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 how 2010 will go. The Democrats say it is meaningless, in that an incumbent Republican winning an election in a still red state is not exactly earth shattering. There were some more nuanced posts by Nate Silver and Marc Ambinder worth reading for their interesting insights. Still, neither the spin nor the clever takes on the runoff got it right. The truth is that the only thing it told me is that Georgia needs to get rid of the useless runoff law. Now from today, I learned there are compelling historical reasons to get rid of it, too.
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