Down the ballot: Run-off Day

GEORGIA: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution covers the final day of campaigning in the Georgia Senate run-off. “Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Democratic challenger Jim Martin crisscrossed Georgia on Monday, rubbing shoulders with celebrities and the common folk as their bitter four-week runoff came to a close… Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin roared back onto the campaign trail for the first time since the Nov. 4 election, telling thousands of voters at rallies across Georgia that the state’s U.S. Senate runoff is a chance to begin rebuilding a wounded Republican Party.” More: “Martin ended his last day on the campaign trail at the state Capitol in Atlanta, where he was lauded by a civil rights veteran and a who’s-who of hip-hop, including Atlanta-based Ludacris, Young Jeezy and T.I. Ludacris told several hundred Democrats bundled against the cold that Chambliss was running for the wrong reasons. ‘He’s just about politics and not about helping the American people,’ said the hip-hop ... (link)