If I lived in Georgia I’d think long and hard about casting a vote for Nathan Deal.
ABC News: Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Ga., announced today that he plans to resign his seat, effective at the close of business next Monday, to focus on his campaign for governor.
That means the total number of House members will be 431 — and the magic number to pass a bill drops to 216 as of Tuesday, March 9. That’s still no easy task — but every vote counts in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bid to pass health care reform.
Deal’s announcement comes a day after the resignation of an all-but-sure “yes” vote for Democrats: Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii. Abercrombie, like Deal, is running for governor, and wants to concentrate on his campaign full-time.
It looks like the gubernatorial campaign isn’t the only reason Deal is quitting.
There is a larger issue here that I think people are missing. Nathan Deal is under an ethics investigation by the U.S. House of Representatives relating to questionable contracts between a business Deal owns and the Georgia state government.
The Ethics Committee found Charlie Rangel in breach of ethics rules and never likes to just find on party at fault. The odds are really good that the Ethics Committee would use Deal to show it was bipartisan and evenhanded.
Because Deal is resigning his seat, the investigation into his business *poof* goes away. He won’t have to deal with a finding that he breached ethics rules to complicate his gubernatorial run.
What he will have to deal with, however, is upending Georgia politics to make it all about himself.
Oh, and Deal is a Democrat turned Republican, whose actions will force on Georgia taxpayers the costs of additional special elections.
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The last two to three years have been real civics and history lessons for all Americans. I had never been aware how many special elections would be held in such a short period of months. Surely it will add up just this year to at least ten special elections before November.
In more than one way, all the special elections can be a good thing. When Americans take one election at a time, much can be learned about what, when, why, where and how the process works. Also, each special election can be a prayer commitment to elect the most conservative candidate possible.
Lonely Conservative, I get a lot of emails from various PAC’s, etc. about campaigns and special elections. Is there any way you could keep a running post of the special elections and when they will occur, who’s running, who wins, or who is appointed?
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I can’t make any promises. I lack sleep as it is.
But I agree with you about the special elections. Each one gets far more attention when it happens on it’s own.
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