Bill Shipp writes: "Georgia has the least influential congressional delegation in its modern history."

Yesterday's post entitled "Georgia's share of federal pork this year embarrassingly low. - Rep. Kingston, a member of the Appropriations Committee, is in a ticklish position," noted that Rep. Jack Kingston defended the clout and influence of the majority-Republican delegation's ability to bring home federal dollars.

We know not to expect anything but the straight talk from the Dean.

In one of his columns this week he writes:

"Georgia has the least influential congressional delegation in its modern history. Georgia ranks 49th among the states in per-capita federal funding of local projects. It once ranked near the top."

(4-20-05, The Athens Observer.)