InsiderAdvantage Georgia reports on the ribbon cutting of the new Capitol museum exhibit
From InsiderAdvantage Georgia:
The war is still on between Democrats Cathy Cox and Mark Taylor, as InsiderAdvantage CEO Matt Towery reported a few weeks ago when he also suggested that Cox, who lost to Taylor in a brutal primary, was edging closer to the GOP side of the aisle.
She didn’t go so far as to say she was changing parties Thursday in a joint appearance with Gov. Sonny Perdue to cut the ribbon on a new Capitol museum exhibit on faith and Georgia’s social structure. In fact, she said she’s remaining a Democrat. “My daddy was a Democrat and I’ll be a Democrat.”
But it also was her first major public appearance since the primary last summer and it just happened to be with Republican Perdue, not Taylor - the man who beat her for the right to carry the Democratic banner into next month’s election. (Cox said Taylor and the entire Legislature had been invited to the event. He did not appear. Neither did any legislators that we saw.)
Towery wrote several weeks ago: "We knew that the rift between Taylor and Cox was irreparable” and he went on to say that without Cox’s support, Taylor faces seemingly insurmountable odds.
Cox supporters will remember the attack ads from the Cox-Taylor primary campaign along with the lawsuit that was filed against her former press secretary, Peter Jackson, that was only resolved weeks after the election and then only with intervention from former President Jimmy Carter. And even after the settlement was announced, it was clear from their public statements the two Democrats were still very much at war.
Cox was asked point-blank what observers should make of her joining Perdue for the event. She was careful to avoid the obvious political implications.
“I’m still Secretary of State until the first of the year. I’m simply doing my job today,” she said, further explaining she had hoped to unveil it in the spring while she was still a candidate for governor but couldn’t get the OK from the Legislative Services Committee.
Who will she vote for next month?
“We’re here to talk about history not about politics.”
Any plans to appear with Taylor before the election?
“We’re kind of taking it as it comes. I’ve got a lot of things on my calendar. I’m trying to help candidates as much as I can with my schedule so we certainly will continue to look at opportunities.”
Which candidates?
“I’ve appeared and participated in some receptions for legislative candidates around the state and will continue to do that as I’m invited and have the time on my calendar.”
And Perdue’s take on the symbolism of the event?
“This is the people’s house. It’s all the peoples’ house. We stand together here as a Democrat and Republican doing the peoples business in a way that I think they’d be pleased.”
The exhibit is on the fourth floor of the Capitol on the House side. It cites the contributions various faith communities have made to Georgia and includes a Bible opened to Exodus 20 – the Ten Commandments.
The war is still on between Democrats Cathy Cox and Mark Taylor, as InsiderAdvantage CEO Matt Towery reported a few weeks ago when he also suggested that Cox, who lost to Taylor in a brutal primary, was edging closer to the GOP side of the aisle.
She didn’t go so far as to say she was changing parties Thursday in a joint appearance with Gov. Sonny Perdue to cut the ribbon on a new Capitol museum exhibit on faith and Georgia’s social structure. In fact, she said she’s remaining a Democrat. “My daddy was a Democrat and I’ll be a Democrat.”
But it also was her first major public appearance since the primary last summer and it just happened to be with Republican Perdue, not Taylor - the man who beat her for the right to carry the Democratic banner into next month’s election. (Cox said Taylor and the entire Legislature had been invited to the event. He did not appear. Neither did any legislators that we saw.)
Towery wrote several weeks ago: "We knew that the rift between Taylor and Cox was irreparable” and he went on to say that without Cox’s support, Taylor faces seemingly insurmountable odds.
Cox supporters will remember the attack ads from the Cox-Taylor primary campaign along with the lawsuit that was filed against her former press secretary, Peter Jackson, that was only resolved weeks after the election and then only with intervention from former President Jimmy Carter. And even after the settlement was announced, it was clear from their public statements the two Democrats were still very much at war.
Cox was asked point-blank what observers should make of her joining Perdue for the event. She was careful to avoid the obvious political implications.
“I’m still Secretary of State until the first of the year. I’m simply doing my job today,” she said, further explaining she had hoped to unveil it in the spring while she was still a candidate for governor but couldn’t get the OK from the Legislative Services Committee.
Who will she vote for next month?
“We’re here to talk about history not about politics.”
Any plans to appear with Taylor before the election?
“We’re kind of taking it as it comes. I’ve got a lot of things on my calendar. I’m trying to help candidates as much as I can with my schedule so we certainly will continue to look at opportunities.”
Which candidates?
“I’ve appeared and participated in some receptions for legislative candidates around the state and will continue to do that as I’m invited and have the time on my calendar.”
And Perdue’s take on the symbolism of the event?
“This is the people’s house. It’s all the peoples’ house. We stand together here as a Democrat and Republican doing the peoples business in a way that I think they’d be pleased.”
The exhibit is on the fourth floor of the Capitol on the House side. It cites the contributions various faith communities have made to Georgia and includes a Bible opened to Exodus 20 – the Ten Commandments.
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