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Immigration Could Change Politics in Gwinnett

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clay cox

Published July 18, 2010 at 3:20 a.m.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) Sitting in a crowded strip mall office, about three dozen Gwinnett Country Republicans mostly white voted down a newspaper ad reminding the GOP faithful about Tuesday's primary. They squabbled over the best time for outdoor rallies ... But there were no arguments when Rich Carithers requested $1,000 to sponsor a Republican table at an upcoming Asian culture festival. It's expected to attract thousands of people later this month to a county where minorities now hold the

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The Best Of The Drifts - Political Roux

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beat, georgia, glenn richardson

Published June 9, 2010 at 7:49 a.m.
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Originally published December 3, 2009 ... The Politics Of Rue ... To make a proper roux, you need two things - lots of stirring and lots of heat. Much care must be given to this frantic combination lest you get burned by the spatter ... The slow simmer for Georgia Republicans began three weeks ago with the suicide attempt of Speaker Glenn Richardson. All seemed to reset as political types of all stripe gracefully uttered words of sympathy and understanding. Richardson emerged from the dark cloud

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Bank Sues Cong. Candidate Over $2.3M Loan

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Published May 29, 2010 at 4:18 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) A Georgia bank has sued a Republican running for Congress and a prominent leader in the state's Senate, claiming they failed to repay a $2.3 million loan used to buy a budget motel ... A revised lawsuit filed last week by Bartow County Bank alleges that former state Rep. Tom Graves, state Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers and two of their businesses are responsible for a loan taken out by Tich Hospitality LLC. The lawsuit lists Graves as a member of the company ... Graves is

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The Best Of The Drifts - Credibility

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Published May 12, 2010 at 7:54 a.m.
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Originally published September 18, 2008 ... Credibility ... Credibility is a word much bandied these days ... We are told that in this internet world where the abililty to tell a story is as simple as clicking a hyperlink, the traditional media is a refuge of credibility. We are assured the layers of "editorial processes" is a vanguard against myth and rumor. We are told that those who use their actual names as opposed to pen names are more trustworthy. We are told many things ... Yesterday,

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Climate bill placed on hold over Senate dispute

Published April 24, 2010 at 8:19 p.m.

Long-awaited climate change legislation was put on hold by its authors Saturday when a dispute over immigration politics and Senate priorities threatened to unravel a bipartisan effort that took months of work ...

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SEC Watched Porn as Economy Crashed

Published April 23, 2010 at 3:44 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) Senior staffers at the Securities and Exchange Commission spent hours surfing pornographic websites on government-issued computers while they were being paid to police the financial system, an agency watchdog says ... The SEC's inspector general conducted 33 probes of employees looking at explicit images in the past five years, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press ... The memo says 31 of those probes occurred in the 2 1/2 years since the financial system teetered

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Thurmond enters U.S. Senate race

Published April 21, 2010 at 12:14 p.m.
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Declaring that politics in Washington is broken by “hyper-partisanship,” Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond Wednesday formally announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate ...

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The Best Of The Drifts - The NRA Comes To Georgia

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Published April 19, 2010 at 2:06 p.m.
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Originally Published April 18, 2007 ... Thugs ... Let me say first, in the end they did the right thing ... Where to begin? There are so many angles ... The politics? Certainly, good politics dictates avoiding a controversial issue where many of your own allies stand against you - especially on the day following a national tragedy which can be linked to the matter ... The new media? It's hard to imagine this story being reported on the same day it occurred in the old media world. It is easy to

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Poll: 4 of 5 Distrust Government

Published April 19, 2010 at 3:43 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) America's ``Great Compromiser'' Henry Clay called government ``the great trust,'' but most Americans today have little faith in Washington's ability to deal with the nation's problems ... Public confidence in government is at one of the lowest points in a half century, according to a survey from the Pew Research Center. Nearly 8 in 10 Americans say they don't trust the federal government and have little faith it can solve America's ills, the survey found ... The survey

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Justice Stevens Retires; GOP Promises Fight

Published April 10, 2010 at 4:36 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP)   Republicans are promising a ``whale of fight'' during the congressional election campaign if President Barack Obama picks too liberal a nominee to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens ... Eleven days before his 90th birthday, Stevens said Friday he would step down when the court finishes its work for the summer, in hopes that a replacement could be confirmed well before the next term begins in October ... Obama said he would quickly name a successor in the

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