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Published: 04/28/10

Former Rep. Deal Leads Other GOP Hopefuls in Georgia Governor Matchups

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Former Rep. Deal Leads Other GOP Hopefuls in Georgia Governor Matchups

Former GOP Rep. Nathan Deal makes the best showing of the Republican hopefuls lining up to face off against the likely Democratic choice, Roy Barnes, in the Georgia governor's race, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted April 22. Deal leads Barnes, who served one term as governor from 1999 to 2003, by 56 percent to 39 percent, with 7 percent preferring another candidate and 8 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points. Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine leads Barnes by a statistically insignificant 45 percent to 43 percent, with 6 percent preferring someone else and 6 ...

Published: 04/10/10

Democrat Barnes Running Competitively Against All Rivals in Ga. Governor Race

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Democrat Barnes Running Competitively Against All Rivals in Ga. Governor Race

Democrat Roy Barnes, the former governor of Georgia, is running within the margin of error of all potential Republican rivals in his race to reclaim his old job, according to a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted April 5-7. Barnes leads state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine 45 percent to 42 percent with 13 percent undecided, (The margin of error for all the match-ups is 4 points). Barnes leads former Rep. Nathan Deal 44 percent to 42 percent with 14 percent undecided. Barnes leads former Secretary of State Karen Handel 44 percent to 43 percent with 13 percent undecided. ...

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Published: 03/20/10

Democrat's Barnes Running Evenly with GOP Hopefuls in Ga. Governor Race

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Democrat's Barnes Running Evenly with GOP Hopefuls in Ga. Governor Race

Democrat Roy Barnes, the former governor of Georgia, is running even or within the margin of error of all potential Republican rivals in his race to reclaim his old job, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 17. The margin of errror is 4.5 points for all match-ups. Barnes is tied at 41 percent with state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, who was leading the Republican field in a late February survey by Public Policy Polling. Six percent preferred another candidate and 11 percent were undecided. Rep. Nathan Deal leads Barnes 43 percent to 40 percent with 5 percent preferring ...

Published: 02/23/10

Democrat's Barnes Trailing Most GOP Governor Hopefuls in Georgia

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Democrat's Barnes Trailing Most GOP Governor Hopefuls in Georgia

Three of the four Republicans seeking the GOP's nod for Governor have moved ahead of the Democrat likely to get his party's nomination, former Gov. Roy Barnes, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 17. Barnes was in statistical ties with the three in Rasmussen's January poll. State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine leads Barnes, who served one term as governor between 1999 and 2003 before being defeated for re-election, 45 percent to 37 percent with 7 percent preferring another candidate and 10 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points. Nine-term Rep. Nathan ...

Published: 04/27/09

ESPN's Draft Coverage Is Disappointing

By  Adam Gretz - AOL News
ESPN's Draft Coverage Is Disappointing

Another NFL draft has come and gone, and it's possible that you spent much of your weekend glued to a television set laughing at the Raiders and screaming for your team to find the next Tom Brady at the bottom of the sixth-round. If you're like me, you live in an area of the country where your only option for draft day coverage is ESPN's wire-to-wire mayhem. If you happened to miss the draft, or watched it on the NFL Network, here's what you missed.Apparently, only the first round matters: Make no mistake, the NFL draft is an important weekend for the 32 franchises fighting for Super Bowl ...

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Published: 03/24/08

Saints-Giants Jeremy Shockey Trade Coming?

By  Michael David Smith - AOL News
Saints-Giants Jeremy Shockey Trade Coming?

Peter King drops an intriguing nugget into his Monday Morning Quarterback column today:I think, Giant beat writers, you might sniff around this one: New Orleans is not through trying to acquire Jeremy Shockey.Although I would add that Saints beat writers -- not to mention, you know, King himself -- ought to be sniffing around as well, the idea that the Giants will trade Jeremy Shockey and that the Saints are the most likely destination has been around for most of the NFL off-season and is not going away. For the Giants, it makes sense because they didn't seem to miss Shockey late in the season ...

Published: 02/28/08

The Saints Are Working on Taking Jeremy Shockey Off the Giants' Hands

By  Tom Mantzouranis - AOL News
The Saints Are Working on Taking Jeremy Shockey Off the Giants' Hands

Kind of a little shocker with the clock ticking towards free agency, but here's an interesting tidbit from Chris Mortensen -- the Saints made a trade offer to the Giants for happy-go-lucky complete team player Jeremy Shockey.Now let's take all of this with a grain of salt -- standard Mortensenian operating procedure -- but if true, it makes sense. The Saints' offense has lacked a truly dynamic tight end. Billy Miller has played well, but he and Eric Johnson haven't made a real impact on the offense, and both are unrestricted free agents. Paired with Marques Colston, the two could do wonders ...

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Published: 10/25/07

Michael Lewis, Eric Johnson Take Different Roads Against Old Teams

By  Tom Mantzouranis - AOL News
Michael Lewis, Eric Johnson Take Different Roads Against Old Teams

This Sunday's game between the 49ers and Saints in San Francisco will see returner Michael Lewis and tight end Eric Johnson line up against teams for which they played and were beloved. When that happens, there's basically just two attitudes a player can adopt, and each has chosen one.Lewis wants revenge ..."When you're playing against your former team, of course I want to bust one on them," Lewis said Wednesday. "I didn't like the way it ended (in New Orleans)."... while Johnson keeps things diplomatic."It was actually a hard decision," Johnson said Wednesday on a conference call with Bay ...

Published: 09/17/07

What Happened to the Saints Magic?

By  Tom Mantzouranis - AOL News
What Happened to the Saints Magic?

That's the question a lot of pundits are asking today in trying to figure out how the Saints, preseason NFC favorites, are 0-2. But the magic they're referring to is that annoying, mythical "Katrina magic" that people invented last year. That's not what I'm referring to. Last year was based on a lot of really good personnel decisions, good coaching, and inspired play. We know that good coaching and inspired play have so far been nowhere to be found. But what of the personnel decisions?Last year, the Saints had a magic touch shaping their roster. They got four starters in the draft (Roman ...

Published: 09/6/07

Saints at Colts: Just Watch the Fireworks

By  Tom Mantzouranis - AOL News
Saints at Colts:  Just Watch the Fireworks

To get you ready for week 1, FanHouse is previewing all 16 NFL games. Here is the New Orleans Saints/Indianapolis Colts preview."Since you've been gone, I can breathe for the first time." In picking the entertaining for tonight's season opener, the NFL was surely thoughtful of their target audience -- nothing says football like Kelly Clarkson (save, perhaps, the names Pink and Faith Hill). At least, nothing describes the end of a torturously long offseason like the chorus of one of Clarkson's biggest hits. Football is back. The summer is gone. The offseason is gone. And I feel like I can ...

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