tribune)
Your Opinion: Education an investment, not an expense (Tifton Gazette)
Legislation in Atlanta could help Flint River area (Albany Herald)

Blogs

Eric Johnson Announces Budget Reform Plan; Favors Zero Based Budgeting (Peach Pundit)
Pete McCommons of the Flagpole.Com Seems to think that Michael Thurmond will Run for Lt. Gov. (Peanut Politics)
Aaannd We’re Back (Online Athens)
Press Release: National Tenth Amendment Summit Is A Huge Success (SWGA Politics)

Press Coverage

Democratic chances for governor in Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina (AJC Political Insider)
Anti-meth campaign uses graphic ads to warn teens (Augusta Chronicle)
Republican candidates for governor spar in Centerville (Macon Telegraph)
Protesters to state Legislature: No new taxes (AJC)
Contribution limits aimed at Oxendine pass House panel (AJC Political Insider)
Connectoring the dots (Rome News-Tribune)

Blogs

Win Dixie (The New Republic)
The Unfiltered Five With Roy Barnes (Georgia Politics Unfiltered)
[UPDATED] Rome News-Tribune: Karen Handel a Conspiracy Theorist (SWGA Politics)

Press Coverage

Statewide Anti-meth Campaign Launches Today (GPB)
Ad campaign to target meth use in Georgia (AP)
State Targets Teen Meth Abuse (11 Alive)
Budget song is an unhappy tune as Georgia legislature reconvenes (Southern Political Report)
Your morning jolt: This anti-tax protest brought to you by the good people at Big Tobacco (AJC Political Insider)
Carl Camon on the Run (Valdosta Daily Times)
Why Perdue’s likely to call a May special election to fill Deal’s 9th District seat (AJC Political Insider)

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Press Coverage

Dem gubernatorial hopefuls blast GOP at Savannah fundraiser (Savannah Morning News)
Your morning jolt: Pro-tax, anti-tax forces ready themselves (AJC Political Insider)
Judge Stands By Lucas Ethics Decision (13 WMAZ)
Porter says collect taxes in a new way (Rockdale Citizen)
Mornings unPHILtered - Porter states case to be governor (Statesboro Herald)
Carol Porter: Georgia a great state and has everything -- except leadership (Savannah Morning News)
Georgia sequels to Florida’s Rubio-Crist civil war (AJC Political Insider)
On the Nathan Deal beat: Kind words from Newt Gingrich, but dropped from the millionaires club (AJC Political Insider)
Departure of GOP congressmen could hurt delegation's D.C. clout (AJC)
GOP Rep. Nathan Deal Postpones Retirement to Fight Health Bill (CBS News)
Federal Lawmakers Running for Governor Face Anti-Washington Attacks (FOXNews.com)
Updated: Governor candidates spar over 411 Connector (Rome News-Tribune)
Rep. Scott criticizes university leaders (WALB)
Handel ready to take axe to government (Effingham Herald)

Blogs

Eric Johnson, Georgia candidate for Governor visits Seven Hills (Paulding County Republican Examiner)
Eric Johnson seeks to boost campaign for governor in Cobb (Cobb County Conservative Examiner)
The State Budget (SWGA Politics)
Perfect timing on ethics bill (Online Athens)
Raw Deal (Peach Pundit)

Press Coverage

Blogs

Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 3/3/10 (Daily Kos)
Public Policy Polling shows Barnes leading GOP candidates (Jason Pye)
GA-Gov: Surprisingly competitive (Politics Wall)
Rep. Deal (R) Will Remain For HC Vote (Real Clear Politics)
Updated: Deal Changes Mind (Peach Pundit)
Deal: Staying in Congress a little longer (Lucid Idiocy)
New polling for GOP gubernatorial primary (Jason Pye)
Karen Handel On ‘The Regular Guys’ (Peach Pundit)
Handel surpsingly sane on zombie toll road (Terminal Station)

Press Coverage

A different poll in governor’s race, and a different result (AJC Political Insider)
Democrat Barnes In a Competitive Race with Ga. GOP Governor Hopefuls (Politics Daily)
Evans: Unusual political twists and turns in Georgia's governor's race (Fayette Daily News)
PPP: Barnes leads Republicans in Georgia (Politico)
Barnes leads in Georgia (Public Policy Polling)
Handel takes on DOT (AJC Gold Dome Live)
411 Connector route questioned by Handel, citizen group (Rome News-Tribune)
Chancellor: College presidents not overpaid (AJC Gold Dome Live)
Colleges, lawmakers seek ‘balance' in dealing with cuts (AJC)
Candidate Austin Scott wants to see 4-H protected (Ledger-Enquirer)
Constitution's back (Thomasville Times-Enterprise)

