tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/2/2008
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Today: The Georgia Senate Runoff
Today is the big day in Georgia: The runoff election pitting GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who is considered the favorite, against Democratic candidate Jim Martin. The question is whether the polls that have shown Chambliss ahead by several points will have ...
motherjones.com - 12/1/2008
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motherjones.com —
Barack Obama's national security team--at this early stage--presents
more questions than answers. His selection of Hillary Clinton
to be secretary of state has been a much-chewed-over topic of pundit puzzlement . And with the Monday morning unveiling ...
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The Curious Retention of Robert Gates
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
article.nationalreview.com - 12/1/2008
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... It's election day in Georgia, where Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) is trying to hold off Jim Martin (D) in the Senate runoff. Polls close at 7 p.m. ET, and we'll have results here on the front page. That and the rest of the day's political news in the TPM Election Central Morning Roundup. ...
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