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May 14, 2003
Thurbert Baker at Breakfast
Had a chance to hear Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker give remarks and field a few questions from the assembled DeKalb Democratic Party's Breakfast Club. All I can say is, wow! Baker has quite a crowd persona, and was equally impressive one on one, though I didn't have as much time as I would have liked to chat him up.
The CW is that a black candidate can't win a top of the ticket statewide race in practically any state, but especially in the South. Baker has already won two down ticket statewide races (one in a good year, and one in a bad election year). If he decides to run for the Senate and gets around the state giving the same performance he did today, I give him equal odds against Rep. Johnny Isaakson (R), and better than equal odds against a rural pro-lifer like Rep. Mac Collins (R).
I told him it would be great to have a Senator from Georgia that votes like a Democrat, and he flashed me a coy smile.
Posted by Chris at May 14, 2003 06:38 PM
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