GOP’s dilemma: more or less Trump?

Tuesday’s election results — which gave Georgia Democrats a reason to celebrate — have created a cottage industry of analysts trying to figure out what they mean.

Many of them are Republicans.

Some in the GOP think their party may need to back away from President Donald Trump while others say not enough has been done to embrace the commander-in-chief.

Focus is what’s needed, state Rep. Buzz Brockway says.

“Democrats are energized and united behind the single purpose of defeating Republicans and halting Trump,” said Brockway, who is running for secretary of state. “Republicans are neither united nor energized. If the GOP doesn’t get a unifying purpose, we’ll lose in 2018.”

Meanwhile, Brandon Phillips, a former Trump campaign chief in Georgia, sees a need to grow closer to the president.

“It’s what our folks want,” he said, invoking Trump’s recent conflicts with U.S. Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Jeff Flake of Arizona. “A base never rallies behind lukewarm.” Support for medical

marijuana: In the GOP race for governor, state Sen. Michael Williams, so far, has been the only candidate who publicly favors cultivation within the state of marijuana for medicinal purposes.

He stepped up his advocacy this past week. His schedule included an appearance in front of members of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, a marijuana legalization group, and a “rally for cannabis eligibility for veterans with PTSD.”

Williams calls his support “extremely personal” and says it’s rooted in his father’s diagnosis with severe bipolar disorder after he served in the Vietnam War. Williams’ father committed suicide when Williams was 14.

Georgia law allows people suffering from more than a dozen illnesses to register with the state and possess up to 20 ounces of cannabis oil.