huffingtonpost.com - 11/18/2008
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Six years ago, Saxby Chambliss was able to win a seat in the United States Senate by deploying a series of highly personalized swipes at incumbent Democrat Max Cleland.
The attacks on Cleland's patriotism -- including running an ad that pictured the triple-amputee Vietnam veteran alongside ...
wsav.com - 11/16/2008
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wsav.com —
News Three was the first to tell you
Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss had been subpoenaed by Savannah
Attorney Mark Tate in the case against Imperial Sugar. Tate, who represents families of the deceased, subpoenaed Chambliss because he believes ...
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Chambliss Refusing to Speak in Imperial Sugar Case - ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/18/2008
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GOP Senator Saxby Chambliss, who's fighting a high-stakes
runoff in Georgia against Democratic candidate Jim Martin, has
unveiled a tough new ad strategy -- he's attacking Barack Obama in his latest spot: "Barack Obama's new taxes would be ...
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GOP Senator In Georgia Race Launches New Attack Ad -- ...
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Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for November 18, 2008
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... * * * "The Amazing Story Of Saxby Chambliss' Bum Knee." Saxby Chambliss, the epitome of Republicanism! Without a doubt a "chickenhawk extraordinaire'"! It's time for Chambliss to go -- VOTE JIM MARTIN for SENATOR! * * * Right-wing political blowhards are pedaling partisan hateful propaganda to a general public looking for cooperation and teamwork in Washington, D.C.! The American people are tired of the lies, the dishonesty, and the general all around nastiness generated by the Repuglican Party! ...
Chambliss’s Profligate Spending On Golf Outings With Lobbyists
Think Progress —
... comprised just 32 percent of the committee’s spending, or $472,500.
In 2007 and 2008, the Majority Fund’s political donations accounted for 26 percent of its spending, the second-lowest among the 25 largest leadership groups. […]
[O]f the top 10 recipients of the Majority Fund’s money since 2007, only one was a political organization.
Five were golf resorts.
Chambliss is an avid golfer. Despite having a “bum knee” that kept him out of military service in Vietnam, Chambliss ranked as the #2 golfer in ...
I'll learn to work the saxophone, I'll play just what I feel
SteveAudio —
... African-Americans early,” he said at the square in Covington, a quick stop on a bus tour as the campaign entered its final week. He predicted the crowds of early voters would motivate Republicans to turn out. “It has also got our side energized, they see what is happening,” he said. Similarly, Chambliss has been warning his “predominantly white base” in North Georgia, “The other folks are voting.” In 2002 he ran one of the ugliest Swift-Boat campaigns against Max Cleland: Six years ago, Saxby Chambliss ...
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redstate.com 11/7/2008 —
Today there are three U.S. Senate races currently unresolved:
Norm Coleman faces a recount in his victory over Al Franken, Ted
Stevens has a narrow lead in his re-election bid, and Saxby
Chambliss faces a runoff on December 2 against his ...
Sugar executive defends Chambliss
ajc.com 11/21/2008 — This is in today’s Savannah Morning News: Imperial Sugar Co. CEO John Sheptor defended the conduct of Saxby Chambliss on Wednesday, saying the U.S. senator from Georgia has “behaved appropriately with character and integrity at all ...
GA-Sen: Same Old Saxby
dailykos.com 10/31/2008 — Well, give credit where credit is due: Saxby Chambliss knows his base, knows his supporters, and knows how to fire them up. The New York Times ran a story this morning on black turnout in Georgia potentially endangering the senior Senator, as ...
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 ...
Chambliss subpoenaed in Imperial Sugar case
savannahnow.com 10/24/2008 — U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss has been ordered to provide evidence in lawsuits stemming from the Feb. 7 Imperial Sugar Co. explosion and fire. The Republican lawmaker was subpeonaed Wednesday on behalf of four victims - two dead and two injured - of the ...
Chambliss challenges explosion subpoena
ajc.com 11/18/2008 — Savannah - Sen. Saxby Chambliss is fighting an attorney’s subpoena seeking to question him in a lawsuit by victims of the deadly explosion at a Georgia sugar refinery, prompting fresh attacks by Democrats hoping to oust the Republican senator in a ...
Saxby Shows Republicans The Way Forward?
fivethirtyeight.com 12/3/2008 — 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 ...
A Win for Civility
online.wsj.com 12/4/2008 — JAMES TARANTO Democrats will fall short of a 60-seat Senate supermajority in the 111th Congress. Unofficial results , with 97% of precincts reporting, show Sen. Saxby Chambliss with a wide lead over challenger Jim Martin, 57.4% to 42.6%, in Georgia's ...
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 ...
In Transition: Raymond W. Kelly —
Wash Post Federal Page 11/17/2008
RAYMOND W. KELLY Current job: New York City police commissioner. Credentials: Former Clinton undersecretary of the Treasury and customs commissioner; head of global security for the former Bear Stearns; held every rank in a 31-year career with the ...
Down the ballot: Begich wins —
First Read 11/19/2008
ALASKA: Begich was declared the winner in Alaska’s Senate race after he “widened his lead to 3,724 votes in Tuesday's count of absentee and questioned ballots. The lead is insurmountable, as the only votes left to count are approximately 2,500 ...
Romney back on the campaign trail —
CNN Political Ticker 11/21/2008
(CNN) — Add Mitt Romney to the list of big name surrogates who are making campaign cameos in the last remaining senate election this year.
The former Massachusetts Governor and former Republican presidential candidate teams up today with Saxby ...