Shipp: Barnes talking like a candidate for governor
Bill Shipp reports that based on a fire-breathing speech Roy Barnes recently delivered to the Georgia delegation in Denver and an interview Shipp had with the former governor,
one might think Barnes is preparing for liftoff as a candidate for governor in 2010.
"Some people have asked me to run," he says. "But, right now, I'm leaning against it."
If your lowly correspondent were a gambling man, I'd say the chance of Barnes running for governor are about one out of five. Some people close to Barnes put the odds nearer to 50-50.
He already has the fire in his belly to make the race, but he probably needs more pushing and pledges of cash.
This is the second time Bill Shipp has written about this possibility in recent months. A 5-21-08 post entitled "Georgia's Dean of Politics and Journalism hopes former Gov. Roy Barnes will come rescue Georgia from chronic incompetence and apathy" has the following quotes from a Shipp column:
Barnes, for the first time in a long time, delivered the traditional Confederate Memorial Day speech at Oakland Cemetery. In olden days, an appearance at this event was a sure sign of revving up to run.
[R]umor has it that Barnes . . . may come roaring back to rescue us from chronic incompetence and apathy. . . . [T]he words "not a moment too soon" come rushing to mind.
Personally, I see the odds considerably higher than one in five, but not as high as fifty-fifty. But regardless, wouldn't it be sweet. How about let's all do our share of pushing and be willing to reach for our checkbooks.
And with Georgia being in play and hopefully 2008 being a blue year for the nation, perhaps business leaders in metro Atlanta and the state business community in general will come to their senses and join in this pushing and urging and also loosen their own pursestrings just as is been done nationally. (With regard to coming to their senses, see my 5-21-08 post entitled "They don't call him the Dean for nothing: Big business, having gotten a legislature it bought & paid for & deserved, better heed the Dean's counsel.")
one might think Barnes is preparing for liftoff as a candidate for governor in 2010.
"Some people have asked me to run," he says. "But, right now, I'm leaning against it."
If your lowly correspondent were a gambling man, I'd say the chance of Barnes running for governor are about one out of five. Some people close to Barnes put the odds nearer to 50-50.
He already has the fire in his belly to make the race, but he probably needs more pushing and pledges of cash.
This is the second time Bill Shipp has written about this possibility in recent months. A 5-21-08 post entitled "Georgia's Dean of Politics and Journalism hopes former Gov. Roy Barnes will come rescue Georgia from chronic incompetence and apathy" has the following quotes from a Shipp column:
Barnes, for the first time in a long time, delivered the traditional Confederate Memorial Day speech at Oakland Cemetery. In olden days, an appearance at this event was a sure sign of revving up to run.
[R]umor has it that Barnes . . . may come roaring back to rescue us from chronic incompetence and apathy. . . . [T]he words "not a moment too soon" come rushing to mind.
Personally, I see the odds considerably higher than one in five, but not as high as fifty-fifty. But regardless, wouldn't it be sweet. How about let's all do our share of pushing and be willing to reach for our checkbooks.
And with Georgia being in play and hopefully 2008 being a blue year for the nation, perhaps business leaders in metro Atlanta and the state business community in general will come to their senses and join in this pushing and urging and also loosen their own pursestrings just as is been done nationally. (With regard to coming to their senses, see my 5-21-08 post entitled "They don't call him the Dean for nothing: Big business, having gotten a legislature it bought & paid for & deserved, better heed the Dean's counsel.")
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