Well folks, don't count on David Perdue (R. GA) (like we already didn't) to work with Democrats to get shit done:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Perdue's admission was sparked in a portion of the debate in which candidates asked each other questions. Nunn asked what the others would do to end gridlock and dysfunction in Washington, and in the process accused Perdue of having no interest of working with members of the other party and perpetuating partisan gridlock.
“I just don’t believe that it’s one party or the other. I think it has to be both sides coming together,” Nunn said. “I think that we do have a very clear contrast in terms of how we see breaking through that dysfunction. I don’t think it’s about prosecuting the other party; I think it’s about problem-solving.”
“I disagree,” Perdue answered. “When you have a failed presidency, you have to prosecute it," he said.
"We deserve better than we’re getting right now," he added. “When we look at the direction of this country, we’ve got to make a hard right-hand turn. The direction of this country is failing.” - Huffington Post, 10/26/14
So basically Perdue is admitting he's going to be another obstructionist in the U.S. Senate with no focus whatsoever on governing. His idea is to "prosecute" Democrats for not giving the GOP what they want. Can't say that I'm surprised. Then again, Perdue is only interested in the government working in his favor:
http://jaybookman.blog.ajc.com/...
In a recent TV ad, David Perdue looks into the camera and tells voters that “Government can’t create jobs, but bad government policies sure can kill them.”
That’s not close to being true. The three largest job-generators in Georgia are probably Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport; the Georgia university system; and the ports of Savannah and Brunswick, which generate more than 350,000 jobs, including 100,000 here in metro Atlanta, according to the Georgia Ports Authority. All three economic engines were founded by and run by government.
Perdue knows that better than anyone. His two degrees were earned at Georgia Tech, and as someone who made his fortune in international business, he knows the value of direct access to just about every place on the planet, which Hartsfield provides. As a former director of the Georgia Ports Authority and co-founder of a business utterly dependent on the ports, he also knows how foolish it is to pretend that government is not a critical partner in job creation.
In fact, the history of that company, Perdue Partners, illustrates just how tight that partnership can sometimes be.
In April 2008, halfway through his second term, then-Gov. Sonny Perdue flew to China on a trade mission. That same month, employees of the governor’s grain-export and trucking companies began a series of meetings with state officials seeking help in boosting export business to China and elsewhere.
Heidi Green, then deputy director of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, helped to set up the meetings, telling employees in one email that “Fyi, this is the Gov’s company.” Perdue’s businesses “are laying the groundwork so that when the governor leaves office, they will be in a position to start up an operation,” one port official reported in a 2009 internal email.
In January 2010, Perdue announced that he was committing $121 million to improve truck access to the port of Savannah. In July of that year, he named his cousin David to the port authority board of directors and promoted Green to head the Department of Economic Development. Trey Childress, the state’s chief operating officer under Perdue, also became an ex officio member of the ports board that month.
In September 2010, just four months before leaving office and returning to private life, Perdue took another taxpayer-financed trade mission to China, telling the press that his primary focus was to increase business at Georgia ports. And in April 2011, four months after leaving office, Perdue announced creation of Perdue Partners, a global exporting business focusing on importing, exporting and trucking operations through the port. - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 10/27/14
And the only jobs Perdue is interested in creating are overseas:
http://www.msnbc.com/...
While Perdue entered the general election for Georgia Senate the favorite, Nunn has clawed back in recent weeks by highlighting companies Perdue worked at that engaged in outsourcing during his tenure. The issue got a major boost last month with the emergence of Perdue’s 2005 deposition in a case involving Pillowtex, a company Perdue ran that ultimately went bankrupt, in which the Republican bluntly said he “spent most of my career” working on outsourcing.
Just as she did in their previous debate, Nunn brought Perdue’s testimony up early and repeated it often on Sunday.
“When, I think about this race I think about a real contrast that we have and it is between someone who spent their life right here in Georgia for 26 years mobilizing volunteers and building communities and someone who, by their own words has spent their career, the majority of it, outsourcing jobs,” Nunn said.
Perdue said some of the outsourcing claims were false and that his work in Asia at companies like Sara Lee entailed production overseas that was not necessarily tied to American operations.
“[The testimony] never says I outsourced jobs, not one time,” he said.
But Perdue has openly defended some unambiguous outsourcing moves in the past, such as his decision to shift clothing production overseas while an executive at Haggar’s to cut costs.
“We very definitely looked at trying to maintain as much volume as we could [in America],” Perdue told msnbc in April. “The problem was if you looked at the cost sheet of a product made in Mexico versus a product made in South Texas … the Mexican product had an advantage.”
While he was not as direct on Sunday, he did suggest that attacks on outsourcing were naïve in the context of broader economic pressures. He noted during the debate that he had successfully added thousands of American jobs as CEO of Dollar General largely by selling cheaper products made overseas. - MSNBC, 10/26/14
And this is why Nunn has a real shot at winning this race:
http://www.nytimes.com/...
Ms. Nunn’s chances of winning outright on Nov. 4 have since improved markedly. A few weeks ago, it was revealed that Mr. Perdue, a business executive, said in a deposition that he was proud of his record of outsourcing. Mr. Perdue has struggled in the polls since.
Four of the last five surveys has shown Ms. Nunn with an advantage. This morning, a CNN/ORC poll showed Ms. Nunn ahead by three percentage points; another poll, from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/SRBI, showed Mr. Perdue ahead by two points. All of the recent polls show her well beneath the 50 percent she needs to avoid a January runoff, but if she leads by two or three points, she would have a real shot to win outright.
The most important variable is the minor party vote. For Ms. Nunn to break 50 percent, she needs to top Mr. Perdue by a margin equal to or exceeding the number of votes won by the Libertarian candidate Amanda Swafford. Polls show Ms. Swafford has been attracting about 4.5 percent of the vote, which would make an outright Nunn victory very challenging.
ut Ms. Nunn’s odds might be a little better than the polls suggest. If Ms. Swafford were to win 4.5 percent of the vote, it would be a rare showing by a Libertarian candidate in Georgia.
In Senate contests since 2002, minor party candidates have attracted 2.7, 3.4, 2.1 and 1.4 percent of the vote. My guess is that Ms. Swafford’s share of the vote is likelier to finish in this range. There’s a fairly long history of polls overestimating the support of minor party candidates; many supporters don’t wind up voting, and others drift to the main candidates. The CNN poll showed Ms. Nunn’s lead growing in a two-way race. - New York TImes, 10/24/14
We have a real shot here at taking this seat, we just have to get the voters to the polls. Click here to donate and get involved with Nunn's campaign:
http://www.michellenunn.com/