Georgia Gubernational Election, 2002

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Three Days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_gubernatorial_election,_2002

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Perdue, reluctantly.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Barnes.

[Dr. Cynic]

Barnes.

If for no other reason than he got rid of that ridiculous rebel state flag.

[Goldwater]

Barnes.

[CountryRoads]

Sonny Perdue.

[Bacon King]

Without hindsight: Barnes, because in spite of his sometimes excessively stubborn leadership style, he was a decent governor. Also, Perdue was openly courting the racist vote.

With hindsight: Barnes, for all of the above, plus the fact that Perdue had the unprecedented habit of always picking the state's "very optimistic" revenue forecast each year, thus circumvening the state's balanced budget requirement, plunging into deficits, and ruining the state's formerly perfect fiscal record. Also, if Barnes had been reelected, the Northern Arc might have gotten built.

[Maxwell]

Georgia has an unusually legitimate population of libertarians, so Hayes.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Without hindsight: Barnes, because in spite of his sometimes excessively stubborn leadership style, he was a decent governor. Also, Perdue was openly courting the racist vote.
With hindsight: Barnes, for all of the above, plus the fact that Perdue had the unprecedented habit of always picking the state's "very optimistic" revenue forecast each year, thus circumvening the state's balanced budget requirement, plunging into deficits, and ruining the state's formerly perfect fiscal record. Also, if Barnes had been reelected, the Northern Arc might have gotten built.

How?  I can guarantee in 2002 that he would never have gotten away with that.

[Cryptic]

Barnes

[Bacon King]

Without hindsight: Barnes, because in spite of his sometimes excessively stubborn leadership style, he was a decent governor. Also, Perdue was openly courting the racist vote.
With hindsight: Barnes, for all of the above, plus the fact that Perdue had the unprecedented habit of always picking the state's "very optimistic" revenue forecast each year, thus circumvening the state's balanced budget requirement, plunging into deficits, and ruining the state's formerly perfect fiscal record. Also, if Barnes had been reelected, the Northern Arc might have gotten built.

How?  I can guarantee in 2002 that he would never have gotten away with that.

"Sonny Perdue promised that if elected, he would call for a statewide referendum giving voters a choice between the new design or the 1956 design [of the state flag]"

1956 flag:



In hindsight, it's obvious he was just pandering so he could get elected, and I'm rather thankful the Confederate battle flag wasn't actually included as an option in the 2004 referendum. Barnes' flag did suck though, yeah.