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GOP Ga. senator in 'fight of his life' (AP)

 
AP - This central-Georgia military town outside Robins Air Force Base should be a cakewalk on Election Day for Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss. But ask people here if they support him and one finds surprising ambivalence, even hostility. (link)

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