NOLA: Sign of the times
I saw this sign today in front of a convenience store in suburban Atlanta. There was another identical sign not even a mile north of this one. The fact that Ray Nagin is having to lobby for votes in Atlanta, some 500 miles away from New Orleans, shows how difficult and chaotic the voting situation is there. According to nola.com, there are only 764 displaced voters in Georgia and 146 in Atlanta. How do you find them? What methods should you use to reach them? How much should you spend to try to get their votes? Apparently, Nagin seems to think that there are enough potential voters in a small area of suburban Atlanta to justify (at least) these two signs in that area. I don't have a horse in this race, and I don't have an educated opinion on who should win, but I don't envy the horses themselves who have to run such a confusing and convoluted race.
2 comments:
Even though there may only be a small number of reported Katrina evacuees in Atlanta, that number may only reflect residents who registered as having been evacuated by the state to Georgia. There could be hundreds more who are staying with families in the ATL at least part time while they figure out what to do.
Even more than that, there could be thousands of Atlantans with families and friends in New Orleans. The last thing Nagin wants is that influential population calling his voters and telling them to get rid of him because of an ill perception in Atlanta.
This is most likely going to go down in history as the oddest Mayoral election in American history - the only one where the whole nation, through both the MSM and the blogosphere, is involved in the outcome.
Third Battle of New Orleans has the runnoff point spread.
No doubt, Patrick. It should very interesting with lots of factors in play (competency, race, voter access and dispersion).
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