GA-Sen: Palin, Giuliani, Romney to stump for Chambliss

While Democrat Jim Martin gets Bill Clinton and Al Gore campaigning for him and a radio ad from Barack Obama...Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss gets the retreads of the GOP's abominable 2008 slate.

That would be disastrous vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin of Alaska and equally disastrous presidential candidates Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney. Star power, indeed.

Sarah Palin will be headed to Georgia on the eve of the state’s closely watched Senate runoff to rally Republicans to the polls for Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.)

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"I was thrilled when I got the call that Gov. Palin would be able to make the trip to Georgia to campaign with me the day before the runoff election," Chambliss said in a statement.

He was thrilled, also, you betcha. Also.

Jim Martin is winning the battle of surrogates so far - Obama has apparently also recorded a robocall, though he hasn't visited the state. Obma's support is critical, because so far (in early voting), black turnout is severely depressed, and it is obviously critical for the Martin campaign to get a large number of black voters to the polls:

But for Democrat Jim Martin, the only surrogate who can help him drive voters to the polls is President-elect Barack Obama. Martin is dependent on high African-American turnout to win. The Martin campaign has been reaching out to Obama’s transition team, but it is very unlikely that he will make a last-minute stop down to Georgia.

And the early voting tally continues to be somewhat discouraging for Team Martin: Of the 237,000 voters who have cast ballots so far, only 22.5 percent are African-American. In the presidential election, black voters composed about 30 percent of the electorate.

Those are ominous early-voting numbers, indeed, and it's on the shoulders of every Democrat who cares to do all in their power to help Jim Martin close strong.

Turnout will decide this election. Phonebanking is critical. Donating is critical. The stakes are no less than the balance of power in the Senate, and the prospective difference between Senator Saxby Chambliss and Senator Jim Martin cannot be overstated.

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