Reed Reaps Wrath

Peach Pundit readers got it about as right as it can get got. The analysis below is consistent with talk around the hallowed halls of Trinity Street. In a later post I’ll provide the proverbial Rest of the Story.

But first, this is from today's Peach Pundit:

Kasim Reed may play a partisan attack dog on national television, but how does that get him anywhere here in Georgia? 

Reed’s Meet the (de)press appearances are simply racking up videotape footage for his opponents to use against him in the next election. 

In fact, some could argue that Kasim Reed’s national aspirations are causing him to lose touch with the voters back home. After all, Reed supported a T-SPLOST referendum that went down in flames. He’s pledged to veto a panhandling ordinance that passed the Atlanta City Council; an ordinance that is widely recognized as needed to put a stop to aggressive panhandlers. And we won’t even start on the college students who remain targets of crime in Kasim Reed’s Atlanta. 

The point is Kasim Reed is stuck. 

He can’t run for Governor. He’d lose. He can’t run for U.S. Senate. He’d lose. So where does this new national exposure get him except maybe a plum post in the Obama Administration that, at best, lasts four years.

This is consistent with the talk downtown but the Analyst doesn't delve into the practical implications of Reed's comedy hour.  I'll get into that in a later post.