The Albany Herald endorses Roy Barnes: 'Barnes would not have a learning curve when the sure-to-be-difficult spending decisions come up in January.'

The editorial board of the Albany Herald writes:

Barnes has said that if he could redo his term as governor, he would have taken more time to explain to educators why he was moving so quickly to prepare for what would come to be known as the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The loss of support from educators, the vocal opposition from flaggers and unhappy state employees combined with a rising tide of Republican voters to doom his re-election bid against Gov. Sonny Perdue in 2002.

An able administrator, Barnes has ideas that are good for our region. He says he wants to get One Georgia, which helped provide low-interest financing to small businesses in rural areas, back to doing what it was designed to do.

Barnes knows how the state budget process works and would not have a learning curve when the sure-to-be-difficult spending decisions come up in January. Democrats would do well to make Barnes their choice in Tuesday’s elections.