Jason Carter offers biggest difference between Georgia gubernatorial candidates in decades Consider that Roy Barnes has been on the gubernatorial ballot three times as the Democratic nominee, and he was once a Young Republican. Carter, a second-term legislator has never been anything but a Democrat, inheriting it as the son, grandson and great-grandson of Democratic politicians. He differs from Gov. Nathan Deal in other ways, too. He is a generation younger, has never lived anywhere but big cities, grew up in Chicago, served in the Peace Corps instead of the military and has a political philosophy significantly to the left of Deal. Carter has taken conservative positions in the Senate, including supporting the death penalty, voting for legislation liberalizing where guns can be carried, never voting for a tax increase and voting to put the income-tax-cap constitutional amendment on the November ballot. But he wasn’t part of the Senate conservatives pushing to eliminate the state income tax or require drug testing of welfare applicants or calling for a federal balanced-budget amendment, for instance. His campaign for governor centers around the idea that increased funding for education is the key to economic development. Paramount to Carter is increasing spending on schools, health care and transportation, promises that will be difficult to keep [...] geogianews/jason-carter-offers-biggest-difference-between-georgia-gubernatorial-candidates-in-decades-2/
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 05:30:38 +0000
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