Georgia Podcast Network

Panel

• Joseph G of Dora-Blog
• Catherine Smith of Blog for Democracy
• Jen Brock of Blog for Democracy
• Kimberly Henderson
• Griftdrift of Drifting through the Grift

Topics

• Keith Gross in the 80th State House District
• Why are GA Democrats doing so poorly when national party is doing so well?
• Sonny Perdue, Casey Cagle, and Sunday Sales
• Seatbelt Laws

Recorded May 17, 2008 at Manuel's Tavern

Governor Sonny Perdue spoke to the Commerce Club at this Atlanta Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon Nov. 5, discussing taxes and water among other subjects.

Governor Perdue is serving his second term as Georgia's 81st Governor. He has launched initiatives to create what his administration describes as "a New Georgia," whose goal is to create a state government more responsive to the needs of its citizens. A native of Houston County, Governor Perdue is a licensed veterinarian and small business owner. He and his wife, First Lady Mary Perdue, have four children and seven grandchildren.

Length: 43:41 minutes
File size: 30 MB

Panel:

• Joseph G of monotonous dot net and dorablog
• Rusty Tanton of Georgia Podcast Network and Radical Georgia Moderate
  Shelby Highsmith of Shelbinator.com and Young Democrats of Atlanta
• GriftDrift of Drifting Through the Grift
• Randy Lewis of Georgia Daily Digest and Georgia Political & Policy Digest
• Grayson Daughters of Spacey Gracey Review and Peach Pundit
• Joe Winter of Joeventures and Bloglanta

Topics:

• Sonny vs. the House vs. the Senate
• Ben Harbin's alleged late-night visit to a female lobbyist
• Jim Whitehead and the 10th District
• New Media's influence on politics - both in Georgia and nationally
• Vernon Jones and the Senate

Length: 41:21 minutes
File size: 23.68 MB

Panel:

• Joseph G of monotonous dot net and dorablog
• GriftDrift of Drifting Through the Grift
• Garrett Vonk of GarrettVonk.com
  Thomas Strickland of Grabbing Sand and North Fulton Drama Club
• Randy Lewis of Georgia Daily Digest and Georgia Political & Policy Digest

Topics:

• Sunday Alcohol Sales
• Sonny for VP?
• PeachCare and education in the legislature
• Georgia says "no" to National ID
• Speeders pay for GA trauma care

Length: 24:47 minutes
File size: 17 MB

Panel:

• Joseph G of monotonous dot net and dorablog
• Decaturguy of Atlanta Public Affairs and Peach Pundit
  Randy Lewis of Georgia Daily Digest and Georgia Political Digest
• Catherine Smith of Blog for Democracy
• Bernita "Smitty" S. of Blog for Democracy

Topics:

• Sonny Perdue's Campaign ads & the use of Mary Perdue as campaign mascot
• Mark Taylor's "Sonny Did" ads, their effectiveness (or lack thereof) and outlook for the general election
• Carol Hunstein's brilliant attack on Mike Wiggins
• The race for Fulton County Commission Chair

Length: 26:20 minutes
File size: 39.17 MB

Jmac and our boy Tim Kelly sort out the controversial mess that is 'Cherrishinskigate' and try to come to some resolution. There's a first-ever live interview as Matt Tovrog tells his side of the story. Oh, and we pick the games for the week as well.

File Size: 44.7 MB
Length: 39:08 minutes

Panel:

• Joseph G of monotonous dot net and dorablog
• Garrett Vonk of GarrettVonk.com
• Joe Winter of Joeventures and Bloglanta
• Randy Lewis of Georgia Daily Digest and Georgia Political Digest

Topics:

• Diebold Voting Machines / Electronic Voting
• The Beltline - is it dead?
• Who has the cheesiest campaign commercial?
• New GA Tags - 2007

Length: 28:06
File size: 38.61 MB

Panel:

• Joseph G of monotonous dot net and dorablog
• Catherine Smith of Blog for Democracy
• Decaturguy of Atlanta Public Affairs and Peach Pundit
  Nikki Strickland of Alenda Lux and North Fulton Drama Club
• Will Hinton of Dignan's 75 Year Plan
• Joe Winter of Joeventures and Bloglanta

Topics:

• Cynthia McKinney - Voted Out of the 4th District
• Taylor/Perdue in the Governor's Race
• Andy Young's Racial Slurs

Length 27:09 minutes
File size: 31.09 MB