Hope. Change. Unity.

Wed   23 Jul 2008   23:59 by Kevin McGehee 1 comment [Get Offa My Lawn!] [Wackadoodle]

Barack Obama just keeps on healing division. Jim Martin, one of the Democratic candidates vying to face U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, said Wednesday he voted for John Edwards after his runoff opponent accused him of voting “against” Barack Obama. » Democratic candidates spar on presidential picks There were so many Democrats running in the Senate primary on July 15 that no one candidate got a majority, so Martin and Jones are feuding fighting it out in a runoff August 5 to see who gets to lose big to Chambliss in November. It sure is interesting that Barack Obama has so thoroughly united the Democratic Party that its members apparently didn’t have the right to vote for anyone but him during the primaries. Is there anything he can’t do? If you like that, you’ll love this: Martin - who’s been bashing his opponent Vernon Jones for twice casting ballots for Republican George Bush… Apparently Jones regards voting for Edwards in the primary as worse than voting—as a Democrat and elected officeholder—for George W. Bush. To be fair, most elected Georgia Democrats voted for Bush in 2004, and declared publicly their intention to do so. If Jones’ best response to Martin’s attacks is to accuse the latter of voting “against” Obama during a process where that’s what Democrats do, he may be in trouble. But at least his humiliation will come in August instead of November.

 

Kevin McGehee said: And Martin is the nominee. As expected, having voted for George W. Bush in 2004—at a time when practically every elected Democrat in Georgia was doing so, mind—was a bigger liability statewide than Martin’s having voted for fat-cat ambulance chaser wealthy trial lawyer John Edwards. I think Martin is probably the better candidate for Democrats, since I really doubt Jones would have done very well outside of DeKalb County—and his Bush vote probably wouldn’t have done him a lot of good in DeKalb County. But I still think Chambliss wins this in a walkaway. » Wed   6 Aug 2008   23:09 You must be registered and logged in to comment.