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DEL.ICIO.USPerdue tours northern suburbs, strongholds
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
CUMMING — The final day of Sonny Perdue’s bus tour of Georgia dawned clear and cold. That may have held down the crowds who braced against the biting winds at the fairgrounds in downtown Cumming.
Forsyth, long known as one of Georgia’s most Republican counties, voted strongest for Perdue four years ago during his upset of then Gov. Roy Barnes.
“I haven’t forgotten that,” Perdue said. “We know it’s a committed Republican county. I know you are the faithful to come out on a Saturday morning like this.”
Saturday winds up in McDonough after stops in Lawrenceville, Kennesaw, Cumming and Alpharetta.
With polls showing Perdue’s re-election a near certainty, the trip through Republican strongholds in Atlanta’s suburbs is more about saying thanks and rallying support for down-ballot candidates.
The governor shared the stage with the usual candidates for labor commission, attorney general, secretary of state and agriculture commissioner. U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson also rejoined the tour on Saturday.
And, of course, he put his wife, Mary, out front even though she rarely speaks at such events.
“She had never really been a political wife,” Perdue explained. “She always kept the home fires burning.”
After his election four years ago, she was pressed into a more public role. Her television commercials have resonated with Georgians during the campaign so much that she often gets one of the most enthusiastic welcomes.
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