Posted on 11/24/2008 6:42:56 PM PST by Al B.
ATLANTA | Democrat Jim Martin is campaigning feverishly, aided by Barack Obama's grass-roots organization from the presidential race and a flood of support from the national party, but he remains an underdog against incumbent Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss in a Georgia runoff election considered pivotal for the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.
Mr. Martin is behind in polls, has half the cash of his opponent and early-voting turnout among black voters is stagnating - a crucial block for any Democrat in this mostly conservative state where Republicans also hold the other U.S. Senate seat, the governor's office and majorities in both houses of the state General Assembly.
That doesn't bode well for Mr. Martin and Senate Democrats eyeing an unexpected victory Tuesday to put them one vote away from a filibuster-breaking 60-vote majority and the power to ram the party's agenda through the chamber.
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I hope the GOP leaning state that went McCain will be sensible enough not to give Obama a super majority in the Senate. Unfortunately, in this crazy election cycle, ya never know.
I heard recently that there is a PAC to which we can donate to help Chambliss. I wish that I could remember what the name of the organisation is.
www.goptrust.com
Martin cannot win without overwhelming black turnout, and that does not appear to be happening in the early voting. Moreover, Obama is not going to put his reputation on the line to campaign for Martin, which would be his one chance for an upset win.
Most of the battleground states were lost because of the early voting. The democrats amassed the necessary votes in the early voting to win. That is how they won Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, Nevada, and Virginia. Without the early voting I am confident that they would have lost.
The Republicans who control state legislatures should make it illegal to have early voting in their states. Also our side should go the courts and make this fraud process totally illegal on the national level.
Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss in a Georgia runoff election considered pivotal for the balance of power in the U.S. Senate. Mr. Martin is behind in polls, has half the cash of his opponent and early-voting turnout among black voters is stagnating -- a crucial block for any Democrat in this mostly conservative state where Republicans also hold the other U.S. Senate seat, the governor's office and majorities in both houses of the state General Assembly.Goodnight all.
the loons are capable of pulling ANYTHING at this point.
Just ONE seat from tyranny!!!
Curiously enough, and you may draw your own conclusions, nothing was made of black racism. Not only did Obama score something like 96-98% of the black vote, but the black turnout was massive. And, of course, the huge black turnout for Obama had a profound influence down the ballot, as a great deal of straight-ticket voting was involved.
It will be interesting to see what happens with a honkey at the top of the Dem ticket in the Georgia Senate runoff. I'm betting there will be a substantial falloff in black turnout, leading to a comfortable win for Chambliss.
If Martin is campaigning feverishly, you wouldn’t know it from the phone calls I’ve been receiving...they’ve almost all been from Saxby Chambliss.
According to another article I saw today, black turnout in the early voting so far is 23% of the total, down from 31% in the general.
That’s great journalism. The writer says the runoff favors Chambliss yet the writer does not quote or cite a poll. The last poll I saw a week or so ago said Chambliss was up by 4. I would imagine Martin will have a hard time getting the first time Obama voters who only registered to vote for Obama.
What a joke. The only reason I can think of is that in 2002 I voted in a Democratic primary so I could help throw out Billy McKinney (Jihad Cindy's daddy - he was trounced in the primary 65% to 35%, and of course he blamed the Israeli lobby and claimed his opponent was Jewish).
I'm not happy with Chambliss because of his immigration shenanigans, but as I told the RNC person who called here, the alternative is far, far worse.
Chambliss ran much poorer in Georgia than McCain primarily because of a blunder by the Republican Governor who made a significant misstep against retired teachers. They felt betrayed because the teachers were the one of the primary reasons Republicans took control of the Governor’s Office in 2002 and the legislature in 2002 & 2004. Hard to believe teachers would be so anti Democrat but the former Democratic Governor made them that mad. They teachers could not take it out on Governor Perdue so Chambliss became the target of many to send the GOP a message in the state.
The message worked and the Governor and his appointees backed off the change in teacher retirement pay.
Unfortunately it almost cost us the Senate seat.
I recall one or two calls from the AFL/CIO, but most have been from the GOP, and most have been pre-recorded so there wasn't a real person to argue with. I've let the answering machine get about half of them, though.
Our 3 precincts are in Billy McKinney's old district because the former Dem governor got mad at us for voting for his opponent (he was a Cobb Countian and I suppose he thought we were obligated to vote for him as a homeboy) and redistricted us right into Billy's bailiwick.
So if you just look at a district map, you'd think this would be a hotbed of Obama voters. But other than a few brain-dead liberals with more money than wits, this is a pretty solid conservative area.
...would the GOP even use a filibuster if it could?
In the past there is always some “gang of (fill in number here)” that put the screws to it, lead by Republicans (usually McCain).
I think there are a few things (probably very few) that would galvanize them....card check for instance. Of course, Collins and Snowe could just cave and it would be a moot issue whether Chambliss is there or not.
The article cites two polls.
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