Atlanta blogs today
December 1, 2008 at 11:48 am by Scott Freeman in Blogroll— How do you know it’s a Christmas season in hard times? When folks start tabulating the cost of all the items in “The 12 Days of Christmas.” Jason Pye has the expensive details for this Blue Christmas.
— And what is Christmas without local news stations covering the first official day of shopping? At Live Apartment Fire, Doug critiques the wall-to-wall coverage, including the reporter who did a story on finding a certain gift for her son. But is he gonna watch and figure out that his mom bought the gift, and not Santa?
— At Politits, DCup and her family are spendng the season dealing with financial calamity. They are looking for a new house and she frets over whether a landlord will rent to a couple in foreclosure. And, of course, who’s going to feed the birds that congregate around her country crib?
— Before we get to the real Christmas cheer, we have to elect a U.S. senator. Caribou Barbie comes to Georgia to stir up some good feelings about the Big Sax Machine. Andre at Georgia Politics Unfiltered notes that Palin’s hometown newspaper has criticized her for campaigning for such a “reprehensible Republican chicken hawk.” Ouch.
— At Blog For Democracy, lpackard takes us on the campaign trail with Jim Martin who, unlike Mr. Shameless, actually served in the military instead of ducking out of the draft because of an old football injury.
— Who’s going to win? Big Saxy has the money and the big-name Republicans shilling for his cause. FiveThirtyEight’s Sean Quinn is on the ground in Georgia and reports one major difference in the two campaigns: Martin’s local headquarters in Savannah were beehives of activity over the weekend while the headquarters of the Republican incumbent were open but virtually empty.
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