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Jul 18, 2022Liked by Chris J. Karr

For sure GA 14 could do better than MTG. I live all the way across Georgia in the northeast corner and have read a lot about her because she is always in the news. I know little about Marcus Flowers and his web site does not provide much information and he is not forthcoming about his past except that he was in the US Army. It appears that he is all in on the democrat agenda which is why he will lose this race. He will never win a congressional office in northern Georgia. His only hope in Georgia politics is for him to move to one of the blue enclaves or to make enough of a name for himself to succeed in a state-wide race. That's assuming nothing from his past bites him in the rear.

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It’s strange for sure. Dems have run nobodies in GA-14 for a long time with no financial support. Why throw $8 million and more behind this guy with little to no chance of winning?

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Do you suppose politics has reached the point that only radical ideologues and greedy, corrupt career politicians are willing to run for office? It's surprising that Georgia Republicans can't find prominent, reputable conservative candidates.

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Remember, in 2020, MTG's challenger in the Republican Party was John Cowan, a neurosurgeon. In his first campaign add he said “I’m John Cowan. I operate on brain and backs. Helping President Trump defend our God-given rights is NOT brain surgery. But deranged Democrats and weak Republicans just don’t get it.

“I can’t give them brain transplants or stiffer spines, but I’ll help President Trump build that wall, protect our values and stop Nancy Pelosi from ever getting her hands on this [AR-15].”

https://youtu.be/mYCGIyiM8XI

The 14th district chose MTG. Go figure.

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As I said, I live all the way across the state, almost in South Carolina and just a few miles from North Carolina. I did not see any ads for that congressional race. The neurosurgeon sounds plenty right wing and would have been a better choice.

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I suspect the spend is also an investment in raising Flowers' name recognition for future races as well.

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Agreed. This is a trial run. “If Flowers can break 25%, and get maybe 60,000 votes, which is slightly more than Democrat Daniel Grant got against Graves in 2012, when Obama was swept into the White House, we will probably see him again in two years.”

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I assume that Flowers doesn't have to spend all the cash he's collecting and can stash that away in a PAC of some sort for a future run as well?

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He could but so far he’s spent it all except about $700,000. He’s outspending MTG right now.

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