Republicans sweep GA?

[strike wolf]

I just checked everything, Republicans are winning almost every position and the biggest Democrat lead is 52% to 48%. The republicans have already clinched 4 positions 2 of which they had over 70% of total votes, the other I think was in the high 60% range. Everybody knows that Republican Sonny Perdue is going to be reelected for governor and Republican Casey Cagle has a 65% to 32% lead in the race for Lt. Governor. Yes Georgia is a republican state but this is just ridiculous though I suppose there have been bigger leads. And actually Sonny Perdue was the first republican governor in...I think over 100 years.

[vtmarik]

Wow, republicans won GA, a state that contains counties that passed laws requiring the teaching of creationism in science class?

What a shocker!

[cowshrptrn]

i wouldn't be surprised, the south hasn't been friendly to democrats, ever since they took the side of blacks on that whole segregation topic. There are still strongholds, since southern democrats are naturally more conservative than northern ones, jsut like northern republicans are more liberal than southern ones.

[subdork]

i wouldn't be surprised, the south hasn't been friendly to democrats, ever since they took the side of blacks on that whole segregation topic. There are still strongholds, since southern democrats are naturally more conservative than northern ones, jsut like northern republicans are more liberal than southern ones.

Those moderate liberals in the south are losing.
Those moderate conservatives in the north are losing.

Oh boy

[OnlyAmbrose]

It's the deep south, to be expected...

[P Gizzle]

i wouldn't be surprised, the south hasn't been friendly to democrats, ever since they took the side of blacks on that whole segregation topic. There are still strongholds, since southern democrats are naturally more conservative than northern ones, jsut like northern republicans are more liberal than southern ones.

uh, wasn't the Republican party created on the principal that slaves should be free?

[OnlyAmbrose]

i wouldn't be surprised, the south hasn't been friendly to democrats, ever since they took the side of blacks on that whole segregation topic. There are still strongholds, since southern democrats are naturally more conservative than northern ones, jsut like northern republicans are more liberal than southern ones.

uh, wasn't the Republican party created on the principal that slaves should be free?

Sort of. Party stances and geographical strongholds have sort of swapped since the Civil War though (though of course slavery is an issue most of us agree on now).

[P Gizzle]

i wouldn't be surprised, the south hasn't been friendly to democrats, ever since they took the side of blacks on that whole segregation topic. There are still strongholds, since southern democrats are naturally more conservative than northern ones, jsut like northern republicans are more liberal than southern ones.

uh, wasn't the Republican party created on the principal that slaves should be free?

Sort of. Party stances and geographical strongholds have sort of swapped since the Civil War though (though of course slavery is an issue most of us agree on now).

k, just making sure. cuz the Northern Dems, free-soil and whigs combined to become the Republican party, led by Honest Abe. or at least that's what History books say.

[strike wolf]

Well like I said it's a republican state. this is something that hasn't happened for a long long time though. last time I looked, Republicans were ahead in every position, in a couple cases, a republican was winning by 80% to 12% to 8% and the 12 belonged to a libertarian.

[strike wolf]

And yes cowshrptrn the democrats are more conservative here. Where do you think Zell Miller came from?

[P Gizzle]

weird. i can't believe people are shocked that a dem won Gov. in MA. i guess it's cuz he's black but still, a rep. in MA?

[sfhbballnut]

The parties suck. I'm pro republican right now, but what does that really mean. All the parties do is cause congress to sit there fighting about the parties and not getting as much done. All representatives do nowadays is follow thier party. Lets get rid of the parties so that representitives can make up their own mind rather than following their party. If the democrats win out then we'll have two years of the governmet struggling to get anything done as the veto back and forth with Bush. Something is wrong here and someone with influence needs to get up the backbone to say it. But they won't because they're all power crazy and only worry about re-election.

[sfhbballnut]

weird. i can't believe people are shocked that a dem won Gov. in MA. i guess it's cuz he's black but still, a rep. in MA?

This is a huge part of the problem.

[reverend_kyle]

The reps are sweeping idaho also.. though I'm hoping that we can keep the rep tom luna out of superintendant once more.. hes an idiot.

[strike wolf]

The Democrats are desperate here in Georgia. Their campaigns all run along the lines of smearing the republicans name while saying nothing about themselves. The republicans do a lot of smearing here too but the dems are the worst especially the last 2 elections.