International campaign observers, including the Atlanta-based Carter Center, complained that the Egyptian government offered limited access to their observers.
Citizens of metro Atlanta experienced their first "code red smog alert" since 2010, according to the Clean Air Campaign, a partnership between employers and the state transportation department.
Until recently, the Obama campaign even talked of turning Georgia, with its swiftly growing black and Hispanic populations (and a booming Atlanta economy that has attracted its share of eggheads) blue in 2012.