Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has been leading in primary polls against Trump-endorsed David Perdue.
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With the Summer of the George Floyd demonstrations, followed by the recent Senatorial run-off Trump rebuff, I've taken a sharp interest in Georgia!
Despite all its woes throughout history and now, I've often had an an affinity for the South, even as I'm cognizant and averse to all of its - well - woes! Maybe call it a misplaced romanticism? I don't know.
But with the George Floyd & Rayshard Brooks protests in Atlanta, I saw protesters that for the most part were calm and lawful. And crazy as it sounds, most of the protestors were dressed - in my opinion - reasonably 'clean-cut', for lack of better words. And they seemed to present themselves on-camera in a sensible & reasonable manner. In short, those I saw interviewed in the streets didn't seem too different than those I might want as neighbors. This was in stark contrast to many of the other concurrent protests taking place in many other cities across the nation. It actually caught my attention, crazy as it sounds.
Then, Georgia flipped Blue in the soon-after Presidential election. That really caught my attention! And then soon after, both Senatorial seats flipped Blue! Wow! The flips weren't waves, but rather they were all close calls indicating a nearly evenly divided electorate.
For some crazy reason, I find this all appealing. Not in partisan terms, as in "Yea! Yea! Yea, for my side!". But rather, it appeals in terms of a Deep South state, previously fully entrenched in all we associate with the Deep South, now seemingly becoming a more moderate state, but not to the point of it being a 'bleeding heart liberal' state like some others. To be able to walk down the street or road and experience both sides of the equation, sounds pretty darn interesting. It also would be interesting to see what appears to be the emergence of more moderate Liberalism, if indeed that's what I am seeing. That, would be highly interesting. Most interesting, might be seeing how this all co-exists!
So anyway, my eyes will be on tonight's Georgia results, as a rebuke of Trump again will only further my interest in the place.
I don't know what's going-on in Georgia, but I think I've really got get my arse down there to see for my self!
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