Rumors have it that The Hill newspaper has been duped by the oldest political trick in the book: a seemingly (actually, in this case, "seamy" would be the more appropriate term) "neutral" member of the state GOP organization offers a seemingly neutral opinion on the U.S. Senate race.

Kay Godwin, who paints herself as being merely a casual player in state politcs in her role as GOP chairman of the counties under 80,000, offered The Hill her commentary on the race:

"When all is said and done, Isakson and Cain will be the last two standing."

This is leading to people drawing a conclusion that Mac Collins is thinking about an exit strategy. He is not. Godwin is a dishonest political broker in this state.

PV Sez: As far who is left standing, all we can say is maybe so, maybe not. This is not ours to call.

However, The Hill apparently thought it was dealing with an honest political broker. Godwin is far from it.

Godwin failed to mention to the reporter that 1) she HAD been a supporter of Collins up until about a month ago, when she decided to 2) JOIN THE HERMAN CAIN CAMPAIGN.

Godwin has a history of involving herself in contested primaries, all the while using her elected position to block the efforts of candidates of whom she is not supporting (Say, Kay, remember the BS you and your evil twin, Pat Tippett, pulled on Bill Byrne during the primary in 2002? We sure do.).

Of course, Godwin was trained by the likes of good 'ole Ralph Reed in the art of using party resources to help one side over the other in contested primaries, so, since good old Ralphy was given a bye, Godwin sees nothing wrong with such actions. We see it differently.

And, we will continue to expose those who engage in such activities, regardless of how high up the totem pole they think they sit.