Help These Kids Help Jim Martin
While Americans are trampling each other in stores across the country thanks to the greed permeating our society, some noble college kids have forgone Thanksgiving with their families and forgone their...
View ArticleGA-Sen: Small dollar donors keeping Martin afloat
It's a tough race, no doubt, but if it wasn't for small dollar donors, the Georgia Senate would've been been over by now. * Chambliss raised $1.6 million in large contributions — amounts of $1,000 or...
View ArticleWant to Help Reach 60 Senators? Then Read This
As many of you may remember, I traveled out to Nevada for the Obama/Clinton primary. My documentation of the results of that trip turned out to be somewhat controversial, but eventually everything...
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GA-Sen: Urgent. Housing Needed in ATL and GA for Volunteers
This message is for all Kossacks living in the state of Georgia, as well as those who have friends or relatives in Georgia, especially in the Atlanta area. Apologies for repeating the basic info of a...
View ArticleBashing Southerners over Chambliss is crass, counter-productive
For shits and giggles, I Googled "Chambliss groping daughter" just to see what kind of hit count is up on the Thanksgiving video and it's substantial. Which I find amusing. But what doesn't amuse me is...
View ArticleRoad Trip: We are all Georgians Now!
Isn't it ironic that John McCain used that phrase "We are all Georgians Now," and I get to use it for our endeavor to keep Saxby Chambliss home?Coordinating with the terrific campaign workers for Jim...
View ArticleRetire Saxby Chambliss (Why the lack of focus here?)
Now that thereisnospoon's excellent diary Want to Help Reach 60 Senators? has left the Rec list, there are no GA Senate Recommended Diaries, and no GA front page pieces since yesterday. And yet the...
View ArticleNew GOP Ad Asks Georgians To Say No To Jim Martin
While watching the annual football showdown between the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech, the following ad from the National Republican Trust graced my t.v. screen before the start of the second...
View ArticleSaxby Chambliss: The New Jesse Helms?
It hit me while I was doing some research on Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss in advance of next week's run-off election in Georgia. Chambliss is now the ranking member of the Senate Agriculture...
View ArticleWhat are you waiting for Obama?
Barack Obama is obviously extremely busy naming people to his inner cabinet and dealing with the whole transition process, but why can’t he spare a day and head down to Georgia to help out Jim...
View ArticleThe Ruby went down to Georgia (pt 1) arrival and let's get to work
Since I'm taking on my vol efforts to help Jim Martin as a civilian, I figured I'd throw a couple of quick words up and do a daily campaign blog about what I'm up to down here in Georgia. Thanks to...
View ArticleObama Blows Off Georgia
In case you haven't noticed, in case President-Elect Obama hasn't noticed, let me remind both of you that the magic filibuster-proof 60 Senator Democratic majority is still up for grabs. If Al Franken...
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Georgia Senate Run-Off: On the bus again with Jim Martin
This weekend, I hit the road as a volunteer with the Jim Martin for Senate campaign again as we toured Georgia by bus. You can read my previous posts here and here. With the runoff on Tuesday the...
View ArticleNYC Kossack Meetup WEDNESDAY
We're on.To those of you who voted for Tuesday instead of Wednesday, my apologies. Wednesday won, although not by much.Here are the specifics:Wednesday, December 3, 6:30 - ?? Shades of Green 125 E 15th...
View ArticleGrammy Award Winning Artist To Campaign For Jim Martin
It's a battle of the stars in Atlanta Monday as former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin stumps for Saxby Chambliss and three-time Grammy award winning rap artist Ludacris headlines a rally for...
View ArticleIsn't there a runoff in GA Tuesday???
You would not know it to read the front page and the recommended diaries here. My diary yesterday on the Ga. run-off did not quite make it to the Rec. list, and there's still no GA runoff there.Six...
View ArticleOn the Ground in GA: "Wake Up, You're Not in Berkeley Anymore"
The Tuesday before Thanksgiving, one of my very best volunteers who worked with me on the Obama general election campaign flew to Georgia. This is someone who showed up one day in the late summer to...
View ArticleThe Ruby Went Down To Georgia, day 2: No, The Subway runs all day and doesn't...
So Day 1 was a small taste of GOTV for Jim Martin, a sampler at the Spring Street office, a phonebanking appetizer of 3.5 hours of dials. Today was the first full day, and I jumped in!
View ArticleEven The Anchorage Daily News Agrees...Saxby Is Shameless
A reader of my blog, Georgia Politics Unfiltered, passed along an editorial that appeared in the Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News November 28th criticizing Sarah Palin for her planned campaign appearances...
View ArticleLet's Elect Jim Martin!!!
Tomorrow, let's win in Georgia!Tomorrow, Georgians have the opportunity to make a statement to the nation. We can continue the wave of change that swept this country in November and we can reject the...
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