Exactly correct--she literally saved Saxby Chambliss' bacon.
Chambliss: Palin 'allowed us to peak'
“I can't overstate the impact she had down here,” Chambliss said during an interview Wednesday morning on Fox News."
Exactly correct--she literally saved Saxby Chambliss' bacon.
Chambliss: Palin 'allowed us to peak'
“I can't overstate the impact she had down here,” Chambliss said during an interview Wednesday morning on Fox News."
DECEMBER 2, 2008
“Newly reelected Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) credited Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with firing up his base and allowing him to cruise to a victory over Democrat Jim Martin.
“Sarah Palin came in on the last day, did a fly-around and, man, she was dynamite,” Chambliss told Fox News on Wednesday. “We packed the houses everywhere we went. And it really did allow us to peak and get our base fired up.”
Chambliss beat Martin by three points on Nov. 4 but did not reach 50 percent of the vote, making a runoff necessary. However, the incumbent easily beat his challenger Tuesday, more than quadrupling his margin of victory, and in the process kept Democrats from reaching a filibuster-proof Senate majority.
Chambliss heaped praise on Palin, saying she has a “great future” in the GOP.”