Almost as soon as I took over the Political Insider column from my predecessor, Jim Galloway, in 2020, I knew I would change the name of the column at some point.

To me, Jim was the original and only “Political Insider,” the man so steeped in Georgia politics and history he often knew more than the lawmakers and politicos he was covering. If a state senator proposed a new bridge over a river, Jim would not only know when the original bridge had been built, but also who owned the property on either side, which state senator sold the timber to build it, and which judge had been bribed to make it happen the first time around.

The column I have written since taking over from Jim has been as much about today’s political outsiders as political insiders — the Georgians who will never be on a ba

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