Top conservative pollster: Deal trails by 7 points
From Better Georgia:
http://act.bettergeorgia.org/mailings/view/1371?akid=1371.58622.5AQPM8
Yesterday, a conservative pollster announced that Nathan Deal trails Jason Carter by seven points -- Carter at 48 percent and Deal at 41 percent.
Seven recent polls, including our own, released on Friday, show the race as a dead heat.
Despite spending more than $4 million in campaign cash to try to improve his image, Gov. Deal’s job approval rating is at just 38 percent, as his overall support continues to crumble.
Plagued by multiple growing scandals, Gov. Deal shouldn’t be surprised by these numbers. But as an incumbent, Republican governor in a “reliably red state,” he should be more than worried.
Poll after poll shows voters are fed up with Gov. Deal’s legacy of scandals and failures. We’re all tired of a government that works great for him and his friends, but not so well for the rest of us.
And it doesn’t look like the bad news for Gov. Deal will be getting better any time soon.
Over the holiday weekend, while Gov. Deal’s opponent, State Sen. Jason Carter, and his family hopped in a pickup truck to join the Dacula Memorial Day Parade, Gov. Deal fought back against a $1.1 million taxpayer-funded cover-up.
Heading into the holiday, Gov. Deal told reporters that only “a mighty thin line” connects his office to the recent $1.1 million ethics verdict that will be paid for by taxpayers.
It’s good to hear the governor finally admit that there’s a line at all. Until now, he’s said there was absolutely no connection. But he’s still not admitting how big of a problem he’s created.
“The line isn’t as slender as the governor might like,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
In fact, sworn testimony shows that one of the governor’s top advisors arranged for a new ethics chief to replace the one who was forced out of office for investigating the governor.
And now, because of the governor’s office, we’re all on the hook for $1.1 million in damages.
Gov. Deal has not been honest about his personal business affairs or his campaign finances. He’s blocked access to quality health care and cut the HOPE Scholarship, turning it into a student debt program.......
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