Four weeks is good. Four weeks is long enough. Mary Norwood was already starting to self-destruct in the last couple of days before the Nov. 3 election for Mayor of Atlanta, but only those who closely follow politics -- and that's not a many people -- have seen it yet. Now, they will. Her miracle conversion from someone who literally said she could not remember if she'd ever voted for George W. Bush to a self-professed Obama lover who claims to have voted for Democrats in the last four presidential races is certain to stun her white, Republican power base -- unless, of course, they know better (wink wink) and assume she is lying about that in order to get more black votes. But don't take my word for it. In fact, don't take my word for anything, ever. Like all the other unedited drivel that bloggers spew across the internet, everything I have to say could be a big, fat lie. Kyle Wingfield, conservative columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reached much the same conclusion in his excellent analysis, which you can read here. Wingfield says Norwood has no one but herself to blame for alienating her GOP base. "But going out of your way to disavow the party of many of your supporters, and likening attendance at it's convention to experimentation with hard drugs?" Wingfield writes, incredulously. "That shows considerably bad political judgment." Finally. Even conservatives are catching on, although Norwood's "considerably bad political judgment" has been evident for some time now. The best coverage of the race, by far, can be found each week and online in Creative Loafing and the Sunday Paper -- intown "alternative" papers which are quick to criticize the administration of incumbent Mayor Shirley Franklin, yet which both have endorsed Kasim Reed while expressing growing horror as various truths about Norwood make themselves obvious. Especially recommended is this excellent column by Ramage, "Something About Mary," which details how Norwood was "willing to deprive most of the city o...