Atlanta Runoff Heads to Recount
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 2nd, 2009 5:41 am by HL
Atlanta Runoff Heads to Recount
Kasim Reed declared victory in the Atlanta mayoral runoff last night, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. However, Reed leads Mary Norwood by only 620 out of 84,000 votes, virtually guaranteeing that Norwood, who took first place in the general election on November 3, will request a recount.
In a speech to his supporters, Reed asked, “Guess who’s going to be the 59th mayor of Atlanta?”
With a recount looming, no one knows for sure just yet.
Nation Building at Home
Tom Friedman: “Let me start with the bottom line and then tell you how I got there: I can’t agree with President Obama’s decision to escalate in Afghanistan. I’d prefer a minimalist approach, working with tribal leaders the way we did to overthrow the Taliban regime in the first place. Given our need for nation-building at home right now, I am ready to live with a little less security and a little-less-perfect Afghanistan.”
