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Georgia Voter ID Law Challenged Again

R.T. Eby | Posted 07.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Georgia Voting Laws, Georgia, Emmet Bondurant Georgia Democrat, Georgia Democratic Party, Emmet Bondurant, Karen Handel, Home News
R.T. Eby

The Georgia Democratic Party has asked the courts to temporarily stay the state's highly partisan voter ID law. The law now requires photo IDs for the July 15 primary election.

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Obama's Sort Of Audacious Southern Strategy

Ben Mishkin | Posted 07.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Presidential Campaign 2008, South, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama, Georgia, Obama's Southern Strategy, North Carolina, Travis Childers, Mississippi, African-Americans, Tom Schaller, Southern Strategy, Home News

Barack Obama's "Southern Strategy" based on expected "historic turnout in the African-American community" has come under scrutiny recently, setting off a new round of debate on the matter in the blogosphere.

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Education Voters

Ben Terris | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Young Voters, Education, Travel, Youth Vote, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, Divide, Home News
Ben Terris

Talking politics with young people across the country has meant talking about education. "What works," says one, "is retaining teachers and recruiting volunteers, people to push the kids hard at school."

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Boy Decapitated At Six Flags In Georgia

Huffington Post | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home

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KTHV News confirms that a boy was decapitated at the Georgia Six Flags: A boy died Saturday after being decapitated at the Six Flags Over Georgia the...

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Solving America's Healthcare Crisis, One State at a Time

Doug Bremner | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Drugs, Medications, Insurance, Healthcare, Georgia, Politics News
Doug Bremner

Competition and the private marketplace is not the best approach for healthcare. You just think it is because you've been listening to a bunch of fruit-loops like Rush Limbaugh and Neil Boortz.

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Bush: Leave NATO Alone

Lionel Beehner | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Macedonia, Georgia, Ukraine, Peacekeeping, NATO Expansion, Bush, Albania, Croatia, Politics News
Lionel Beehner

We are bent on recklessly expanding NATO, without giving much afterthought to its overarching mission statement.

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A Warning to Our Superdelegates

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

It is increasingly unseemly for superdelegates to stand by as the Clinton campaign resorts to techniques that would have made Jesse Helms blush 20 years ago.

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Clinton Spinning Into Twilight Zone

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

The Clinton operation's dismissive attitude towards the states that she loses feels uncomfortably like a post-facto snub by the aggrieved party in a break up: "he's not really my type anyway."

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My Super Duper Tsunami Tuesday Primary Picks

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Between Obama and Clinton, it's going to be a virtual tie. Both campaigns will immediately release spin on why they are now the frontrunner, and why the other should politely drop out of the race.

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What the Huck?

Cristina Page | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

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Cristina Page

Those set on overturning Roe have their eyes on a larger prize: banning contraception. And they've got the support of at least one leading presidential contender.

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Obama and the Grumpy Old Men

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.20.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Younger black activists and elected officials are unlikely to feel any loyalty to the Clintons, are engaged by a post-baby-boom candidate and feel more in sync with Obama on the issues.

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Why Voters Reelect Thugs

Lionel Beehner | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Democracy, Opposition, Kenya, Georgia, Saakashvili, Uzbekistan, Politics News
Lionel Beehner

What's worrying is that the ensuing violence in Kenya could leave Kenyans -- and other voters in illiberal democracies -- with the impression that a closely contested race is just not worth it.

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Death and the Evangelical Urban Myth

Steven Denlinger | Posted 12.14.2007 | Living

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Steven Denlinger

My obsession with dying, with the smoky, fiery hereafter, resonated throughout the whole of my life as a child.

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Georgia Court Frees Teen In Consensual Oral Sex Case

AP | DANIEL YEE | Posted 10.26.2007 | Home

Read More: Genarlow Wilson Freed, Genarlow Wilson, Georgia, Home News

A former high school football star given 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with another teenager was freed Friday by Georgia's highest...

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Bill Richardson Shops for a Labor Secretary

Shelby Highsmith | Posted 10.15.2007 | Home

Read More: Labor, Atlanta, Young Democrats, Bill Richardson, Offthebus, Georgia, Home News
Shelby Highsmith

On Friday, October 5 in Atlanta, Bill Richardson, in a bit of switch, helped local Democrats raise a little money for their own efforts.

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Hillary Supporters In Georgia: "We want a clear mandate"

Andre Walker | Posted 10.12.2007 | Home

Read More: Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Offthebus, Georgia, Home News
Andre Walker

Local Georgia Democrats gathered at Manuel's Tavern Thursday evening to hear about efforts to deliver Georgia's 104 DNC delegates to Hillary Clinton.

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Bill Richardson Brings Mi Familia to Georgia (video)

Shelby Highsmith | Posted 10.12.2007 | Home

Read More: Young Democrats, Democrats, Bill Richardson, Georgia, Offthebus, Atlanta, Video, Home News
Shelby Highsmith

In a bit of a reversal, Bill Richardson raised some cash for local Georgia Dems during a recent visit to Georgia.

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Bill Richardson's Lonely Yellow Dog (video)

Shelby Highsmith | Posted 10.11.2007 | Home

Read More: Atlanta, Bill Richardson, Georgia, Campaigning, 2008 Election, Offthebus Interview With Richardson, Home News
Shelby Highsmith

After visiting with the Georgia Tech Young Dems, Bill Richardson stopped for lunch at the Varsity in Atlanta. However, the greasy food wasn't the only thing causing his campaign heartburn.

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Bowling for Democracy

Grayson Daughters | Posted 10.01.2007 | Home

Read More: Election 2008, Voter Registration Drive, Offthebus, Georgia, Home News
Grayson Daughters

Grayson Daughters reports for OffTheBus from Atlanta at the Georgia for Democracy's annual "Bowling for Democracy" event.

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