Scot and Jason were Buzz-less this week, but they persevered and knocked out a packed episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast this week. We had a lot on the list to discuss. Among the items on the agenda were: - Kandiss Taylor’s undies (for sale on her campaign webstore) - MTG’s Gazpacho police - Governor’s race fundraising - Vernon Jones drops out of the Republican primary for Governor to run for GA-10 - Federal judge might force a delay in Georgia’s primary election - Divisive Concepts bill clears...
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 7 min
We were Pye-less tonight as Jason was unavailable. But with two former politicians, the opinions were still coming strong. Here's what we talked about: - David Perdue held a campaign event and a prominent State Senator flipped to Team Perdue. - Polling and fundraising in the GOP side of the Governor's race favor Brian Kemp thus far. - Rumors abound that Vernon Jones will stop running for Governor and will instead join the crowded field in the 10th Congressional race. - Long time GOP Representati...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Don’t let the short list of topics fool you. We actually cover quite a lot on this week’s episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast. - School Choice Week - Recap of the Faith and Freedom Coalition Luncheon (Perdue, Kemp, Walker, and more) - Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens gets the royal treatment in the Georgia House - Grand Jury empaneled to investigate Trump's call to Secretary Raffensperger - Club for Growth endorsing Rich McCormack over Megan Hanson and Jake Evans - David Ortiz elected to the Hall of ...
Jan 26, 2022•58 min
We’ve got a lively episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast this week. - The U.S. Senate debates voting rights and the filibusters - Lincoln County CNN piece about closing polling locations - Kandiss Taylor’s campaign ad - Fundraising numbers Republican primary for lieutenant governor - Burt Jones’ concert featuring Jason Aldean - Gov. Kemp pushing save girls’ sports legislation - State Rep. Brad Thomas introduces HB 888 to ban critical race theory in Georgia schools - Speaker Ralston visits Gwinnett...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 16 min
We have a new episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast for you. We had some minor technical difficulties at the beginning of the podcast this week, but we got them worked out less than ten minutes in. Sorry about that. In this week’s episode, we've got: - UGA wins the National Championship - Georgia General Assembly begins a new session - Butch Miller’s proposed constitutional amendment requiring voters to be citizens - Biden comes to Georgia - Abrams is a no-show - Inflation is at almost 10 percent ...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 1 min
We’re back at full strength for the first episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast in 2022. This week on the podcast, we cover: - MTG getting banned from Twitter and suspended from Facebook and feuding with Reps. Crenshaw and Mace - Kemp pushes for Constitutional Carry - Perdue invited media to an event in Macon and then the organizers kicked the media out - Cobb County Republican Party cancels its candlelight vigil for J6 - Buckhead City advocate retweets white nationalist group - KLB leaves office ...
Jan 06, 2022•52 min
Pye ended up having to babysit his car while it was in the shop (his air freshener did not hang itself), so Buzz and I circled up to discuss the five biggest stories of 2021 and made some baseless predictions for 2022. Among the topics, we revisited: - Losing two US Senate Seats - The Kraken - Stacey Abrams is in - David Perdue - Election Law/All-Star Game/World Series And then we made bold predictions about: - Brian Kemp - Brad Raffensperger - Jody Hice - Raphael Warnock/Herschel Walker Be sure...
Dec 31, 2021•1 hr 2 min
The trio is back with a new episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast. This week, Buzz, Scot, and Jason talk about: - Dueling internal polls from the Perdue and Kemp campaigns - Perdue joins lawsuit to look at absentee ballots - The Heritage Foundation ranks Georgia first for election integrity - Rumors about David Shafer - The new Georgia Freedom Caucus - Racist state Rep. Tommy Benton finally retires - The plans for a $5 billion electric vehicle factory near Social Circle - And how the supply chain ...
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 7 min
We’ve got another episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast. It’s only Scot and Buzz this week since Jason had a Christmas party to attend. - Stacey has a new book - Charlice Byrd to challenge Kay Kirkpatrick - Perdue is challenging Kemp - FOX5 Insider Advantage Poll 34/34 - That time Trump threw Kemp under the bus for reopening Georgia - That time Perdue told Kemp to not call a special session over claims of election fraud - Randy Evans - What about Vernon? - What are you reading/watching? Be sure to...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 1 min
It’s just Buzz and Jason this week, but we still have a lot of political news to discuss. The biggest news is that Stacey Abrams has announced that she’s running for governor, almost certainly clearing the Democratic field. Obviously, that makes us wonder what David Perdue is going to do? We also talk about an old video of Herschel Walker that has surfaced, in which he gives the impression that he doesn’t know that the Constitution has been amended since its initial ratification. We didn’t reali...