Blogs

GA-Gov: Barnes Narrowly Leads All Republicans (Swing State Project)
GA Gov Poll: Barnes (D) Holds Early Lead (Real Clear Politics)
New Poll Shows Barnes Leading Top GOP Candidates in Race for Governor (Peanut Politics)
GOP Gubernatorial Power Rankings (Jason Pye)

Press Coverage

Oxendine, Barnes Continue To Lead In Gubernatorial Primaries (Insider Advantage)
Your morning jolt: Obama arrives in Georgia with a 41% approval rating (AJC Political Insider)
Obama promotes energy-jobs program in Savannah (AJC)
CRAWFORD / Pillow talk in the governor's race (Charlton County Herald)
Candidate Says He Won’t Accept Paycheck If Elected Until Unemployment Is Down (WRBL)
Doubling Up on GOP Jockeying in Georgia (CQ Politics)
Poll shows Deal has work to do (The Hill)
'Lawmaker' has become new dirty word back home on the campaign trail in 2010 (The Hill)
Raw Deal (Wall Street Journal Op-Ed)
Deal quitting Congress to stump full-time for governor (Savannah Morning News)
Deal's resignation puts pressure on 9th District race (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Deal resigns from House (Albany Herald)
Karen Handel speaks to Effingham GOP (Savannah Morning News)

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Press Coverage

Barnes, Oxendine Lead In New Poll (WSB)
Exclusive WSB/InsiderAdvantage Poll: Georgia governor's race, Obama approval (Southern Political Report)
Deal's resignation upends state politics (AJC)
Already gone: Nathan Deal missed 50% of votes in 2010 (AJC Political Insider)
Deal quits Congress to focus on bid for governor (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
First thoughts: Dems pick up 2 votes? (MSNBC)
A House Republican departs (Politico.com)
Deal leaving Congress to focus on gubernatorial campaign (Macon Telegraph)
Kemp: Deal's seat to be filled in special election (Access North Georgia)
Breaking: Deal says he’ll resign from Congress (AJC Gold Dome Live)
Deal resigning from Congress to focus on governor's race (AP)
Deal makes it official: he's resigning congressional seat (Access North Georgia)
Your morning jolt: Nathan Deal about to leave Congress? (AJC Political Insider)
Deal resigns from Congress to focus on gubernatorial race (Dalton Daily Citizen)
Editorial: Handel missteps in announcing budget plan (Athens Banner-Herald)
Karen Handel to speak to Effingham GOP Monday (Savannah Morning News)

Blogs

Nathan Deal resigns from Congress tomorrow (Georgia Liberal)
For Your Consideration For Quote Of The Year. (Peach Pundit)
Will Nathan Deal Cost Us? (RedState)
No Deal (Peach Pundit)
Rep. Deal Cosponsors Visa Lottery Bill, Earning 5-for-5 Award (NumbersUSA)
New InsiderAdvantage poll (Peach Pundit)
InsiderAdvantage GA-GOV Primaries: Still Oxendine And Barnes (Election Advantage)
Tenth Amendment Summit Offers Solutions (The New American)

Press Coverage

Husband and wife team seek state office; Carol Porter in lt. gov. race (Macon Telegraph)
Carol Porter: No gimmick in run for No. 2 job (AJC)
Husband and wife to run as 'ticket' for Georgia governor and lieutenant governor (Southern Political Report)
Husband-wife candidates raise interest, eyebrows (Gainesville Times)
Deal lauds local activists (Dalton Daily Citizen)
Oxendine tells Chamber he is fully behind 411 Connector (Rome News Tribune)
An image issue that Oxendine can’t resolve in office (AJC Kyle Wingfield)
Free markets don’t work in health insurance (AJC Cythina Tucker)
Oxendine says transportation is key to development (Dalton Daily Citizen)
Commissioner fights health insurance hike (WALB)
Want real savings? Merge small counties (Columbia County News-Times)
Georgia Governor Candidate Calls For Permanent Reduction Of State Workforce (The Chattanoogan)
Reluctance to raise taxes adds to states' hardships (Augusta Chronicle)
The Tenth Amendment and a paring of history (AJC Political Insider)

Blogs

Deal Resigning Congress Tomorrow (Peach Pundit)
The Edge of Chaos (SWGA Politics)
Thurbert Baker And Why Politics Must Be More Than Skin Deep (TrueSlant)

