ajc.com - 11/11/2008
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One of the big question marks in Georgia’s ongoing U.S. Senate campaign is how much President-elect Barack Obama will get involved. Democrat Jim Martin desperately wants Obama to come here to boost Martin’s campaign against Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who has already secured ...
dailykos.com - 11/13/2008
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dailykos.com —
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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GA-Sen: Another photo finish in the works?
huffingtonpost.com - 11/11/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Never one to let an opportunity to misled
the people of Georgia, Saxby Chambliss has requested that
he actually be excused from the December 2nd runoff against Jim Martin and just be declared the winner. It is rumored that in private statements, ...
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James Boyce: Saxby Chambliss Seeks Deferment From Runoff ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 11/7/2008
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blogs.abcnews.com —
ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: Forget Iowa. The
first round in the battle for 2012 is looking
like it will be fought out in Georgia -- and much, much sooner rather than later. With the Senate race in Georgia headed...
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Battle for 2012 Starts in Georgia
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Should Obama Go to Georgia?
The Stump —
... earlier, Saxby Chambliss's Democratic opponent, Jim Martin, is imploring him to come down there for the likely December 2 Senate runoff election: ...
GA-Sen: How Much Is Obama Helping Martin?
Swing State Project —
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
One of the big question marks in Georgia's ongoing U.S. Senate campaign is how much President-elect Barack Obama will get involved.
Democrat Jim Martin desperately wants Obama to come here to boost Martin's campaign against Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who has already secured a promise from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to visit the state on Chambliss' behalf.
Obama, however, had not responded to Martin's overtures as of Sunday. And with the president-elect's weekend calls for an end to partisan rancor after the ...
Matt Lewis: Should Obama go to Georgia?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Would it be appropriate for the President-Elect to campaign in Georgia for Democrat Jim Martin, who is engaged in the ongoing senate race against Saxby Chambliss? That's the question being asked today, as Martin "desperately wants Obama to come" to Georgia . One one hand, senate seats are precious, on the other hand, Obama may want to appear post-partisan. My guess is he stays out of it...
Rep. Paul Broun: "It May Sound A Bit Crazy And Off Base..."
DownWithTyranny! —
... Turns out the demented Georgian was confusing his paranoid visions of a gestapo with Senator Obama's call for expanding the nation's foreign service and doubling the size of the Peace Corps. Broun is worried sick that Obama "likely will move to ban gun ownership if he does build a national police force." Or is he just hoping to keep Obama from coming down to Georgia and campaigning for Jim martin's run-off bid against Broun's idol Saxby Chamberpot? ...
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Obama a no-show in Georgia Senate race
swamppolitics.com 11/30/2008 —
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 ...
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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.
Let's face it -- it was pretty much hopeless ...
GA-Sen: Race still tight; will Obama come?
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 ...
Obama aides heading to Georgia for Martin
ajc.com 11/12/2008 — An appearance in Georgia by President-elect Barack Obama on behalf of Jim Martin appears unlikely, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t making his presence felt in Martin’s Dec. 2 runoff against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss. Obama is ...
Election 2008 - Georgia Senate - Runoff
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 ...
Obama's Organizers in Georgia, But Not Obama
fivethirtyeight.com 12/2/2008 — The general is away, but the troops are at battle. If Barack Obama isn't coming to rain-soaked Georgia, his ground organization is very much here. In addition to the existing Georgia organizing infrastructure that has stayed on board, at least fifty ...
Clinton to give Martin a hand
ajc.com 11/18/2008 — Jim Martin could only watch last week as top national Republicans descended on Georgia to campaign for his opponent in the Dec. 2 U.S. Senate runoff. Martin is getting some big-name assistance of his own this week. Former President Bill Clinton will ...
Martin Adviser: No, Obama Should Not Come To Georgia
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/26/2008 — A new wrinkle in the Obama-to-Georgia saga: A high-profile adviser to Dem candidate Jim Martin now says that Barack Obama shouldn't come to the state to campaign for Martin in the high-stakes Senate runoff against GOP incumbent Saxby Chambliss.
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Senate runoff fast and furious
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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