Dec 02, 2021•55 min
There’s a lot of drama unfolding in Georgia politics, and we discuss it all on this week’s episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast. This week, Buzz, Scot, and I talk about David Perdue’s eyebrow-raising tweet at Geoff Duncan, which is the clearest sign of his plans for 2022. We also discuss the new U.S. House district maps for Georgia, some congressional politics related to the vote for the bipartisan infrastructure framework, new polling that has Scot insisting that Georgia isn’t a purple state, th...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 15 min
With Pye overloaded with work, Buzz and Scot chat about the news of the week, including: - Rumors about Stacey Abrams’s plan - Perdue says, “Georgia already has a governor.” - Kemp ramps up his endorsements list with the addition of over 100 Sheriffs - John Barge announces for state BOE Super. - Updating Redistricting - Gwinnett proposal to add County Commissioners - And we remember Max Cleland Be sure to subscribe to the Peach Pundit Podcast on Apple Podcasts (https://bit.ly/PeachPunditPod) and...
Nov 11, 2021•53 min
The Braves are World Champions! In this episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast, Buzz, Scot, and Jason talk about the Atlanta Braves’ World Series win over the Houston Astros and what the team could look like in 2022. Seriously, guys, y’all need to re-sign Freddie Freeman. We also discuss the big election in Virginia and its implications in Georgia and nationally, how Democrats are handling budget reconciliation in Congress in the aftermath of Virginia, the Georgia General Assembly and redistricting...
Nov 04, 2021•58 min
Buzz, Scot, and Jason have a packed episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast this week. Obviously, we talk about the Atlanta Braves and some of the impressive performances we’ve seen in the past week. But we also dive into the news that broke today that former Sen. David Perdue is considering running against Gov. Brian Kemp in the Republican primary. We discuss Patricia Murphy’s ridiculous hot take on politics in sports and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred comments about the tomahawk chop. We also note s...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 12 min
After a week off Pye, Brockway, and Turner are back to discuss: - The Braves are overachieving - Fulton County fires two elections workers who shredded ballot applications - Secretary Raffensperger calling in the DOJ - Jim Beck is going to be living rent-free for a few years - Municipal Elections - MTG and Herschel both rejecting Trump's statement on voters sitting out elections - Duncan for POTUS?!? - Holly Springs ending Civil Asset Forfeiture Be sure to subscribe to the Peach Pundit Podcast o...
Oct 21, 2021•59 min
We're back with plenty to say. - We talk about the Cobb GOP's "censure" of Governor Kemp, former Cobb - GOP Chair Jason Shepherd resigns the Party, the Cobb Young Republicans condemn the Cobb GOP and the Georgia Republican Assembly condemns the Cobb YRs and The Establishment. - She Who Shall Not Be Named endorses the Buckhead City effort. Why? - Jason gives us an update on Congress' efforts to avoid hitting the debt limit while passing massive spending bills. - After a letter from the National S...
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 18 min
We had a lot of news in the past week, especially over the weekend. We try to pack it all in on this week’s episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast. A hefty portion of the podcast is spent discussing Donald Trump’s rally in Perry and the fallout from it. Buzz, Scot, and Jason all have separate posts about it on PeachPundit.com, so make sure you stop by to read those. We also discussed the Georgia Senate’s proposed congressional maps, the possibility of a “Buckhead City,” state Rep. Renitta Shannon’s...
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 14 min
We’re back from a week-long hiatus. In this week’s episode, we discuss the continuing Raffensperger v. Trump saga, Raffensperger’s book deal, and Greg Bluestein's new book on how Democrats flipped Georgia. We also wonder where Herschel Walker is since his campaign announcement for U.S. Senate what Stacey Abrams’ speaking tour means for Georgia Democrats, and what’s going on Mike Collins backs January 6 rioters. We also talk a little about state Rep. Calvin Smyre’s nomination to serve as the amba...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 6 min
On this week’s episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast, we celebrate the return of college football, the pending case against former Brunswick District Attorney Jackie Johnson, Gov. Brian Kemp’s endorsements from state lawmakers, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan’s new book, the Libertarian Party of Georgia picking up a new member. In former state Rep. Ken Pullin, and the CEO of an Atlanta-based tech company resigning over his pro-life comments. We also react to some breaking-ish news on Donald Trump’s statemen...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 22 min
On this week’s episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast, Scot, Buzz, and Jason wonder why so many Americans and American military equipment and arms were left in Afghanistan as the United States withdrew from the country. We dive into the controversial question of impeachment as it relates to maladministration. More to Georgia, we talk about former Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s efforts to turn out voters, Vernon Jones making up an endorsement, COVID-19 vaccinations, Stacey Abrams’ desire to run for president...
