Help These Kids Help Jim Martin
While Americans are trampling each other in stores across the country thanks to the greed permeating our society, some noble college kids have forgone Thanksgiving with their families and forgone their...
View ArticleGA-Sen: Small dollar donors keeping Martin afloat
It's a tough race, no doubt, but if it wasn't for small dollar donors, the Georgia Senate would've been been over by now. * Chambliss raised $1.6 million in large contributions — amounts of $1,000 or...
View ArticleWant to Help Reach 60 Senators? Then Read This
As many of you may remember, I traveled out to Nevada for the Obama/Clinton primary. My documentation of the results of that trip turned out to be somewhat controversial, but eventually everything...
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GA-Sen: Urgent. Housing Needed in ATL and GA for Volunteers
This message is for all Kossacks living in the state of Georgia, as well as those who have friends or relatives in Georgia, especially in the Atlanta area. Apologies for repeating the basic info of a...
View ArticleBashing Southerners over Chambliss is crass, counter-productive
For shits and giggles, I Googled "Chambliss groping daughter" just to see what kind of hit count is up on the Thanksgiving video and it's substantial. Which I find amusing. But what doesn't amuse me is...
View ArticleRoad Trip: We are all Georgians Now!
Isn't it ironic that John McCain used that phrase "We are all Georgians Now," and I get to use it for our endeavor to keep Saxby Chambliss home?Coordinating with the terrific campaign workers for Jim...
View ArticleRetire Saxby Chambliss (Why the lack of focus here?)
Now that thereisnospoon's excellent diary Want to Help Reach 60 Senators? has left the Rec list, there are no GA Senate Recommended Diaries, and no GA front page pieces since yesterday. And yet the...
View ArticleNew GOP Ad Asks Georgians To Say No To Jim Martin
While watching the annual football showdown between the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech, the following ad from the National Republican Trust graced my t.v. screen before the start of the second...
View ArticleSaxby Chambliss: The New Jesse Helms?
It hit me while I was doing some research on Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss in advance of next week's run-off election in Georgia. Chambliss is now the ranking member of the Senate Agriculture...
View ArticleWhat are you waiting for Obama?
Barack Obama is obviously extremely busy naming people to his inner cabinet and dealing with the whole transition process, but why can’t he spare a day and head down to Georgia to help out Jim...
View ArticleThe Ruby went down to Georgia (pt 1) arrival and let's get to work
Since I'm taking on my vol efforts to help Jim Martin as a civilian, I figured I'd throw a couple of quick words up and do a daily campaign blog about what I'm up to down here in Georgia. Thanks to...
View ArticleObama Blows Off Georgia
In case you haven't noticed, in case President-Elect Obama hasn't noticed, let me remind both of you that the magic filibuster-proof 60 Senator Democratic majority is still up for grabs. If Al Franken...
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Georgia Senate Run-Off: On the bus again with Jim Martin
This weekend, I hit the road as a volunteer with the Jim Martin for Senate campaign again as we toured Georgia by bus. You can read my previous posts here and here. With the runoff on Tuesday the...
View ArticleNYC Kossack Meetup WEDNESDAY
We're on.To those of you who voted for Tuesday instead of Wednesday, my apologies. Wednesday won, although not by much.Here are the specifics:Wednesday, December 3, 6:30 - ?? Shades of Green 125 E 15th...
View ArticleGrammy Award Winning Artist To Campaign For Jim Martin
It's a battle of the stars in Atlanta Monday as former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin stumps for Saxby Chambliss and three-time Grammy award winning rap artist Ludacris headlines a rally for...
View ArticleIsn't there a runoff in GA Tuesday???
You would not know it to read the front page and the recommended diaries here. My diary yesterday on the Ga. run-off did not quite make it to the Rec. list, and there's still no GA runoff there.Six...
View ArticleOn the Ground in GA: "Wake Up, You're Not in Berkeley Anymore"
The Tuesday before Thanksgiving, one of my very best volunteers who worked with me on the Obama general election campaign flew to Georgia. This is someone who showed up one day in the late summer to...
View ArticleThe Ruby Went Down To Georgia, day 2: No, The Subway runs all day and doesn't...
So Day 1 was a small taste of GOTV for Jim Martin, a sampler at the Spring Street office, a phonebanking appetizer of 3.5 hours of dials. Today was the first full day, and I jumped in!
View ArticleEven The Anchorage Daily News Agrees...Saxby Is Shameless
A reader of my blog, Georgia Politics Unfiltered, passed along an editorial that appeared in the Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News November 28th criticizing Sarah Palin for her planned campaign appearances...
View ArticleLet's Elect Jim Martin!!!
Tomorrow, let's win in Georgia!Tomorrow, Georgians have the opportunity to make a statement to the nation. We can continue the wave of change that swept this country in November and we can reject the...
View ArticleShowdown in Georgia: What does it mean for Dem's future?
Some significant things will be happening on the political front this week. Today, Hillary Clinton was officially announced as the President-Elect's Secretary of State. Amidst the brouhaha, it is easy...
View ArticleJust Finished All My Calls for Martin in 23 Minutes (Update 3x)
Right after the general election, I made a personal vow not to write any diaries about anything but the Georgia special election - until after the Georgia special election. I think I've made my...
View ArticleCrisis in Georgia. Jim Martin's Georgia. Immediate help required.
On the day that President-Elect Barack Obama announced his national security nominees, we face a crisis in Georgia.The President-Elect has taken measures to deal with the crisis, but those measures...
View ArticleRally for change tonight with Ludacris
Please join Jim Martin, Jim Powell, Congressman John Lewis, Grammy Award winning artist Ludacris, Tammy Duckworth, a National Guard major, disabled veteran of the Iraq war, and many other special...
