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Gov. Nathan Deal owes Seth Harp a basket of flowers. Or at least a thank-you note.

By calling for a quorum in the final minutes of the state GOP convention on Saturday, the former state senator from Columbus saved the governor from a rebuke by from the Republican grassroots over Georgia’s participation in Common Core educational standards.

A resolution calling for the state to withdraw from the national – not federal – movement was one of nine resolutions that were to be placed before the body of GOP delegates in the waning minutes of its session – after a chairmanship race had drained the convention of much of its drama.

I confess I was not at the floor when it happened. Former state GOP chairman and longtime Republican National Committee member Alec Poitevint said roughly 800 delegates – half the convention’s numbers – were needed to continue business. A count turned up only 600, he said, with more streaming out.

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