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And the margin is quite large; the old South rises again in Georgia in this runoff for the U.S. Senate race. I guess he got his white peeps side energized. (AP):
With 44 percent of precincts reporting, Chambliss had 61 percent of the vote to Martin’s 39 percent. The early returns came mostly from rural counties where Republicans traditionally wield significant sway in a still-overwhelmingly red state. None of the urban Democratic strongholds had yet reported results an hour after the polls closed.The hotly contested Georgia runoff between the former University of Georgia fraternity brothers will have a significant effect on the balance of power in Washington. Democrats in the U.S. Senate are just two votes shy of the 60 needed to block Republican filibusters – a key bid for power that would be immensely helpful as a Democrat heads to the White House for the first time in a decade.
Georgia is one of the two unresolved Senate races. In Minnesota, a recount is under way in a tight race between Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. The ballots must be tallied by Friday but the contest could stretch beyond that with a five-member board gathering beginning Dec. 16 to rule on ballot challenges.
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Never underestimate the power of stupid straight white Republicans….in large numbers.
Pyhrric-ly, I hope that Georgia winds up on the outside of the federal dollar gravy train that it enjoyed under W.
On behalf of the state of Georgia, I apologize. These were the people who are still upset at Obama’s election; were motivated to GOTV thanks to 527 ads associating Jim with evil evil libruhl from the city of them thar queers, Nancy Pelosi; and will probably keep the Secret Service very busy for the next four years.
I tried.
Voice from GAI guess all the ads labeling Martin as a baby killer and basically saying he holds pedophiles hands while they search for victims worked after all. O yea…and those that showed how he helped to sell drugs to the kiddies and use them for prostitution worked too.
And who could forget that Martin is in bed with powerful and corrupt Union bosses (I’d like to see Sucksby’s money trial for that one) and that Martin raised our taxes 130% in 1989 (I didn’t pay taxes back then so maybe he did).
But I guess what put Sucksby over the top was Palin pimping him around the state and of course all those Marilyn Musgrove robo-calls.
Sigh…I need a drink.
Shameless!Saxby Chambliss is shameless and should have been called out on the carpet when he ran those horrible ads a few years back against the war hero guy i can’t remember right now. The man who lost his limbs in war. i am sickened that this man won again. It is another sad day in America.
He’s gone to far with us this timeNext time he comes to America, I say we take a page from the Australians. Use clean ones please.
SorryMeant to post this in the Vatican story.
f*ck
Max ClelandYeah, when Chambliss beat Cleland using those ads that compared him to bin Laden, I lost all respect for anyone who wanted to call themselves a Republican.
Ludacris and T.I. didn’t helpthe other side this time. In spite of being mostly harmless and mainstream compared to other rap/hip-hop artists, they most likely scared away those on the fence. There are tons of business people and show-biz types in that area who should’ve been at that press conference instead. Maybe those folks lean Republican.
It’s too bad that even if a benign, non-controversial rapper wore three-piece suits and spoke in Latin and Ancient Greek, they still wouldn’t be able to shake off the slime and grime that covers the rap industry. If only it could be wrested away from the thugs, bullies and non-talented punks…
Sorry; didn’t mean to turn Saxby’s win into music business commentary. But I just can’t talk about that woman from Alaska anymore… I can’t even say her name…