The GA-GOP is far too conservative on social issues for the state it now runs. Its explicit, marquee appeals to what remains of the Religious Right will doom it in short order, no question. GA-GOPers must follow the FL-GOP's lead by focusing on economic, public safety, and ...
... education-related issues if they want to keep winning. God, Guns, and abortion worked in 1990s GA, but not the GA of the 2020s. Even as a socially tolerant guy, I preferred the old GA, but the new one is here and it is not going away. One big problem in GA is that ...
... it is not a tax refuge like FL is, so economic conservatism is not as much of a deal-breaker there as folks are used to paying higher taxes. Public safety is an issue, but GA has many more woke suburbanites than FL does, so who knows how effective it really is. Educational ..
... choice is probably the best issue for GA-GOPers going forward. That being said, the GA-GOP got itself into this situation, in part, by offering substantial tax credits to Hollywood folks, who not only visited for shoots, but eventually set up shop in Greater Atlanta. This ...
... is a colossal self-own which FL-GOPers, who rejected GA-like tax credits on several occasions, obviously do not have to deal with. GA-GOPers need to chart a moderate, populist course if they want to prevent Governor Abrams in the near future.
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