GOP candidates spar in first debate

By Ashley Fielding

UPDATED Jan. 20, 2010 12:45 a.m.

As most of the Republicans vying for their party’s nomination in Georgia’s race for governor sounded off on some of the state’s most important issues Tuesday, state Rep. Austin Scott took the opportunity to criticize U.S. Congressman Nathan Deal.

As Scott answered a question about dealing with the state’s current conflict over water allocation with Florida and Alabama, the Tifton representative made a stab at Deal, calling a publicized call by Deal to get President Barack Obama to show his birth certificate “childish.â€