This is a time for leadership and judgment that is not compromised in any fashion. This is a time for transparency and a thorough investigation.

There should not have been any physical contact in this incident. I am sorry that this misunderstanding happened at all and I regret its escalation and I apologize.

In my judgment, he is supremely qualified to carry forward the tradition of fair, principled and collegial leadership that so distinguished the man for whom he once worked and has now been nominated to replace.

I am calling an early special conference to resolve the leadership question in a democratic fashion so that our annual Party Conference in July will be able to focus solely on mapping the way forwards towards an IFP victory in the 2009 general election.

Voter caging and voter ID laws exist to disfranchise voters.

The Greens have never been on the ballot in Georgia because of restrictive ballot access laws.