I’ll publish press releases, interview candidates, draft my opinions about issues, but what I really want is to talk to the kingmakers. You know who I’m talking about. The campaign consultants. The seasoned veterans that put on the big show. The ones who live off of campaign adrenaline. The money men. The gadflies. Those are the characters I want to hear from. 

The kingmakers are the ones who pull reporters aside and give them the real story, before and after the interview with the candiates. The kingmakers I knew were the ones in the back of the crowded room, with subtle smirks on their faces. I’ve been out of the game for a few years. I need to understand how it’s played in a digital, wireless world. 

So pass a few names, emails, Twitter addresses or Facebook profiles to me. I’d like to see who the players are.

I’ve chosen the WordPress theme to use and slowly started to tweak things here at the 120Politics.com blog. 

Just an idea of what I’m going to be talking about in coming months and years…

Georgia House and Senate news and campaigns for seats in Cobb, Cherokee, Fulton, Gwinnett, Douglas and Paulding – and any others that seem interesting or relevant. I’ll be discussing statewide and federal elections in regards to north metro candidates or local reactions to those campaigns. 

Twitter will be part of my social media to spread the news, so please follow me at https://twitter.com/120politics.

Also, check out the About 120Politics page here to learn more.

  

Georgia Republicans faced a multi-candidate 2010 primary for governor, even with Lt. Gov.Casey Cagle in the race as the consensus favorite to win the nomination to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue . But Cagle’s surprise announcement last Wednesday that he was withdrawing from the race, citing health problems, has thrown the contest even more up for grabs — and has still more candidates thinking about joining the field.

The crowded field of contenders has been forming since 2006, when Perdue was re-elected to a second consecutive term, the maximum allowed under Georgia’s term-limit law.

Read more at CQ Politics.