In the days after the May 20 primary elections, candidates who advanced to the runoffs made the usual scramble to secure endorsements from opponents who didn’t make it out of the primary. The most widely publicized of these post-primary developments was Karen Handel’s decision to endorse Rep. Jack Kingston in his Senate Republican runoff campaign against businessman David Perdue. Handel appeared at an Atlanta news conference and made a short speech declaring Kingston was really a great guy, probably the greatest thing since sliced bread.