Hey, I’m just worried that if the NRSC runs an anti-Jim Martin ad a day now through the runoff, they’ll run out of material a couple days before the election. It will be terrible if by November 28th they have to resort to messages like “Jim Martin has been known to fart in the Cracker Barrel so loudly that it sets off alarms on a half dozen cars out in the parking lot.”

radjah shelduck on November 12, 2008 at 3:42 PM

you always want to define your opponent well before he can define himself and before election day. Even though the two have been going at it for a while now before the run off, this needs to be treated like a new election and the same rules apply. does Georgia want to be the state which hands the country over to unchecked liberals? perfect theme to run on. ofcourse, they need to tout Saxby’s accomplishments as well, whatever they are (i’m not from Georgia).

We’re Screwed ’08

I’m still in crash and burn mode from the bailout.

Ditto! Let’s get this over with.

Crash it down so that we can rebuild on a more stable foundation.

Look, the thing is gonna tank anyways – it’s just a matter of time. Let’s do it now, rather than later.

I’m still in crash and burn mode from the bailout.

lorien1973 on November 12, 2008 at 3:42 PM

Not disputing what you are saying; in fact, I concur. Just saying that in the immediate present, a “NO” vote on the bailout could be fresh enough on the people’s memories that voting for Chambliss would be much easier to swallow (or even easier to swallow Nov. 4 and could have avoided this runoff – just 8000 votes was all he needed if what he stated this morning was correct)

radjah shelduck on November 12, 2008 at 3:42 PM

I’d vote for that!

ellenb on November 12, 2008 at 3:33 PM

no worries. the 2008 bailout will be peanuts to what’s coming in 2009 and 2010.

can you imagine? AmEx, a company that profits on keeping people in debt, is asking for taxpayer money? Boggling.

And those $2 trillion in loans the Feds won’t talk about. What’s up with that? US only has $800 billion in circulation at any time. Uh, what happens if that $2 trillion in cash hits the streets?

Chuck145 on November 12, 2008 at 3:31 PM

Your vote counts are right, but percentages wrong: Chambliss got 49.8%, Martin 46.8%, and Libertarian 3.4%. Only a little off, but you can see just how close he came to winning it without a runoff. Saw Chambliss on Fox this a.m. and he stated he was approx. 8000 votes from winning it outright.

Actually Saxby got 48.6%, Martin 45.6%, and the Libertarian 3.4% or something like that. 1.87M, 1.76M, 3.75M votes.

Brat on November 12, 2008 at 3:20 PM

How true.

beththebaker on November 12, 2008 at 3:05 PM

I will vote for him again too.

I don’t think it bodes well for Johnny Isakson to get re-elected in 2010 either. I would have to hold my nose at him too.

kirkill on November 12, 2008 at 3:08 PM

Awesome. LOL

Doesn’t matter who wins, though. Nuclear option.

And I think I’d like to have the democrats get 60 seats. The pressure brought to bare on them would be enormous. They wouldn’t be able to help themselves.

kirkill on November 12, 2008 at 3:08 PM

Surely we can find a way for you to vote here :)

We know Jim Martin voted for what was the largest tax increase in Georgia history

And that Saxby Chambliss voted for the biggest bailout bill in history–despite the advice of 90% of his constituents.