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Georgia Dem Senate Candidate Attacked On Family Safety, Even Though His Daughter Was Once Kidnapped
huffingtonpost.com - 11/22/2008
Georgia Dem Senate Candidate Attacked On Family Safety, Even Though His Daughter Was Once Kidnapped
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There is an eerie familiarity taking hold in Georgia's runoff Senate race. The same tone that defined the much lamented 2002 contest -- in which challenger Saxby Chambliss questioned the patriotism of triple-amputee, Vietnam vet Max Cleland -- is resurfacing in the current go-around. This ...
politico.com - 11/25/2008
Politico poll: Chambliss up by three
— politico.com — Chambliss holds a narrow lead over Martin in the Georgia Senate runoff, according to a new poll.... (more) Politico poll: Chambliss up by three

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dscc.org - 11/24/2008
New Poll Shows Martin With Two Points of Chambliss, Incumbent Below 50%
— dscc.org — Chambliss leads Martin only 48% to 46% in DSCC poll Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jim Martin is... within two points of Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss and holds Chambliss to just 48% of the vote, according to a new poll taken for the ... (more) New Poll Shows Martin With Two Points of Chambliss, ...

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Cheap shots in Georgia
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/23/2008
Cheap shots in Georgia
— washingtonmonthly.com — CHEAP SHOTS IN GEORGIA.... The polls must be pretty close in Georgia's runoff election for the U.S.... Senate, because the right, true to form, is aiming pretty low. Over the last few days, both the National Republican Senatorial Committee and... (more) Cheap shots in Georgia

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Think Progress:  Freedom’s Watch attacks Democratic Senate candidate whose daughter was kidnapped as being soft on crime.

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Freedom’s Watch attacks Democratic Senate candidate whose daughter was kidnapped as being soft on crime.
Think Progress — ... released an attack ad against Georgia’s Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jim Martin, saying that he “failed to look out for Georgia’s families.” “First he actually helped block stiffer penalties for drunk drivers,” warns the voice in the ad, which ...

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