President Donald Trump is in Dalton on Friday and his rally will certainly be a newsworthy event attended by a faithful base. And that’s the point. This is a base mid-term election (for both parties) and, as proven in the past, Trump can motivate not only the “MAGA GOP” but low propensity GOP and independent voters who otherwise might stay at home. Trump’s presence also seeks to boost GOP turnout for gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson and U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins. The rally will obviously generate publicity for Republicans and their policies but also Democrat attacks. In any event, since the margin of statewide victory for Georgia Republicans presently appears narrow, their hope is that the attention-grabbing rally will have their poll numbers RISING…
Atlanta Dream’s stadium nightmare
The Atlanta Dream are about to play in the WNBA Finals, but they have a problem – they don’t have anywhere to play! The team has played its playoff games in State Farm Arena, which is owned by the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks. But due to scheduling issues, State Farm isn’t available now, as it already has concerts and Hawks games on the docket. So the Dream are scrambling, and may have to play Finals games in the 3,500 seat Gateway Center Arena (State Farm seats 17,500). The scheduling snafu has the Dream DRIFTING…
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