Q: How does Mary Norwood measure up to the other candidates for Mayor of Atlanta? A: By standing on a box. Meanwhile, pollster Matt Towery says Norwood's latest commercial is one of the most damaging he has ever seen -- to the candidate herself. Norwood, whose support from white, conservative Atlanta voters is so great Towery once thought she might win without a runoff, now says she has unnecessarily alienated her strong Republican base. In this column, Towery says Norwood's attempt to "renounce Satan" -- i.e., the GOP -- and her abundant praise of President Obama goes too far in the eyes of many whose votes she already had locked up. And if all of that is true -- if Norwood hasn't voted for a Republican in the last five presidential elections, dislikes the GOP and loves President Obama -- then how in the world does she explain her earlier uncertainty on the subject of whether she'd ever voted for George W. Bush? For details, click here.