Showdown 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...
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