Immigration, money hot topics at Georgia Press Association debates
By Larry Peterson
Savannah Morning News
June 18, 2010
JEKYLL ISLAND - Former Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes sat through a Republican gubernatorial candidate debate Thursday and was unimpressed.
"It was worse than paint drying," he said after the five-way forum sponsored by the Georgia Press Association and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. "I've never seen anything so dull."
But when Barnes and five other Democrats took their turn at the debate table, little - if any - new ground was broken.
The Republicans tried to out-do each other in calling for tough action against illegal immigrants; Democrats said they liked federal economic stimulus cash.
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