Battleground Georgia

Thank the dear Lord for the Republican victory in GA! This is a fine slap in the face to the empty suit Obama. Hopefully, people are waking up to the folly of the Obama election. We want him out in 2012. Onward to the 2010 mid term elections with a fine Republican showing! Let us not forget the blue dog Dems who in many cases are more conservative than Republicans. Many blue dogs Dems were elected this November. Between blue dogs Dems and Reps, the folly of Obama and his sidekick Pelosi can be sidetracked. Let us kick them both in the a**!!

The reelection of Saxby Chambliss is disgusting. He is a corrupt and ruthless politician and those who voted for him will regret their choice in the future. I agree with a fellow blogger that the Democrats could have won this race with a more dynamic candidate than Jim Martin. But I am disappointed that Democrats did not turn out in greater numbers to support Martin. No matter! The state of Georgia is not isolated from the rest of the world as many backward thinking Georgians want to believe. It is an International hub and will change in time. Enjoy your victory tonight, for it may be your last Republican coo. I just hate having to live under Republican tyranny and dictatorship and the hatred they spew against people who see the world for it possibilities.

Sorry, wrote too fast for my brain:

our current Governor is the 1st REPUBLICAN one since Reconstruction.

A large part of GA - the majority in fact - resides it the Atlanta Metro Area as defined by wikipedia - 5.3 million of the state's 9.5 million population. Atlanta Metro is by and large very suburban: of the 5.3 million, only 10% actually lives IN the city, which is usually seen as more progressive. The rural people in GA, as well as the city of Atlanta, traditionally vote Democrat (holdover, in the rural areas) from the old "FDR Democrats" - Jimmy Carter's a good example. While we have tended lately to have more republican legislative representation, our current Governor is the 1st once since Reconstruction. The overall attitude in GA is usually pretty conservative and bible-belty (mostly the Boomers) but the old holdouts and the younger, more liberal voters are beginning to make big inroads. Plus we are Boortz's home base, as we are Bob Barr's, so I can see Libertarianism on the rise here as well. I think GA is going to be a more and more interesting state to watch in upcoming elections.

Also, HB, GA is ranked 28th in the nation for Median Income. So, middle of the road - about $43K. But stuff here is pretty inexpensive compared to the rest of the country - right now gas is $1.69 near my house in the ATL suburbs. It is probably the same in rural GA where I grew up. So, with that generalization out of head, GA voters tend to vote on values. A lot of us like guns, and God, and are pretty religiously conservative. (Full disclosure - I am pretty much a Libertarian - Socially liberal, fiscally conservative, big on personal accountability and the govt staying out of both my wallet and my personal life. That said, I voted for Obama,

Saxby, sounds like an effete sugar daddy to me. Maybe he is a closeted homosexual like other Republicans Mark Foley and Larry Craig. Tell him to get his sugar with his own money and quit spending our tax dollars to subsidize the same sugar that is causing an epidemic of diabetes in this country.

The Democratic party should emphasize that there are only 2 names on the runoff ballot. Therefore, there should be no long lines. Voters waited, in some cases, for hours election day. Election day had many time consuming selections; not just president and senator. Fear of long lines might keep voters from crowded precincts away.

Chambliss is wicked. A disgusting human being. But, c'mon, its Georgia -- The Dems ain't gonna pull this one off, not by a long shot.

From the "person in the street" level in the Atlanta Metro area, Chambliss is, unfortunately, winning. In the war of the commercials, Martin has not responded to the charges against him, and has only made the very weak case riding on Obama's coatails. Since Obama did not carry Georgia, that's not likely to prove very persuasive. The theory predicts that people will try to balance federal government with a split outcome. Martin's ads have to make a stronger case for him. I've already early voted for him, but fear I'll be in the minority.