Press Coverage

The dynamics of the first husband-wife ticket in Georgia politics (AJC Political Insider)
Couple runs for Georgia's top jobs (AP)
Carol Porter to run for lieutenant gov, creates husband-wife ticket (AJC Gold Dome Live)
Carol and DuBose Porter Running For High Offices (GPB)
Husband/Wife Ticket In Primary (WSB Radio)
Hunting trip raises questions: Superintendent—and BOE—unaware of business dealings with now-defunct SEUS (Morgan County Citizen)
Oxendine sign removed from Capitol (AJC Gold Dome Live)
Handel, Scott spar over $1 billion budget solution (AJC Gold Dome Live)
Karen Handel learns that reporters can run, but can’t hide (AJC Political Insider)
Your morning jolt: House speaker says ‘everything’ is on the budget table (AJC Political Insider)

Blogs

Carol Porter announces lieutenant governor bid (Creative Loafing)
Carol Porter: Running for lt. governor (Lucid Idiocy)
Handel calls for permanent reduction in government workers (Peach Pundit)
Handel: We need massive state government layoffs (Lucid Idiocy)
Podcast with State Sen. Jeff Chapman, candidate for Governor (Peach Pundit)
Republicans launch anti-Barnes Web site || OnlineAthens.com (Oconee County Politics)
Can Baker win? (Peach Pundit)

Press Coverage

Delbrugge's departure (News-Journal editorial)
Carol Porter schedules a Thursday news conference (AJC Political Insider)
Should government get more power to block insurance hikes? (AJC)
Ga. GOP launches anti-Barnes site (AP)
Gwinnett County Mom Stops to Save Heart Attack Victim -- in Middle of I-85 (11 Alive News)
College tuition hikes get support from strapped lawmakers (AJC Gold Dome Live)

Blogs

GA Sec. of State Kemp: (SSDD) Wants to Sue Feds (Georgia Liberal)
A closer look at polling (Peach Pundit)
What part of 'no' don't you understand? (Blog for Democracy)

Press Coverage

Gay Dems: We want Barnes as Georgia governor (Project Q Atlanta)
Democrat's Barnes Trailing Most GOP Governor Hopefuls in Georgia (Politics Daily)
State, feds resist their own stormwater rules (AJC)
Secretary of State Kemp Announces Intent to File Suit against Obama Justice Department (The Weekly)
Justice Department again rejects Georgia voter verification system; court fight over citizenship proof looms (AJC Political Insider)
Ga. official wants to sue feds over voter dispute (Augusta Chronicle)
Georgia plans federal lawsuit over voter checks (AP)
Labor Commissioner Mike Thurmond to keynote local Dems fundraiser (Savannah Morning News)
Jack Seymour: Faith isn't same as character (Athens Banner-Herald)
DOE Supports Shorter School Year (WSB Radio)
Controversy builds over health insurance hikes (AJC)
Lines blur as pollster tries to heal Oxendine-Westmoreland feud (AJC)
Legislation would replace Georgia voting machines (Florida Times Union)
Legislators want to ban electronic voting machines (WALB)
Handel’s take: Rasmussen poll shows Oxendine, Deal hurt by scandal (AJC Political Insider)

Blogs

Is Barnes out of Reach? (Georgia Liberal)
Fact # 1: In gov's race, Barnes formidable to Democratic opponents. -- Fact # 2: Democratic Party needs T. Baker & D. Porter active & in some office. (Cracker Squire)
Most Georgia Congressmen Get Low Marks On Environmental Scorecard (Georgia Politics Unfiltered)
Latest Oxendine Email: Almost Everyone Else Can Beat Barnes Too (Georgia Politics Unfiltered)

Press Coverage

In governor's race, Barnes formidable to Democratic opponents (AJC)
Lots of Republicans running for congress and raising money (Southern Political Report)
Insolvent insurer is focus of state inquiry (AJC)
Your morning jolt: Towery the pollster was also the fixer (AJC Political Insider)
A bill to ban paperless ballots dropped — Kemp opposes on economic grounds (AJC Political Insider)

Blogs

Ox, Towery, And The Rest Of The Story (Peach Pundit)
Georgia GOP invents new ways of cannibalism and sleaze (Oconee County, GA Politics)

Press Coverage

Editorial: Talk of faith welcome in governor's race (Athens Banner-Herald)
DuBose Porter: My Wife May Run For Office Too (13WMAZ)
Unpopular bed tax spurs debate (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
Ralston, Republican candidates at local party dinner (The New Observer)
Transparency a topic with Republican candidates (Times-Herald)
State candidates share views (The Times-Herald)
Nelson: It's insurance that needs to be reformed (Athens Banner-Herald)
McBerry distinctly different (Times-Enterprise)

Blogs

Oxendine: Withdraw And Resign (Peach Pundit)
You’re Right About One Thing, Ox (SWGA Politics)
Handel: Continuing plan to Bring It On (Lucid Idiocy)
Ray McBerry: 40 Seats Remaining for 10th Amendment Summit with Napolitano! (Republican Candidates)
A movement is afoot...Draft Carol Porter (Blog for Democracy)
The Porters are serious about a husband-and-wife ticket (Online Athens)

