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Down the ballot: Competitive in GA

 
The AP looks at the open Republican House seats that are now Democratic targets. (List here). GEORGIA: The Boston Globe goes down the Georgia. "In Georgia, a state that President Bush won by 17 percentage points in 2004, Chambliss held such a comfortable lead at first that he did not even bother airing television commercials until a few weeks ago. But polls now show Democrat Jim Martin within the margin of error. And a strong Democratic get-out-the-vote effort, driven by an Obama organization that...( read more ) (link)

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