It’s commendable that Deal, a Republican, and Reed, a Democrat, have put aside their partisan preferences to work together on a [port deepening] project that could benefit all Georgians. In today’s stormy political atmosphere, I wish there were more examples of this kind of bipartisanship.

Deal, however, is confronting some political hurdles he may not be able to overcome.

For one thing, there is the fact that a majority of Georgia’s congressional delegation has fought and taunted the president at every turn since he took office a little more than two years ago.

It’s probably unrealistic to think that a president is going to fork over $600 million for a harbor project after you’ve spent two years attacking his policies and making disparaging remarks about his ethnic background. That’s just not going to happen.

This article was written by Tom Crawford, editor of Capitol Impact’s Georgia Report. Read the full article at the Charlton County Herald.