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...Martin, my opponent, is committed to doing everything that the President-elect wants him to do," Chambliss said on Fox News Sunday. "And I'm simply not going to do that... If we give [Obama] a blank check... it will not be in the best interests of the country." Palin made election-eve appearances to support him, echoing his position that winning the state would not only stymie the Democratic majority in the Senate, but would help rebuild a battered G.O.P. "It takes rebuilding," she told an audience of 3,000 in Augusta. "And I say, let that begin here...
...Chambliss was forced to remain in campaign mode against Martin because of a state election law that requires a runoff if neither candidate wins 50% plus one additional vote. The results of the Nov. 4 election were Chambliss 49.8%; Martin 46.8% and Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley with 3.4%. Right now Martin trails Chambliss in polls by as many as five percentage points. The Martin campaign says that speculation that Martin is trailing because blacks aren't drawn to support him without Obama in sight is "one of the vicious campaign tactics Chambliss is famous for." Chambliss, for his part...
...Chambliss, Saxby •unwanted questions to about ties to scandal-plagued sugar company lead to placement of hand over camera lens...
...Chambliss, Saxby •white base of is warned that "the other folks are voting...
...Democrats have 56 seats. A 57th is possible if Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkeley's apparent slim victory of a few thousand votes holds up against any procedural challenge incumbent Gordon Smith throws against him. And the Democrats could conceivably pick up more. Republican Saxby Chambliss, though he won a plurality of votes on Tuesday, faces a runoff in Georgia on Dec. 2. In Minnesota, the recount of the nearly tied Senate race will go into December at least, to determine whether Al Franken unseats GOP incumbent Norm Coleman. And counting continues in the tight Alaska race. Even if incumbent...