Bottoms & Kemp are speaking? Well, that’s new. Plus Ossoff’s ‘long game’ paid off

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In the days after the ‘blue tsunami’ that swept hundreds of Democrats into local, state & congressional seats, Georgia’s current governor (Brian Kemp) and governor-elect (Keisha Lance Bottoms) did what they couldn’t seem to do much of when both were in office in 2020: speak to each other.

Those of us who were here then recall a frigid relationship where the governor took every opportunity to try and upstage the then-Atlanta mayor (because in Georgia, for Republicans, picking on elected or candidate black women is a feature, not a bug) while avoiding working collaboratively in major crises (ya know, the pandemic). So it’s refreshing Kemp sees fit to work with Bottoms this time. Good on him; and for us.

Meanwhile, Greg Bluestein from the AJC did ⁠an extensive piece on the ‘long game’ strategizing that led to not only Senator Jon Ossoff securing a second term⁠, but in changing the face and trajectory of the state Democratic Party.