Wednesday, October 13, 2004

GEORGIA 03
AJC: Marshall Clear Choice

Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorializes, "In this Middle Georgia district, incumbent Jim Marshall faces a strong challenge from Republican Calder Clay. Marshall, who volunteered for combat duty in Vietnam and was a popular Macon mayor, has been an effective, hardworking congressman who understands his district's needs and reflects its largely conservative values. That has made it hard for Clay's campaign to get traction, and unfortunately he has tried to get attention with shrill and ungrounded attacks on Marshall. Clay is also championing a national sales tax to replace the federal income tax, a proposal that the U.S. Treasury Department and most economists have concluded would shift the federal tax burden away from the wealthy and onto the middle class. Marshall is the clear choice" (10/13).