Also has a credibility problem. Namely, he built his 2002 campaign around one issue, an issue that won him normally Democratic rural areas of the state. That was, a vote on the 1956 flag. This was one of the first things he turned his back on. Politicians who don't support said flag would still use it against him in a primary because it showed he was willing to say something to get elected, while once in office, doing the opposite.
There are still some Georgia Crackers that are upset with him for turning his back on our so called "Dixie Flag" but I think that would be a plus in the rest of the country.
There are very few single issues that would stop a person from being President and not fully supporting and up or down vote for The Confederate Flag isn't one of the.
Like President Reagan, Gov. Purdue left the Democrat Party. Sonny Purdue is a regular guy that has real beliefs and feelings but doesn't try to proselytize. I'm proud to have voted for him. Remember, there is another Georgia Politician and former Governor and Senator that has our hearts and the nation's pulse, Zell Miller.
Both Cathy Cox and Mark Taylor make me want to poke my eyes out and pour molten lead in my ears.
I don't necessarily believe it was the flag issue that got him elected, I mean he was running against Roy Barnes. I think the people of Georgia have a little more brains then to make someone governor just because of a flag.