A pair of recent polls shows Deal far ahead in the Republican primary but effectively tied with Carter in the general election. Party stalwarts are probably not scratching their chins in contemplation of whether they need a different nominee just yet, but it may be in the back of their minds.
In the Senate race, after polls showed businessman David Perdue had taken the lead in the seven-person GOP primary, two videos surfaced of him speaking at forums.
One from Coweta County shows him saying he would work across the aisle to fix problems with the Dodd-Franks Act that conservatives blame for hindering lending to small businesses. Perdue, trying not to promise more than he can deliver, said he wouldn’t pledge to repeal the law but that he would find reasonable Democrats to vote with the GOP in changing it. To some conservatives, that sounded like he wasn’t sufficiently committed.
The other video was also from months earlier where he individually handicapped the candidates in the primary at the time and dismissed former Secretary of State Karen Handel for not completing college.
“There’s a high school graduate in this race. OK, I’m sorry, but these issues are so much broader, so complex,” said Perdue, who has two degrees from Georgia Tech.
Handel says on the stump that she left home at age 17 to escape abuse and that she worked multiple jobs while squeezing in some college courses until her career took off.
While her attack of Perdue may not help her much, it could dampen some of his support. Liberal bloggers across the country seized on the remark as evidence the multi-millionaire, former multi-national CEO had lost touch with voters in a state where fewer than one in three adults has a college degree.
via Analysis: A week that could have changed the campaigns | savannahnow.com.
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