Friday, June 6, 2025 - Charlie Bailey, Georgia Democrats' new 'bulldog'

A month after securing the seat, new Georgia Democratic Party chair Charlie Bailey sat down with me today at Condesa Coffee in Old Fourth Ward Atlanta to discuss the state of the party he inherited from Rep. Nikema Williams. I wanted to know what was 'right' about the party he took the reigns of on day one, the biggest glaring need for the party, then, too, and covered a lot of ground on candidate recruitment, support of those candidates by the party, and his hoping to see Democrats go on the "offensive" in taking the fight to Republicans and growing the voter base in "red' counties, too. Nice to see some fight from this Georgia Bulldog alum and current Democratic party chair. Take a listen ... ------- A couple of weeks ago, former Republican Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan was kind enough (note: sarcasm) to ⁠offer advice to Democrats⁠ on how to win their way back into power (spoiler alert: moving to the center - againnnnnn) and today, it was much the same in an ⁠AJC op/ed⁠ from former Alpharetta city councilman, businessman and Republican Ben Burnett. While it's refreshing to see an avowed Republican speak about common ground on automatic weapons and reproductive rights, I'd tell Ben the same thing I'd say to Geoff: go wrest control of your party back and we'll work on those areas of common ground and go from there.