swamppolitics.com - 11/30/2008
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Tribune Correspondent James Oliphant spent last week in Georgia, covering the U.S. Senate runoff between Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin. The race could determine the success of the Democratic legislative agenda. Here is his report:
by James Oliphant
ATLANTA ...
ajc.com - 12/1/2008
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Georgia’s seemingly endless U.S. Senate runoff finally winds
down Monday, its last day marked by high-profile rallies,
withering attack ads and stealthy efforts to get campaign-weary voters back to the polls. Alaska governor and former GOP vice ...
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Palin to speak at Gwinnett Arena, Ludacris to help Martin
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usatoday.com - 11/28/2008
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Georgia's Senate race, one of two still undecided,
is drawing national attention as it heads to a
runoff Dec. 2. The outcome will determine whether Democrats have a chance to control the 60 seats they need to block Republican-led filibusters. Both ...
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'Unbelievable' sum of money in Ga. runoff
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Obama A No-Show In Georgia Senate Race - With Video
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November 30, 2008
Tribune Correspondent James Oliphant spent last week in Georgia, covering the U.S. Senate runoff between Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin. The race could determine the success of the Democratic legislative agenda. Here is his report:
by James Oliphant
ATLANTA - Here, in a campaign office on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Jim Martin is feeling the spirit.
The Democratic Senate candidate is normally so unassuming, he sometimes seems out of place at his own ...
Carol Platt Liebau: Good, But Not Terrific
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... of the Townhall blog), it strikes me that too much GOP congratulation is a mistake. After all, if a Republican couldn't win a run-off election in Georgia (and when Barack Obama has largely declined to campaign for him), wouldn't that be more of a sign of political cataclysm than the opposite being a sign of impending victories? That's not to say that Obama is necessarily electoral teflon, of course. When one looks at the conjunction of factors that came together in his favor this election season -- including an unpopular president who declined to defend himself and an ...
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 12/3/2008 — by publius
As expected, Chambliss held on in Georgia. I suppose there will be some grumbling that Obama could have done more for Martin, but I think Obama made the right call by staying out of it.
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fivethirtyeight.com 12/2/2008 — Bright and early on a chilly morning in Augusta, a crowd of just under 3,000 lined up to see Sarah Palin stump for Saxby Chambliss, her first stump appearance since the presidential race ended nearly four weeks ago. Palin implored the crowd to vote ...
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realclearpolitics.com 12/2/2008 — Race Summary Sen. Saxby Chambliss, running for a second term, was unable to win 50% of the vote Nov. 4, forcing a runoff with Democratic challenger Jim Martin. Chambliss narrowly missed winning outright, taking 49.8% of the vote to Martin's 46.8%. For ...
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dailykos.com 11/13/2008 — Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 11/10-12. Likely voters. MoE 4% (No special election trendlines) Chambliss (R) 49 Martin (D) 46 We trail narrowly, but it's winnable. We had R2K poll the general election results, and they match up pretty well, ...
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ajc.com 11/11/2008 — Georgia’s nationally watched U.S. Senate runoff bolted out of the starting gate Monday, with Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss telling state GOP leaders that the 2010 election begins with his Dec. 2 battle against Democrat Jim Martin.“I ...
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dailykos.com 11/26/2008 — Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 11/23-25. Likely voters. MoE 4% (11/17-19 numbers). Chambliss (R) 52 (51) Martin (D) 46 (45) These numbers are in contrast to an InsiderAdvantage poll that showed a three-point race, and a Democratic poll which had ...
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CNN Political Ticker 12/1/2008
Palin becomes the latest 2012 prospect to hit the trail in Georgia.
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From NBC's Mike ViqueiraHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi is welcoming the appointments of Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, et al, today, praising the choices as a message of confidence to the rest of the world.
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