Georgia's Very Own Megathread! (v2)

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Do you guys think Isakson will resign if Abrams wins? If so, who do you think Deal appoints to replace him? He’s so sick that I really don’t think he’ll be able to serve out the entirety of his term.

Can we not?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I think that Georgia is still out of reach for Democrats in 2020.

2022 and 2024...maybe.

Kind of why I want Abrams to go for a Governor rematch instead of a Senate run. Georgia’s inelasticity makes it easier for her to weather a Democratic midterm if it comes to that (Carter did respectful for someone running in the Deep South while Obama was Prez). I’d rather Teresa Tomlinson or Scott Holcomb take the gamble in 2020. If they kick Perdue out, great, if they don’t, eh. Abrams has to be very careful about her next move. Another statewide loss will hamper her political ambitions.

I sort of feel like her actions post election haven't put her in a good light.

Really? Maybe to people that already hated her, I live in deep Abrams country and the consensus is that Kemp cheated. LOL. I don’t think anyone that voted for her is going to vote against her in two or four years. We’ll see.

I can only speak for myself, but the way she handled herself after losing really left a negative impression with me b/c she seemed to be making a point of refusing to even acknowledge that it was a legitimate election.  I mean, what Kemp did was indefensible (to say the least), but he didn’t steal the election.  At the end of the day, Abrams lost and then went MIA during the SoS runoff (and I think Barrow might well have won if Abrams also made the runoff).  Abrams may well be our Senate or Governor nominee down the road, but I think she’s damaged goods at this point.  I think a rematch with Kemp would end about as well as Vincent Sheheen’s rematch with Haley did.

On a different note, Barrow’s performance was actually pretty impressive considering the circumstances.  Hopefully, we haven’t heard the last of him.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

When you say her in this second paragraph, do you mean Abrams?

I guess that leads me to question asked you if Abrams was / is such in a brace of a****** who's Rob most of her legislative colleagues the wrong way, how did she ever wind up minority leader?

Yes.

As far as how she got the job, I don't know. I got involved with local politics roughly around the same time she was elected Minority Leader; never bothered to ask around about how that transpired. She's certainly capable and qualified, so perhaps that cancelled out other concerns in a chamber where Democrats were at their nadir.

Do you think there’s anyone who could realistically beat Perdue in 2020 without a runoff or are we still too far from that point?  Abrams seems like someone who would do much worse in a Senate race, but Barrow and her both showed we need someone who can bring some extra votes to the table on their own.  I kinda wish Jason Carter ran for LG because while he’d have lost, it’d be an interesting test of whether a strong white candidate from the Atlanta-metro would run ahead or behind Abrams in the Atlanta suburbs.  Thoughts?