http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:01:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/voter-guide-us-senate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/voter-guide-us-senate/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:51:58 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/voter-guide-us-senate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/voter-guide-us-senate/feed/ 1 As the July 15 primaries approach, we at CL wanted to give our readers a recap of some of the most important races. Let’s call it our Ad-hoc, Incremental, Online Voter Guide! Let’s start with the Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate. They’re fighting for the honor to take on first-term Republican (and Bush hand-maiden) Saxby Chambliss. Polls [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/atlanta-blogs-today-4/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/atlanta-blogs-today-4/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:09:15 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/atlanta-blogs-today-4/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/atlanta-blogs-today-4/feed/ 0 — Jay Bookman = Priceless. Ah, those wacky Gwinnett Republicans. — Tondee’s Tavern notes that the Macon Telegraph has endorsed Dale Cardwell for the U.S. Senate in the Democratic primary. This comes on the heels of Obama’s smackdown of Vernon Jones yesterday for printing up photo-shopped fliers that imply Obama has endorsed Mr. CEO-who-voted-for-Bush-twice. Says Obama: [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/03/senate-race-produces-videos-galore/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/03/senate-race-produces-videos-galore/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:41:23 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/03/senate-race-produces-videos-galore/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/03/senate-race-produces-videos-galore/feed/ 0 In Georgia politics, it’s generally accepted that an effective media buy for a statewide race costs upwards of $250,000 a week. That’s a lot of wampum. What do you do if you can’t afford to get your ads on TV? You put them on your website, of course. That’s just what the Democratic candidates for U.S. [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/02/poll-cardwell-closing-gap-with-jones/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/02/poll-cardwell-closing-gap-with-jones/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:44:14 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/02/poll-cardwell-closing-gap-with-jones/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/02/poll-cardwell-closing-gap-with-jones/feed/ 3 A couple weeks ago, WSB-TV reporter-turned-Senate candidate Dale Cardwell told us he’s “running for second place” in the July 15 primary to earn a place in a Democratic runoff election with presumed front-runner Vernon Jones. This morning, Cardwell sent out a release saying that, as of now, he’s there. He cites a report by his [...]