GA-Sen: Election Day!

Today's the big day in Georgia, and we're all pulling hard for a shocker from Orange to Blue Democrat Jim Martin.

The race is going to come down to turnout - for Martin to win, it would take low turnout overall, coupled with relatively high turnout in the African-American community.

It looks like turnout is fairly high, which may not bode well:

About 100 residents had voted by 8 a.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Snellville. An hour after voting started, there was no line and balloting took five minutes.

But poll workers said the morning turnout was higher than they expected in a runoff.

If you live in Georgia - if you know anyone who does live in Georgia and is a Democrat - please vote, please call them and get them to vote. A Martin victory is a long shot, but the potential reward is too great to leave any stone unturned.

Sarah Palin was in the state recently, selling Saxby's...well, something, and using precisely the same talking points she used to use for McCain:  

   Palin On Independence:

       On CHAMBLISS: Saxby has not forgotten why he was sent to Washington. He has stayed true to his principles. Today those principles are needed more than ever. Senator Chambliss, he has such a strong, independent spirit. And that’s another reason I really like him.

       On McCAIN: John McCain and I, what we represent is that maverick independent spirit that will not let the self-dealing and excessive partisanship get in the way of what’s right.

   Palin On Herds:

       On CHAMBLISS: Saxby doesn’t just run with the Washington herd.

       On McCAIN: John is his own man. He doesn’t run with the Washington herd.

Apparently all it takes to be a Maverick Independent is to vote down the line with the GOP, and play lots of golf.

Meanwhile, here's what others have to say about the Saxman. Iraq War Veteran Tammy Duckworth:

In 2004, when I was flying my Blackhawk helicopter north of Baghdad and I got hit with that rocket-propelled grenade that blew up between my legs and took them off — and almost took off my right arm — the only thing that saved me was my buddies and the armor that I was wearing. ... In his six years in the United States Senate, Saxby Chambliss has voted against providing armor for our troops. He has been against providing armored vehicles for our troops. And then, when my buddies and I came home, he has been against the G.I. Bill.

Saxby continues not to know what a recession is, of course. And naturally, Wonkette is having a laugh:

Here’s heavy-petting Saxby Chambliss defending himself, on the Fox News, against a Jim Martin ad that quotes Chambliss saying he doesn’t even know what the term "recession" means. We’ll cut him some slack on that, because a new person is declaring a new version of the word everyday. But what’s notable is that Chambliss defends his comment by saying that he was quoting Alan Greenspan, people. He appears still to think that this is the ’90s/early ’00s, when name-dropping Greenspan worked as a blanket defense against criticism or, more importantly, an excuse not to learn anything about economics. This caused several problems.

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