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Saxby Chambliss Wins Georgia Election, Denies Democrats a 60 Vote Majority
As the presidential election drew closer it was fairly evident that it was going to be a horrible

Mr Pink Eyes
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:21:15 +0000

As the presidential election drew closer it was fairly evident that it was going to be a horrible night for Republicans. I know that statement isn't exactly earth shattering, but the bigger question was how horrible of a night would it be.

Having resigned myself to the fact that Barack Obama was going to be the next president of the United States and also given the fact that he would be by far the most liberal person ever elected to the office of the president my focus turned to the senate races. It became of the utmost importance that the Republicans hold off enough seats to deny the Democrats a filibuster proof super majority of 60 seats.

Wednesday morning after the election it looked as though the Republicans had held enough seats to stave off the super majority. Ted Stevens held close in Alaska, but his corrupt ass was eventually tossed out of office, Al Franken lost in Minnesota and Saxby Chambliss was able to hold on according to projections in Georgia. Election night wasn't a total loss after all. Close, but not total.

But then the dominos began to fall and Democrats eeked closer to the tragic number. Ted Stevens lost. (He should have been removed from office or resigned, but at least if he won America's favorite governor would have been able replace him with another Republican, possibly herself). Al Franken is still involved in a recount, he is scratching and clawing his way into possibly stealing this seat and is now asking the senate to intervene and help him steal it. He will probably be successful. That meant that possibly the only thing stopping the Democrats from gaining the super majority they so longed for was Saxby Chambliss in Georgia. He won the election in November between three candidates but by law a run off election was called for between he and the second place finisher because he did not receive 50% of the vote.

As I write this CNN is projecting Saxby Chambliss as the winner by a large margin. Democrats seem to be denied the blank check that would have been the filibuster proof super majority. Americans can at least let go of their wallets with one hand. Keep the other hand on your wallet, they are still coming after it.

Democrats poured allot of time and money into this race knowing the possible implications that it could have for the future of the country and they failed. This is interesting because unlike the general election in which more than 50% of Georgia voters voted against Chambliss the voters knew the results of the presidential election as well as how many seats the Democrats needed to pick up to win the 60 vote majority.

The questions that I am asking myself are, did the knowledge of Barack Obama's election influence more Georgia voters to vote for the Republican candidate? And, did the knowledge that this race could possibly give the Democrats a super majority in the senate persuade voters to deny the Democrats the 60 vote majority?

I am sure that the media will not answer these questions, I am sure that these questions were not asked during the exit polls, but if they were I wonder if the results will be reported.

It doesn't matter though, what is important is that it appears as though the Democrats have been denied their blank check, their super majority.

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