qando.net - 12/3/2008
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S en. Saxby Chambliss won re-election in Georgia last night by a huge 16 point margin (at the time of this post), and heaped a great deal of credit on Sarah Palin : “I can’t overstate the impact she had down here,” Chambliss said during an interview Wednesday morning on Fox News. “When ...
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?
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What Does the Chambliss Victory Really Mean?
QandO —
After narrowly missing an outright electoral victory on Nov. 4th (garnering only 49.8%), Chambliss managed to win a runoff by a wide margin on Tuesday. Predictably, pundits around the web are now trying to decipher just what that win means. Some miss the mark entirely: Last time I checked, 41% was a failing grade. Not so in the Senate it would appear. No, now that Chambliss has won, apparently having just 41 votes in the Senate is REALLY great news for Republicans and bad news for Democrats, especially President-elect Barack Obama. On AC360 earlier David Gergen ...
Irresistible
Opinionator —
... , reports the Politico’s Andy Barr. “ ‘I can’t overstate the impact she had down here,” Chambliss said during an interview Wednesday morning on Fox News. ‘When she walks in a room, folks just explode,” he added. “And they really did pack the house everywhere we went. She’s a dynamic lady, a great administrator, and I think she’s got a great future in the Republican Party.’ ” MichaelW at the “neolibertarian” site QandO is equally smitten : “While many people still seem to write Palin off, based more on a caricature of her than anything substantive, the Republican base is as ...
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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...
Palin's Star Dims In Georgia: Networks Barely Cover Speech
huffingtonpost.com 12/1/2008 — Nearly a month after she and John McCain were soundly defeated in the presidential election, Gov. Sarah Palin took to the campaign trail, this time to help Republicans hold on to a potentially significant Senate seat.
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Palin Georgia-bound for Chambliss
swamppolitics.com 11/25/2008 — by Frank James
Alaka Gov. Sarah Palin Georgia-bound next week to help fellow Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss who's in a tough run-off with Democrat Jim Martin.
We're guessing no farm of any kind will be on her itinerary after last week's ...
Chambliss: Palin Key To My Win (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com 12/3/2008 — Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss, fresh off his victory in a runoff election against Democrat Jim Martin, says Sarah Palin gave him the boost he needed. "I can't overstate the impact she had down here," the Republican Senator said in an interview on Fox ...
“The Other Folks”
balloon-juice.com 10/31/2008 — Saxby Chambliss certainly knows what he has to do to win the Georgia senate race. He’s got to pit white against black . He’s seen the rush to the polls by African Americans in Georgia’s early voting:
The Republican is outwardly ...
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blogs.dailymail.com 12/3/2008 — Sarah Palin wins the first round as Sen. Saxby Chambliss wins the runoff.
Sarah Palin jumps into Georgia Senate runoff to help Chambliss
latimesblogs.latimes.com 11/26/2008 — Despite their electoral thrashing Nov. 4 in Congress and the White House, the Republican business of collecting owsies is well and thriving.
Yes, sure, seeing politicians of either party out campaigning for others in their party is a sign of ...
A Bush on the Ballot in 2010? —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 12/3/2008
Susan Davis reports on politics.
With Florida Republican Sen. Mel Martinez retiring in 2010, there is a deep bench of potential candidates in the Sunshine Statethe most prominent being former Gov. Jeb Bush , who is reportedly mulling a ...
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