Warning: The following post contains purely anecdotal evidence not necessarily intended to prove anything or offer any sort of profound insight. It is merely attempting to provide intellectual fodder. Proceed with caution.

Talking to some of the old-guard Democrats (some elected, some not) at the Gold Dome yesterday, I asked about Roy running and heard the following answers: "Lord I hope he does," to "he better not...he brings his baggage with him...and he's the reason we [Democrats] are in this mess" to I'm not opposed to him running. Then there is this.

Another interesting point of discussion was a slate. Everyone agreed in principle to the idea, but being organized is not our strong suit.

Other campaign notes: heard from three people who would know, that Terry Coleman will not be running to replace Tommy Irvin, but rather for insurance commissioner. Apparently from what I heard, Coleman "doesn't think he could" defeat Gary Black. I'm still not clear if he was even asked to run for Ag Comm.

Rob Teilhet might have primary opposition from an ex State Rep from South Georgia.

There is a general sense of trepidation when discussing our governor's race. I think that need not be said.

No one seems to have any idea who will run for Lite Governor. My money is on Tim Golden, but that is nothing more than a guess.

There has been renewed talk about Vincent Fort running for city council president. I asked him if he was running (I had heard he was going to run) and his response was: "I'm just praying on it right now." When asked "are you leaning one way or the other" he said "I'm just praying on that." That is a huge change from the original talk of running for the post late last year when he said "no." 

Watch out for one of the Tavern's favorites Alan Powell to raise hell throughout the state soon. He may even run for something higher than state rep in the near future. Said he would "entertain" the thought of running for Ag Comm.

Seriously Kasim? You're going to kickoff your campaign at midnight on a Friday? That means all the papers have gone to press so you miss the Saturday news. The weekend T.V. news doesn't get watched (FWIW: The CBS news after the basketball game had no mention of it that I saw), meaning you get no coverage. The best you can hope for is a mention on Sunday.