Today’s the big day for Georgia voters — and a whole lot of other people around the country. In fact, that’s the point behind the latest NRSC ad on behalf of incumbent Saxby Chambliss. Jim Martin has a lot of friends outside of Georgia:

In all fairness, this election has the attention of many people outside of Georgia, and for good reason. Republicans want Saxby Chambliss to win the election to keep Harry Reid from having a filibuster-proof Senate majority. Democrats want Martin to win to keep Republicans irrelevant for the next two years. A lot of Democrats were willing to pony up serious cash to help Martin win for that reason.

It doesn’t appear to have done much good. Chambliss has opened a seven-point lead over Martin, about double the gap from a month ago. If Georgia didn’t cast its votes for Obama then, it’s highly unlikely they’ll do so today.