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 Republicans that even FOX's own Chris Wallace is forced to skewer him:
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Democrat Jim Martin has had some great people stumping on his behalf, like retired Gen. Claudia Kennedy:
Kennedy is the first female three-star general in the U-S Amy and is reaching out to veterans for Martin who served in Vietnam. "Jim Martin believes that we should have better body armor for our soldiers and should have better G. I. Bill benefits," said Kennedy.
Things that are also important to Alva James, who is also Vietnam veteran. "I have some veteran friends who are really in need of medical help."
"Jim Martin has gone to war and he knows the impact that it has on people,and knows the importance of having a strong veteran affairs program," said Kennedy.
Today, Sarah Palin will be Chamblissing in metro Atlanta (and fundraising at "tony hotels"...so Martin counters by campaigning all over the state, with a sharper and shrewder political mind, that of musician (and Atlanta native) Chris "Ludacris" Bridges:
Palin will appear at public rallies in Augusta, Savannah and Perry, and in metro Atlanta at the Gwinnett Center at 4 p.m.
Jim Martin will spend the day on a statewide bus tour that will take him from a MARTA stop in Atlanta in the morning to Augusta, then Macon and back to a rally at the state Capitol at 5:30 p.m. with civil rights veterans and hip-hop star Ludacris.
Given the early-voting numbers among African-Americans, Martin needed to shore up support among the AA community, and it seems he's certainly working on that, campaigning with civil-rights legend John Lewis and fellow Representative Bennie Thompson:
At historically black Morris Brown College, surrounded by former Barack Obama campaign staffers and African American Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the normally unassuming, bespectacled white lawyer had discovered his inner preacher.
"We're all in this together!" Martin, 63, intoned.
"Talk to me!" a man shouted in response.
"The Republicans believe if they have 41 votes in the Senate, they can stop this great president!"
"That's right!"
"Now this isn't Landslide Jim you're talking to," Martin said. "I need your help."
President-elect Obama isn't coming to Georgia any time soon, but his Georgia field team is still in the state, working to get out every last vote.
If Jim Martin can win this thing, he needs your help. If you haven't called, call for him. If you have called, call some more. If you can't call, donate.
And keep your fingers crossed. More to come.
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