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PRESIDENT-ELECT SENDS BUCKEYES TO GEORGIA TO TAKE OUT CHAMBLISS
Most South Carolinians have become quite accustomed to the mass migration of Ohioans to our fair state. Some have quietly accepted it and done their best to welcome this horde of immigrants, while others have taken a stand and launched a “Go Back to Ohio” movement.
So perhaps now is as good a time as any to lend our expertise to our neighbors in Georgia, who The Palmetto Scoop has learned will be receiving a massive influx of Buckeyes over the next few weeks. That’s because president-elect Barack Obama has reportedly dispatched all of his Ohio staffers to the Peach State to help Democrat Jim Martin knock off incumbent GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss.
“We’re setting up our entire field team again,” said one emboldened Obama staffer in Ohio. “I’m coming to Georgia and bringing several hundred of my friends with me.”
Chambliss defeated Martin 49.8 percent to 46.8 percent in Tuesday’s election, but Georgia law provides that the winner must get 50 percent (plus one) of the vote. So the two will head to a Dec. 2 runoff.
But will the move by Obama work?
Provided a Martin miracle, I’m guessing Chambliss will win by at least six points, as he did in 2002. That’s because Obama will not be on the ticket to bring out a large number of black voters, and while some of his turnout machine will be on the ground, it will not have the same financial backing as the first time around.
On top of that, Sen. John McCain said he will stump for Chambliss. While McCain may have lost the election, he carried Georgia 52-47. That popularity should be enough to give Chambliss a good boost toward re-election.
I agree- I can’t see having enough turnout to let Martin catch up.
Why shouldn’t the democrats send their field teams to the site of a hotly contested runoff vote?
Anything to vote these GOP bums out has my support. They have screwed the avergae Americans for the past eight years. The respect I have for them is on the bottom of my shoe.
Meh, I’m not sure I really buy McCain really being that much of a help. He ran what, 3% points ahead of Sen. Chambliss? Also, The money concern probably won’t be a problem: combine the fndraising of the DSCC and President-elect Obama and you have a machine that should be able to take care of its own.
That said, I predict a 54-46 win by Sen. Chambliss
Just slightly off-topic, but I’m sure Adam won’t mind if I butt-in here for a sec… as Obama has advocated expanding broadband access, particularly to rural areas (of which you have plenty of in SC), I ask you to real quick-like, click-over to Atlanta and take my homemade poll:
What Would YOUR Barely-Literate Florida Cousin Do With Broadband?
Write-in your answer here:
http://mostlymedia.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/the-political-south-my-how-were-changing/
Realistically, I think that Chambliss should win in a walk.
In my dreams, I picture President-elect Obama taking a weekend for a bus tour from Rome to Savannah with Martin just before the election. I fantasize that the Obama grass roots organization would inject fresh energy and money into Georgia with an effective GOTV effort.
Back in reality, I understand that the odds against Martin are long. I see Obama wanting to remain above partisan frays as a “uniter.” And, I understand that transitioning to take over the government of a nation in economic crisis while fighting two extremely difficult wars should take up all of the President-elect’s time.
But, I can dream, can’t I?
The One just needs to wink in Acorn’s direction, so some dead people show up to vote, then have all of his campaign people vote in GA, despite where they actually live (hey, these tactics worked in the general election!). Maybe throw in some illegal foreign contributions as well, just for good measure.
Bad loans pushed by DEMOCRATS, starting in the Clinton years (though legislated earlier).
Dumb people taking balloon mortgages they couldn’t refinance.
Flippers who couldn’t handle the extra mortgage when the house doesn’t sell as fast as they think.
Fannie & Freddie (Dem and particularly Obama connections are plentiful) run into the ground while congress looked the other way (Barnie Frank, thanks)
“Dave Walker” needs to brush up on facts. Bush’s overspending is tiny compared to the Dems pushing our country into a recession, and now offering up a socialist (yes, he is, look up the New Party, which he joined in Chicago) as President.
Adam Fogle- This is NOT 2006! I think it’ll take a miracle by CHAMBLISS to beat Martin. In a runoff election, the wave-candiadate with better ground, logistical, and communicative operations wins.
Therefore, Martin BEATS Chambliss 52-46..HANDS DOWN!
Republicans controlled Congress and the White House for six years and didn’t fix any of those problems.
I find it amazing that we now live in a world where hundreds of billions of dollars in deficits financed by borrowed money can be considered a “tiny” sum.
Could someone explain to me why it is not socialist when the government uses billions of dollars to buy ownership stakes in the banks? How is the TARP any different from GM bailout, or any other bailout, other than Bush endorsed the former and Obama the latter?
Bill- New Party?! Obama and ‘parties he joins’ have nothing to do with his views.
Conservatives must understand this is almost as important as the Presidential election. I did sent my donation to Chambliss as many others I know have from New Jersey. The Conservative turnout must be huge in order to insure this victory.
New Party is a Socialist Dem. party. Obama joined it, was endorsed by it, and its views line up with his views. Just like Marx.
Nice try. If a white man joins the Klan, does that not make him a dirtball racist? I say “yes”, but I guess you’d defend that as well?
Obama’s pastor/mentor/friend Wright teaches nutcase theology where God must hate white people, otherwise black people cannot follow God. Fantastic. Let me guess, Obama’s beliefs have nothing to do with those of his friends/mentor/family, etc? It’s just coincidence that they all have the same/similar beliefs, including those evident in Obama’s book and his wife’s thesis.
Is it true that ignorance is bliss? Perhaps you should change your name, Osama Akhtar. How about Bliss Akhtar?
clarification (for Comrade Akhtar’s benefit)
second piece… I say “yes”, that makes the white man who joins the Klan a dirtball racist
my wording was a little vague I think.