http://www.chrisishardcore.com/ Diving for your collective memory. en-us Copyright 2008 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:53:57 -0500 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:48:42 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.01D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Welcome to my old politics blog. In 2003, I worked at the Georgia General Assembly. Like many other people, I found the quality and quantity of information written about Georgia politics online and in print to be lacking. At the... http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2008/10/an_important_me.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2008/10/an_important_me.html Georgia Politics Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:53:57 -0500 http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/09/sonny_is_a_rich_1.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/09/sonny_is_a_rich_1.html Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:15:27 -0500 Sometimes some good points get lost in the comments. Over on Peach Pundit, they are mostly throwing their hands up in the air wondering what exactly Sonny could have done wrong. Hey, every Governor gets rich without trying, seems to... http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/08/gatorgate.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/08/gatorgate.html Georgia Politics Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:05:53 -0500 I am always amused by the antics of people who try to use a random occurence to make a broader point about something. Global Warming is a great point. Today the Drudge Report linked to a story about the hottest... http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/08/stupid_drudge_t.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/08/stupid_drudge_t.html Math & Science Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:06:00 -0500 Republicans are sharpening their knives in this state, and one Democrat they'd really like to take out is Thurbert Baker, our attorney general. It's not surprising why they want to take him out -- for obvious reasons but also because... http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/07/republicans_aft.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/07/republicans_aft.html Georgia Politics Sat, 22 Jul 2006 02:24:57 -0500 Interested in the Dem Governor race, here you go: SEE THE MAP Note: You must have Firefox 1.5+. If you don't have it yet, what a wonderful opportunity for you.... http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/07/dem_governors.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/07/dem_governors.html Georgia Politics Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:27:18 -0500 A lot of people have made comments similar to the fact that they are sick of our Democratic primary but will support the eventual winner in November, even if reluctantly. These people say that even if they vote in the... http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/06/dont_vote_for_a.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/06/dont_vote_for_a.html Georgia Politics Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:28:10 -0500 I've talked to a few candidates who have filled out their AJC questionaires and one of the most interesting questions that I'll be looking forward to seeing answered asks the candidates what TV character do you identify with? This is... http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/06/exlion_tamer.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/06/exlion_tamer.html Georgia Politics Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:09:02 -0500 Here's a few things I've been thinking about lately. 1. Lamont excitement has gone a little overboard I think. Party activists (who voted 33% for Lamont and 67% for Liebermann at the CT state convention) are generally more extreme/enthusaistic than... http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/05/field_day_for_t.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/05/field_day_for_t.html National Politics Sun, 21 May 2006 11:47:50 -0500 Charles Bullock told the Macon Telegraph: While they're [Taylor/Cox] stuck catering to political extremes in their own party - before the winner tries to make a dash back to the middle - Perdue can play things mainstream, Bullock said. As... http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/05/extremes.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/05/extremes.html Georgia Politics Sun, 07 May 2006 18:57:55 -0500 http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/04/this_is_what_iv.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/04/this_is_what_iv.html Georgia Politics Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:38:23 -0500 The Georgia GOP has 5 Questions for Cathy and Mark to answer. But by my count, Sonny isn't exactly clear on where he stands on at least four of them. The 5 Questions: 1. Do you support Cynthia McKinney’s extreme... http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/04/questions_for_s.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/04/questions_for_s.html Georgia Politics Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:11:57 -0500 Who knew Georgia Republicans were getting this desperate? Sonny's internal polling must be getting just as shaky as recent Survey USA and Rasmussen polls have shown it. McKinney certainly isn't popular with a majority of Georgians, and that hasn't been... http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/04/what_a_reach.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/04/what_a_reach.html Georgia Politics Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:28:51 -0500 A lot of us are familiar with the poll gap. Time and again we see national polls (in 2004, 2002 and before) put the generic Democratic congressional candidate ahead of the generic Republican one, sometimes by a number of points,... http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/03/can_democrats_r.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/03/can_democrats_r.html National Politics Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:39:28 -0500 Lord knows I have my issues with MyDD-ism, but I really liked what Jerome Armstrong, one half of the site's founders had to say about Paul Hackett's exit from the Senate race in Ohio:But Armstrong sounded nonchalant about Hackett: “The... http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/03/good_hackett_qu.html http://www.chrisishardcore.com/archives/2006/03/good_hackett_qu.html National Politics Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:57:23 -0500