Georgia
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 11/4/2008 — Sean Quinn : If there is one shocker on election night in the presidential race, cast your eyes to Georgia. 1,994,990 people voted early in Georgia. 3,301,875 total voted in Georgia's presidential race in 2004. Let that sink in. If I were to ...

Bank Failure #23: First Georgia Community Bank, Jackson, Georgia
calculatedrisk.blogspot.com 12/5/2008 — From the FDIC: United Bank Acquires All the Deposits of First Georgia Community Bank, Jackson, Georgia First Georgia Community Bank, Jackson, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named receiver. To ...

On the Road: Atlanta, Georgia
fivethirtyeight.com 11/4/2008 — "I got dog-tired beyond Macon and woke up Dean to resume. We got out of the car for air and suddenly both of us were stoned with joy to realize that in the darkness all around us was fragrant green grass and the smell of fresh manure and warm waters. ...

Is Georgia in Play?
qando.net 10/27/2008 — A nd this time, I don’t mean the Republic of Georgia. The Obama campaign certainly seems to think so (and polls show the race here tightening considerably). David Knowles reports: Early voting is proving a huge asset to Obama. It remains to be ...

Lewis Says Georgia’s Voter ID Checks are Harassment
reddingnewsreview.com 10/13/2008 — Oct. 13, 2008, 4:40 a.m. - Voting rights groups last week filed a suit against the Georgia Secretary of State charging that the voting rights of a Cherokee County citizen had been violated. This suit came one day after concerns were lodged by the U.S. ...

'Document Hold' Served by OH Attorney to GA SoS in Advance of State's U.S. Senate Run-off Election
bradblog.com 12/4/2008 — Guest blogged by Steve Heller of Velvet Revolution The lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the civil RICO lawsuit King Lincoln v. Blackwell in Ohio, served a document hold request to Georgia Sec. of State Karen Handel in advance of the December ...

McCain 'going into battle' in Georgia
swamppolitics.com 12/1/2008 — by Mark Silva "Going into battle one more time,'' Sen. John McCain calls it. That's his way of framing his relatively remote-control work for the reelection of Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, the Republican forced into a runoff election, this ...

Could Georgia Flip to the Democrats?
politicalwire.com 10/23/2008 — According to a new Democracy Corps poll in Georgia, Sen. John McCain leads Sen. Barack Obama by just two points, 46% to 44%. In the U.S. Senate race, Sen. Saxby Chambliss holds a four point edge over challenger Jim Martin (D), 48% to 44%. "The ...

Interview Georgia Senate Candidate Jim Martin: A Progressive in the South?
openleft.com 10/16/2008 — So last week I asked whether we should endorse Jim Martin, candidate for Senate in Georgia.  Most people said yes, but I wanted to do an interview with him to make sure he's a Better Democrat.  After five days of hard campaigning, he was ...

While Florida Extends Voting Hours, Georgia Refuses to Follow Suit
dailykos.com 10/29/2008 — As kos noted yesterday , Florida Governor Charlie Crist extended voting hours in that state, citing huge early voting lines and waits of up to five or six hours in some areas.   But in neighboring Georgia, Secretary of State Karen Handel is ...

Al Gore hits the campaign trail — CNN Political Ticker 11/23/2008
(CNN) — Add Al Gore to the list of big name surrogates who are making campaign cameos in the last remaining Senate election this year. The former vice president teams up with Jim Martin at a campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin is a former ...

Georgia marks 5th anniversary of Rose Revolution (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/23/2008
AP - Georgia's opposition marked the Rose Revolution's fifth anniversary with a rally Sunday demanding the resignation of the uprising's leader — President Mikhail Saakashvili.

Newsweek: Battleground Georgia — msnbc.com: Politics 11/24/2008
Both parties are pouring massive resources into the state's high-stakes U.S. Senate runoff election.

Georgian, Polish presidents' motorcade fired on (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/23/2008
AP - Shots were fired near the motorcade carrying the presidents of Georgia and Poland on Sunday — the fifth anniversary of Georgia's Rose Revolution — Georgian officials said. No one was hurt in the shooting.

Russian FM: Georgia shooting provocation (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/24/2008
AP - Russia's foreign minister has suggested that a weekend shooting incident near a motorcade carrying the Georgian and Polish presidents was planned by Georgia to discredit Moscow and its separatist allies.