As you know by now, Saxby Chambliss won the Senate runoff last night by a wide margin over his Democratic opponent Jim Martin.
The big guns traveled to Georgia to campaign for Martin, including Bill Clinton, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain. But Barack Obama declined Martin’s invite to come to Atlanta despite the fact there was so much at stake for the Dems.
Chambliss credited the Star power of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for his win, while at the same time questioning why Barack Obama didn’t come to Georgia to stump for Martin.
“I have no idea why he didn’t come down. His people were here. His organization was here. They really did a good job in the general election of turning out people. And whatever their game plan was this time, if he had been here, I have no idea whether it would have worked better.”
With Chambliss’ win, the Democrats lose out on the 60-vote filibuster-proof, majority control in the Senate that they had hoped for. This means Barack Obama won’t have such an easy time pushing his socialist agenda on us.
Maybe Obama didn’t come down because he was too busy working out at the gym?