View ArticleGA-Sen: Election Day is tomorrow
Tuesday is election day in Georgia, and voters will go to the polls to either choose newer, progressive representation in the United States Senate, or return a man to the Senate so embarrassing to...
View ArticleGA-Sen: Make Saxby Shameless a lame duck
Georgia Tech pulled off a big surprise victory against rival Georgia in The Peach State this weekend. Let's all do what we can to pull off one more stunning upset in Georgia: Help Jim Martin defeat the...
View ArticleGeorgia GOTV: 60 Minutes For 60 Seats
We here in California have been doing our part for Jim Martin, phone banking to Georgia like crazed weasels. In the last couple of weeks, we've made over 60,000 phone calls. But a lot folks can't take...
View ArticleGeorgia, Minnesota, and the Importance of Verified Voting
We're about to finish the 2008 election cycle with the conclusion of two elections for the United States Senate, a recount in Minnesota and a runoff in Georgia. It's hard to imagine a better...
View ArticleMorning Reaction: On The Bus With Jim Martin
Today's the day in Georgia. Turnout will be key, so can you spare a few minutes for some phone calls? TIME looks at why this race is so important and 538 reports from on the ground in Georgia.Also,...
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GA-Sen: Thanks Team Obama!
The Senate contest between Jim Martin and incumbent Republican Golf-Until-You-Drop Saxby Chambliss advanced to a runoff due mostly to the Martin Campaign, local volunteers and the return of the...
View ArticleGA-Sen: Election day push for Jim Martin. Polls close at 7pm EST.
UPDATE: Well, we tried our best. It just didn't go our way this time. Thanks to all who worked to get Jim Martin elected.Georgia's runoff election for the Senate seat Saxby Chambliss won six years...
View ArticleGA-Sen 108 year-old gives rides to polls and other tales of a CA phone bank...
Sick of Georgia GOTV diaries?Yeah, me too.But we only have 7 hours left to make a difference in that race. 7 hours left to turn a blood-red Cheney/Bush obstructionist vote into a another vote for...
View ArticleLudacris: Chambliss Is Just About Politics, Not The People
It was a chilly evening in Atlanta Monday night, but that didn't deter supporters of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jim Martin from rallying on the steps of the State Capitol a day before the...
View ArticleUrgent: GA.NATIONALFIELD.ORG
"It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little...
View ArticleGA-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...
View ArticleGA-Sen: Liveblogging from Jim Martin HQ in Atlanta. UPDATE 2
Apologies for a short diary. Lots of activity, both phonebanking and canvassing, is happening this afternoon at Jim Martin's State HQHowever, we need some special help from those who live in the...
View ArticleBreaking: Chambliss Wins
MSNBC and CNN project that Saxby Chambliss has emerged the winner of the runoff of the Senate race in Georgia, defeating challenger Jim Martin four weeks after the general election.The win for...
View ArticleIt Was Time to Wake Up, But the Georgia Electorate Stayed in Bed
In my December 1st diary entry, I questioned whether or not deploying Obama field staff and volunteers to Georgia would be a successful strategy to elect Jim Martin in the Senatorial runoff...
View ArticleObama Fails Martin
We were worried when Barack Obama kept his distance from Jim Martin, who was in a close dogfight to unseat Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss. Now we know our worry was well founded. Obama could have...
View ArticleWhy We Lost Georgia SEN UPDATED
Tonight Saxby Chambliss (R) won reelection to Senate against a great candidate who was initially able to make this race much closer than it should have been. But that was Nov. 4th. Why didn't Jim...
View ArticleThe Real Reason Saxby Chambliss Won
Sure, it's great to blame Barack Obama for Jim Martin's loss. After all, Barack Obama totally won the state of Georgia in the general election. And a mere word from the man who clearly, as a black guy,...
View ArticleObama's phone-in doesn't sink Saxby; &, a Ludacris effort
See AP via My Way News, Georgia Sen. Chambliss wins re-election in runoff, Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss handed the GOP a firewall against Democrats eager to flex their newfound...
View ArticleThe Final Word On Georgia's Senate Race
"This isn't about anything but winning."[Source: Insider Advantage Georgia, "Re-Tooled Campaign Put Chambliss Over The Top", December 3, 2008] That six-word sentence attributed to Republican National...
View ArticleGA-Sen: The GOP is back, baby! (Or something)
So a disappointing result last night, but not an unexpected one. Not a single poll showed Martin leading in the runoff, and when the early voting numbers showed African American turnout way down, well,...
View ArticleGeorgia results a wake up call for us
Jim Martin's 14 point drubbing by Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss in Georgia shows that Democrats need to be constantly looking over their sholders until the 2010 elections. Republicans ran hard...
View ArticleThe Ruby goes down to Georgia, wrap up
In spite of the result, I could not be prouder to have helped Jim Martin and his incredible staff and volunteers from the Campaign for Change for the last four days. The last time I was in Georgia...
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GA-SEN: From safe seat to run-off
When the GOP brags about winning the run-off in Georgia, it's worth remembering that through early October, most mainstream political analysts (with the notable exceptions of brownsox and Swing State...
View ArticleGeorgia Senate runoff: What message it really sent
Since Saxby Chambliss's victory on Tuesday, there have been a lot of editorials on what meaning we should assign to it. The Republicans are spinning that it meant everything and gives us a peek into...
View ArticleMy post-mortem of Chambliss v Martin
Crossposted at Progressive Blue and MyDDLet me begin this with something upbeat. The winner of the Jim Martin sweepstakes is Meridian05. Enjoy your prize!Analysis below the fold......
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Georgia On My Mind
Georgia the Empire State of the South, was once a solid Democratic state. Giving us figures such as President Jimmy Carter, Sam Nunn, Wyche Fowler, and yes even Zell Miller who was a good Democrat...
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