Press Coverage

Wife of DuBose Porter Also Considering Run for Statewide Office (13WMAZ)
GOP gubernatorial debate pulls large crowd (NorthFulton.com)
Mornings unPHILtered - Deal brings campaign to Boro (Statesboro Herald)
The whole of John Oxendine’s 2003 speech to insurers (AJC Political Insider)
Oxendine in 2003: ‘You’ll give me money because you’re afraid not to’ (AJC Political Insider)
Readers Write 02/18 (AJC)
Miss Teen Georgia becomes spokesperson for teen driving program (Motor Age)
Handel's campaign says furloughs not hallmark of real leadership (Times Herald Op-Ed)

Blogs

Legislators Introduce Bill To Eliminate Touch Screen Voting Machines In Georgia (Georgia Politics Unfiltered)
Gen. David Poythress on Transportation (Peanut Politics)
John Oxendine understands public service (Creative Loafing)
Maybe Oxendine had a mother who told him never to lie? (Cracker Squire)
Oxendine: "You all are going to give me money because you’re afraid not to" (JasonPye.com)
Why I Think Perdue’s Proposal To Appoint The Insurance Commissioner Has Merit. (Peach Pundit)

Press Coverage

AG: Perdue can’t tap lottery for other scholarships (AJC Get Schooled)
Your morning jolt: Senators praise Scientology volunteers (AJC Political Insider)
The possibilities of a husband-and-wife ticket in Georgia (AJC Political Insider)
Athens News And Views (Flagpole.com)
Bank Tied to Insurers, PACs Refused Georgia Subpoenas (Insurance News Net)
Barton: Fighting constipation (Savannah Morning News)

Blogs

GOP Gubernatorial Power Rankings (JasonPye.com)
Aren’t We Trying to Get AWAY From Sex Under the Gold Dome? (SWGA Politics)
Carol Dodd-Porter, Lt. Governor? (Peanut Politics)

Press Coverage

It's Time To Tell Our Friends: Our Boss Took A Hard Fall ... Almost Too Hard (Insider Advantage)
A husband-and-wife team for governor and lieutenant governor? (AJC Political Insider)
The ax is about to swing on state budget (Times-Georgian)
CRAWFORD / Lawmakers should go where the money is (Capitol Impact)
Perdue made two trips to troubled insurance company’s hunting preserve (AJC Political Insider)
I-Team: Oxendine and Sues (Fox 5 Atlanta)
Georgia Bill Would Restrict Insurance Executives' Political Giving (Insurance Journal)

Blogs

A Porter for Governor AND Lt. Governor? (Georgia Liberal)
Oxendine has new Questions to Answer (Georgia Liberal)
Goring the Ox: Subpoenas Ignored (Peach Pundit)

Press Coverage

Approach effort to criminalize school test cheaters with caution, GOP leader warns (AJC Political Insider)
GA's Attorney General nixes Perdue's lottery funds plan (AP)
Attorney General Says Lottery Funds Shift Unconstitutional (GPB)
Thurbert Baker: Governor’s proposal to use lottery funds ‘likely’ unconstitutional (AJC Political Insider)
AG says Perdue HOPE shift "likely" unconstitutional (AJC)
Sales-tax collections spur calls for reform (Rome News-Tribune)
Pro & Con: Should the General Assembly overhaul sales tax collection? (AJC)
Legislators push to collect taxes (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Gubernatorial Candidates Echo Theories of Birthers, 9/11Truthers (FOXNews.com)
Lawsuit Challenges EPA’s Endangerment Finding (AP)
Alabama Oxendine contributors reject Georgia subpoenas (AJC)
SEUS: What Went Wrong? (GPB)
Ann Puckett: Handel's furlough choice wrong (Athens Banner-Herald)
Is Sonny Perdue a friend of Baldwin County? (The Baldwin Bulletin)

Blogs

Hitler disapproves of John Oxendine, GOP chances in governor’s race (Creative Loafing)
The Unfiltered Five With Carl Camon (Georgia Politics Unfiltered)

Press Coverage

Blogs

Austin Scott gores the Ox with anti-graft bill (Creative Loafing)
Atlanta Stonewall Democrats Straw Poll results (Blog for Democracy)
Deal Talks Small Business (Peach Pundit)
The Fierce Sense of Now (Peach Pundit)
Karen Handel: Unsympathetic Or Bloated? (SWGA Politics)
Ben Harbin Attacks Karen Handel for Not Taking the Easy Way Out (Peach Pundit)
Appropriations chair, Handel campaign dispute furloughs (JasonPye)