firedoglake.com - 12/3/2008
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Pathetic, thy name is Red State.
Both Sarah Palin and Barack Obama campaigned in Georgia. Palin flew all over the state rallying Republicans. Obama flew under the radar heavily targeting black voters, demanding support for Martin, and running heavy radio advertising on urban stations.
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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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Saxby Shows Republicans The Way Forward?
thenextright.com - 12/3/2008
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thenextright.com —
When Barack Obama was on the ballot in
Georgia, Jim Martin was within 3% of Saxby Chambliss....
Without Obama, Martin gets blown out by 20%. Saxby's message was that a vote for Martin was a vote for a blank check for Democrats. Today Georgians ...
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Saxby showed that Obama won on November 4th, not Democrats
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Erick Erickson: Palin beats Obama!
INSTAPUTZ —
Still an idiot.
Midday open thread
Daily Kos —
... do that, would they? That was their rationale for not giving Lieberman the boot. Obama's approval ratings per Ras: 67-30. It was 52-44 after the election. Hardly a week goes by that I don't get some email demanding I stop using words like "fuck" because it does something or other to me "credibility". I doubt James Wolcott would agree. After all these years, Conservapedia is still hilarious. Best headline of the day: Erick Erickson Dances In End Zone After Late Field Goal ...
And Her Support Was Also Crucial to USC Beating Notre Dame
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
I, for one, am extremely impressed with Sarah Palin's political skillz. Anyone who can be a part of a Republican narrowly winning a state as liberal as Georgia is clearly the new FDR. (It's weird; at least Dems generally make fun of Bob Shrum's 0-fer in Presidential elections rather than praising him for the remarkable feat of getting Democrats elected in Massachusetts...)
12/4: Senate Speculation
Blogometer —
December 04, 2008 12/4: Senate Speculation Senate races -- past, present, and future -- have been a major topic in the blogosphere lately. First of all, bloggers continue to debate the significance of GA Sen. Saxby Chambliss 's comfortable victory in Tuesday's runoff election. As we noted yesterday , many conservative bloggers are portraying Chambliss's victory as a great sign for GOP prospects in the 2010 midterms. However, liberal bloggers (along with a few conservative ones) are arguing that GOPers are foolish to rejoice over the ...
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Chambliss: Palin makes Republicans "explode"
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McCain To Campaign For Saxby Chambliss; Will He Have Company?
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 ...
Chambliss wins second term in U.S. Senate
ajc.com 12/3/2008 — Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss beat back a prolonged challenge from Democrat Jim Martin on Tuesday to win a second term in office after a bruising four-week runoff between the one-time University of Georgia fraternity brothers. Chambliss’s ...
Palin Does Georgia: What Does It Mean?
voices.washingtonpost.com 12/2/2008 — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin used some of her star power at campaign appearances for Sen. Saxby Chambliss (right) yesterday. The Ga. Senate runoff is today. (AP Photo/Jenni Girtman) PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- As the Fix prepared to head back...
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 ...
Saxby, why don't you go first?
redstate.com 12/4/2008 —
I agree, Saxby.
Fresh off his double-digits runoff win, Republican Sen. Saxby
Chambliss says his party must return to its conservative roots.
But what is troubling is this:
he said he expects his campaign will be a model for ...
Obama taps Richardson for Commerce —
First Read 12/3/2008
From NBC's Athena Jones CHICAGO -- Obama said today that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson , the only Latino so far who has been named to a cabinet post in the emerging Obama Administration, would be an "unyielding advocate" for American ...
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