Down the ballot: Back on the trail

GEORGIA: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that 2,000 showed up yesterday to see McCain campaign for Sen. Saxby Chambliss. “‘I did not think I would be back on the campaign trail quite this early,’ McCain said. ‘But there is a lot at stake here. I’m asking you to go into battle one more time. ‘The eyes of the country and the world will be on the state of Georgia Dec. 2.’” More: McCain never mentioned Obama’s name during his 12-minute speech… [But] when Chambliss first used the words ‘President-elect Barack Obama,’ the partisan crowd booed loudly. ‘Let me say, I will pray for him every day, just as I’ve prayed for every other president,’ Chambliss said. Chambliss, however, warned that a Democratic supermajority would unleash a rash of ‘liberal’ initiatives.” The New York Times writes about the Georgia Senate run-off, casting the race as “the first test of Mr. Obama’s coattails.” (But is that a fair characterization when Obama lost that state by five points?)  The Democratic ... (link)