Sep 02, 2021•1 hr 13 min
We’re back to our regularly scheduled Peach Pundit Podcast. In this week’s edition, Buzz, Scot, and I talk about the reaction to Herschel Walker’s announcement for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Walker’s opponents in the race—Commissioner Gary Black and Latham Sadler. We opine on a silly new lawsuit brought by state Rep. Philip Singleton and VoterGA against the Dominion voting machines that Georgia uses in its election. We also dive into some federal politics related to Rep. Caro...
Aug 26, 2021•1 hr 1 min
We decided to do a relatively quick special edition of the Peach Pundit Podcast to react to the news that Herschel Walker has filed to run for U.S. Senate. We discussed what the means for the rest of the candidates running for the Republican nomination, what Rep. Buddy Carter will do now that Walker is running, if Trump supporters will rubber stamp Walker's candidacy, and whether Walker can beat Sen. Raphael Warnock. We'll be back tomorrow with our normal podcast. In the meantime, be sure to sub...
Aug 24, 2021•18 min
Ryan Graham, Chair of the Libertarian Party of Georgia joined the gang tonight, so we talked a little about ballot access, and what the LP hopes to accomplish in Georgia. We then moved on to the biggest issue facing our country right now, the ongoing foreign policy and humanitarian disaster unfolding in Afghanistan. We looked at some local reactions from various candidates running for office in our state. The ongoing debate over masks was discussed. As you know Governor Kemp has never issued a s...
Aug 19, 2021•1 hr 12 min
It’s just Buzz and Jason this week, but we’ve still got some of the latest in Georgia politics in this week’s episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast. We discuss Herschel Walker’s wife and the allegation of voter fraud, the recent poll of Republican Senate candidates who may run against Sen. Raphael Warnock, the latest on Stacey Abrams and the possibility of DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond making a run for governor, Burt Jones’ bid for lieutenant governor, the latest crazy from She Who Must Not B...
Aug 12, 2021•1 hr 10 min
We’ve got a full house on this week’s Peach Pundit Podcast. Buzz, Eric, Scot, and Jason dive into some recent topics in Georgia and national politics. Topics on this week’s podcast include Stacey Abrams’ speaking tour (ain’t capitalism great!), Georgia Democrats’ visit to DC, Gov. Kemp sending emergency dollars to combat crime in Atlanta, Scot’s testimony to the US Civil Rights Commission on civil asset forfeiture, She Who Shall Not Be Named’s upcoming visit to Iowa, mask mandates and COVID-19, ...
Aug 05, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Jason, Buzz, and Eric covered a wide range of topics and tossed in bonus Spotify playlist tips as well. Topics included: - Former Commissioner of Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck was convicted of stealing money from his former employer - Brian Miller jumped in the race for the Democratic nomination for Lt. Governor and Senator Elena Parent might too - Congressman Andrew Clyde was grilled in Committee - A Trump-endorsed candidate loses a special election runoff in Texas - Shocking news: Atlanta Pu...
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Jason was in DC, but Eric filled in so we had three tonight. There was a lot of news to cover. Atlanta has a Mayor's race this year. Can anyone stop Kasim Reed? How big an issue is crime to Atlanta voters? Speaker David Ralston is concerned about crime in Atlanta but the House Caucus elections for Majority Whip are set for this weekend, but what about Majority Caucus Chair? Governor Kemp reminds everyone to get the vaccine as cases surge again in Georgia. Kemp also appointed PSC Commissioner Chu...
Jul 22, 2021•1 hr 6 min
It’s only Buzz and Jason this week, but we have plenty of Georgia politics to catch up on in this week’s Peach Pundit Podcast. Republicans win in HD-34, but it's probably not indicative of anything. Is Stacey Abrams running for Governor? It’s a question that at least some Democrats are supposedly asking. We dive into campaign finance disclosures for statewide candidates and talk about the two new candidates in GA-06, Meagan Hanson and Jake Evans, as well as former Gov. Deal's endorsement of Gary...
Jul 14, 2021•43 min
In this episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast, we talk about the very early fundraising numbers for U.S. Senate (we'll talk about that more in the weeks ahead), last week's Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's new election laws, the Georgia House Republican Caucus race for whip, whether Georgia Senate Pro Tem Butch Miller will resign after announcing for lieutenant governor, the latest embarrassing comments from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Q-GA), and a recent disgusting tweet from former Rep. Cynthi...
Jul 08, 2021•53 min
Buzz has recovered, so we’re back at you with another episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast. This week, we discuss the legislation passed by the U.S. House to remove statues of Confederates in the U.S. Capitol and Rep. Barry Loudermilk’s comments during the debate (our own Scot Turner got a mention in Loudermilk’s remarks), the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Georgia over SB 202, Herschel Walker’s potential run for U.S. Senate, state Sen. Brandon Beach’s pandering related to the 2020 presi...
Jul 01, 2021•1 hr 11 min
