Comments on: The Evolving 42nd District GA Senate Race

By: smalltowngal

smalltowngal — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:18:04 +0000

make room for the possibility that the questions Progressive Dem described were designed to explore respondents’ values and priorities. That is, of the many things that could be highlighted about the candidate in this particular campaign, which ones are likely to push positive buttons among which categories of voters? that’s strategic communication, and there isn’t anything phony about it, necessarily.
back to the regularly scheduled politician-poking.

By: doug

doug — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:54:16 +0000

I would suggest that you give serious consideration to learning more about Tom Stubbs. I think you will be impressed. He has been a leader on many neighborhood issues and he is a tireless volunteer for a number of community and school projects. Whenever I need a volunteer, I know I can count on Tom. He is also a leader in the legal profession. He has been the president of the DeKalb Bar Association and he is currently a member of the Board of Governors for the State Bar of Georgia. I am lucky to have Tom for a friend and I hope he is my next state senator. He is a genuine public servant.

By: Jim Warren

Jim Warren — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:18:23 +0000

I had the same call and I don’t even live in Dekalb any longer. They even called me using an area code outside the district!

Pollster mispronounced so many names and other errors I had to keep asking questions of them!

As for the questions about the family members influencing favorability as a candidate, that to me was a clear toe in the water to see if President Carter’ several recent controversial positions/statements would make voters turn off to Jason.

By: "Naaman" Gibbets

"Naaman" Gibbets — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:46:04 +0000

“Politics is the weighing of your personal conscience against the expectations of those you represent and getting things accomplished.”

Idealistically, sure that’s what it is, but I think in reality anyone that can handle the stress and cognitive dissonance involved is a person who is searching for something other than “getting things accomplished”–like money and power and money or power, or rather money/power=power/money. Take your pick–like I said, they’re all the same.
I’d rather be called Richard Burton, really, and no I wouldn’t fair any better because I would not be in politics.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:30:50 +0000

Politics is the weighing of your personal conscience against the expectations of those you represent and getting things accomplished.

Would you fair any better Jack Burton? I mean…Gibbets?