thehill.com - 12/3/2008
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Newly reelected Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) credited Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with firing up his base and allowing him to cruise to a victory over Democrat Jim Martin. “Sarah Palin came in on the last day, did a fly-around and, man, she was dynamite,” Chambliss told Fox News on Wednesday. “We ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 12/3/2008
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fivethirtyeight.com —
I tend to think that we should not
be too dismissive of Saxby Chambliss's win in Georgia...
tonight. Although the outcome was expected, and although runoffs and special elections sometimes behave in idiosyncratic ways, moving from a 3-point margin of ...
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Saxby Shows Republicans The Way Forward?
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Chambliss: Palin makes Republicans "explode"
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Saxby Chambliss credits Sarah Palin with his victory in Georgia's runoff yesterday. Sounds like the Georgia Senator is declaring Palin as the undisputed leader of the GOP: ...
Chambliss’ Win and the Myriad of Lessons
The Sundries Shack —
... Barack Obama on his opponent’s ticket, which says that the Democrat down-ticket victories weren’t so much due to Democratic doings as they were to the magic of the Obamessiah. There’s the ever-present spectre of race as well as African Americans didn’t turn out much at all for the white Democrat Senate candidate as they did for the not-so-white Presidential one. We could also attribute Chambliss’ big win to Sarah Palin, who paid George some extra-special attention this time around. Saxby seems to think that she had quite a bit to do with the win, so that reason seems more ...
Saxby Chambliss Victory A Model For The GOP?
The Moderate Voice —
There’s been lots of comment on Saxby’s gushing over Sarah . Less on his victory as a model for the GOP : Chambliss told reporters at this Cobb County campaign headquarters Wednesday morning that he believes his double-digit runoff win can be a “model” for Republicans in the next election cycle. “This is the first election of 2010,” he said, as movers in the background were already carting out furniture and campaign volunteers prepared to head home. Chambliss said the GOP must get back to the principles preached by Ronald Reagan if it is to win elections in the ...
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qando.net 12/4/2008 — A fter narrowly missing an outright electoral victory on Nov. 4th ( garnering only 49.8% ), Chambliss managed to win a runoff by a wide margin on Tuesday. Predictably, pundits around the web are now trying to decipher just what that win means. Some ...
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ajc.com 11/21/2008 — This is in today’s Savannah Morning News: Imperial Sugar Co. CEO John Sheptor defended the conduct of Saxby Chambliss on Wednesday, saying the U.S. senator from Georgia has “behaved appropriately with character and integrity at all ...
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firedoglake.com 11/11/2008 —
Quick quiz. Who said this in 2002?
"I'd never seen anything like that ad. Putting pictures of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden next to the picture of a man who left three limbs on the battlefield -- it's worse than disgraceful. It's ...
Sen. Chambliss wins, denies Dems 60 seats
thehill.com 12/3/2008 — Republican Saxby Chambliss won Georgia’s Senate runoff Tuesday, denying Democrats a chance to reach a filibuster-proof majority next year. Democratic state Rep. Jim Martin was unable to overcome the fact that he did not have President-elect Obama on ...
What Chambliss' Win Has Wrought
weeklystandard.com 12/4/2008 — Saxby Chambliss' flattening of Jim Martin, 57-43, Tuesday night in Georgia ensured the Democrats cannot get to a filibuster-proof 60 votes in the Senate, but what else did it do?
It changed the cost-benefit analysis for Democratic senators on ...
The Amazing Story Of Saxby Chambliss' Bum Knee
huffingtonpost.com 11/18/2008 — Six years ago, Saxby Chambliss was able to win a seat in the United States Senate by deploying a series of highly personalized swipes at incumbent Democrat Max Cleland.
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First Read 12/3/2008
GEORGIA: Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) won reelection after defeating Jim Martin (D) in a run-off last night, 57%-43% (with 97% of precincts reporting). Turnout was just slightly more than half of what it was during the general election a month ago. ...
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