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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Nathan Deal dislikes Jason Carter in Georgia
http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2014/10/23/nathan-deal-on-facing-a-candidate-with-no-substance/?icmp=ajc_internallink_textlink_homepageTheres a reason that the governors race seems like an increasingly bitter affair.
As November nears, it seems like Gov. Nathan Deals frustration with Democrat Jason Carter grows. The governor, a 72-year-old with four decades of public experience, is locked in a tight contest with the Atlanta state senator, and both campaigns are quietly bracing for a possible December runoff.
The governor explained why it seems like Carter, a two-term senator, gets under his skin more than, say, Roy Barnes did in the gubernatorial election four years ago.
Said Deal:
It is hard to debate against a ghost. He has no substance. Hes been in the state Senate for as long as Ive been the governor. And he has never been a leader on anything. When I say that hes never passed a piece of legislation and he responds by saying youve signed a bunch of bills with my name on it yeah. Hes a back bencher. Hes somebody who is a Me, too guy. Let someone else be the lead sponsor of legislation. Let them do the hard work. And then Ill come along and put my name on the bill, too.
He spent four years with his finger in the political winds trying to decide whats best for his political future. Unlike me and unlike Roy Barnes. We have something to show for our time in the General Assembly. When I was at his point in my career, in my second term, Zell Miller selected me to be the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Jason Carter hasnt even been selected the assistant secretary of the Democratic caucus.
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Why Nathan Deal dislikes Jason Carter in Georgia (Original Post)
mfcorey1
Oct 2014
OP
Probably a fair number of them, but at the county or municipal level.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2014
#3
Phentex
(16,334 posts)1. The education slam has really gotten to Nathan Deal...
kinda hard to spin Georgia at the bottom as being an "education" Governor!
randys1
(16,286 posts)2. Let me fix something for the author of this article
instead of this
As November nears, it seems like Gov. Nathan Deals frustration with Democrat Jason Carter grows.
we need it to say this
As November nears, it seems like Gov. Nathan Deals frustration with DemocratIC challenger Jason Carter grows.
That is all...
Oh, there is this too
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/16/new-ethics-allegations-in-ga-govs-race/12738699/
ATLANTA -- The Georgia governor's race was roiled this week by new revelations in a long-standing ethics investigation of the incumbent, Republican Nathan Deal.
His opponent, State Sen. Jason Carter, a Democrat, says that a newly-revealed memo, in which the head of the state ethics commission claimed an attorney for Deal threatened her agency while it was investigating complaints against the governor, shows a "pattern of intimidation and interference on the part of the governor's office."
His opponent, State Sen. Jason Carter, a Democrat, says that a newly-revealed memo, in which the head of the state ethics commission claimed an attorney for Deal threatened her agency while it was investigating complaints against the governor, shows a "pattern of intimidation and interference on the part of the governor's office."
Is there a SINGLE non corrupt elected republican official in America?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)3. Probably a fair number of them, but at the county or municipal level.
We, for instance, have a decent Republican county auditor who is a CPA. He'll probably be the sole Republican I vote for this year. But it does seem like the 'sleaze factor' goes way up, and empathy for the poor way down once they start getting up to the level of state rep or senator.
maced666
(771 posts)4. It's a close race.
He can dislike him all he wants, but he may soon be calling him Governor Carter.