washingtontimes.com - 12/3/2008
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By: WheatfieldSoul Sweet! Way to go Georgia indeed. Two years from now things will be looking up with the large gains the GOP will make in the Congress. And we should elect a true conservative as Chairman the RNC, Mr. Blackwell from Ohio would do nicely! December 3, 2008 at 10:57 a.m. | Mark as ...
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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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They Didn’t make 60.
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Chambliss declared winner in Georgia
Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss won re-election Tuesday in a runoff, dashing Democrats’ hopes of capturing enough seats in the U.S. Senate to thwart Republican filibusters,
How many of them are RINOs? Looks like McStain and Lieberman have some clout now.
Chambliss’ Win and the Myriad of Lessons
The Sundries Shack —
There were some big doings in Georgia last night. Saxby Chambliss whipped his Democratic opponent Jim Martin to retain his Senate seat in a runoff election. On Election Day, Martin came within 3 percent of Chambliss, necessitating the runoff. Yesterday, the result wasn’t even close. The big question in Punditland is going to be: what does it all mean? I’m not going to be a lot of help, I’m afraid. Chambliss’ huge margin of victory last night could be attributed to not having 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 ...
No More Mister Nice Blog —
IS THIS "REFERENDUM" GOING TO BE AS MEANINGLESS AS THE LAST TWO? Look, I hope Scott Murphy, the Democrat, beats Republican Jim Tedisco in today's special House election in New York's 20th District -- the polls are tight, Kirsten Gillibrand used to hold the seat, and Barack Obama won the district in 2008. On the other hand, Republicans have about a 3-to-2 voter registration advantage in the district. So I'm not going to tear my hair out if Tedisco wins. However, I am informed by CQ Politics that this race has been described as a litmus test, a referendum and a bellwether for Democratic agendas and Republican political ...
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Wash Post Elections 12/3/2008
ATLANTA, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) won reelection Tuesday, defeating his Democratic challenger in a runoff and ensuring that the GOP will hold enough seats to deny Democrats a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.
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