openleft.com - 12/3/2008
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Looking through recaps of last night's defeat in the Georgia Senate election, I agree with a lot of what Matt , Kos and Nate Silver have written.
Matt argues that it the country hasn't shifted so far to the left that a progressive has a decent shot in a statewide election in Georgia. Rather, ...
thenextright.com - 12/2/2008
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thenextright.com —
The latest Public Policy Polling (D) poll out
of Georgia has Saxby Chambliss up by 7 points...
-- 53-46 (that's not a lot of undecideds). And reading FiveThirtyEight , it's not hard to see why: Whatever turns out to be the case, at the close of ...
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If Saxby Wins by 5+ Turnout Mattered on 11/4
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 12/3/2008
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com —
Partisans will take Saxy Chambliss's victory to heart,
under and over-interpreting it to fit their assessment of...
the electorate. Maybe -- Georgians, already fed up with Democratic control, re-elected Chambliss to send a message to Obama and the ...
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Georgia Runoff: A Guide To Its Meaning
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What Does the Chambliss Victory Really Mean?
QandO —
... Getting away from the horse race aspects of Chambliss’ victory, Chris Bowers offers some intelligent analysis about what it means in the big picture. Referring to ...
A Way Forward for Republicans, Part Two
Open Left - Front Page —
Just to piggy back of Chris's excellent post, I'll note that there is an increasing likelihood that Republicans are going to shed some of their big business allegiances and retreat into a much more nativist mode. I know this sounds crazy, but hear me out. First of all, Saxby Chambliss gave Sarah Palin credit for this victory last night.
"I can't overstate the impact she had down here," Chambliss said during an interview Wednesday morning on Fox News.
"When she walks in a room, folks just explode," he added. "And they really did pack the house everywhere we went. She's a dynamic lady, a great ...
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