Today’s newsletter highlights:

“He wasn’t a star. He wasn’t a successful coach either.”

That was U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter’s blunt response to a question at a Henry County GOP meeting this week about why “another football star” — a reference to Derek Dooley — was now running for U.S. Senate in Georgia.

Carter, also a Republican contender for the seat, didn’t stop there. In audio obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he went on to argue that Dooley isn’t prepared to take on U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff , the Democratic incumbent.

“This is serious stuff now — I don’t want to hear about, you know, we’re just going to put this to a popularity contest. That’s not what this is,” Carter said. “You got to have somebody who can go toe to toe with this kid, and I’m that person who can go toe to t

See Full Page