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60 Seats in the Senate: The Road is Through the South
firedoglake.com - 11/3/2008
60 Seats in the Senate: The Road is Through the South
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US Senate It's the last few hours of the campaign. The polls are all over the map, and traditional measures don't mean much anyway, because many races are already in the can. Early voting has turned it into election month, with a rolling sea of decisions over the country. The great wave ...
No decision, no majority in Senate race
ajc.com - 11/5/2008
No decision, no majority in Senate race
— ajc.com — Georgia’s U.S. Senate race remained in doubt Wednesday morning as neither major party candidate had more than... 50 percent of the vote. Incumbent U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) held a 49.8 percent to 46.8 percent advantage over Democrat Jim Martin ... (more) No decision, no majority in Senate race

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pageonekentucky.com - 10/31/2008
Worst Anti-McConnell Ad Ever
— pageonekentucky.com — AFSCME has released what could have been an amazing radio ad attacking Mitch McConnell. It goes on... and on about everything Mitch has done to ruin the world and then brings up his military record. A deep and ominous-voiced announcer says:“Now, people ... (more) Worst Anti-McConnell Ad Ever

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On the Road: Atlanta, Georgia
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/4/2008
On the Road: Atlanta, Georgia
— fivethirtyeight.com — "I got dog-tired beyond Macon and woke up Dean to resume. We got out of the car... for air and suddenly both of us were stoned with joy to realize that in the darkness all around us was fragrant green grass and the smell of fresh manure and warm waters. ... (more) On the Road: Atlanta, Georgia

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News — ... argues. The road to the Senate lies through the South for Democrats, where nasty past campaigns may come back to haunt Republicans in this year’s Democratic wave, firedoglake’s Stirling Newberry says. If no candidate gets a majority, the Georgia Senate race could drag out to early December, The Stump’s ...

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