By RAY HENRY
Associated Press Writer
CUMMING, Ga. – Anger against the government runs deep in north Georgia, where two Republicans candidates are trying to out-conservative each other in advance of Tuesday’s runoff for a vacated congressional seat.
No matter where they go, candidates Tom Graves and Lee Hawkins are met with voters angry with just about everything coming out of Washington: President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, taxes, the influence of organized labor, a deadlock on immigration policy, even the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
On a recent day, Graves, 40, was cornered at a coffee shop event by Jenny Serwitz, a 42-year-old mother who saw her real estate business dry up during the recession.