[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Palin - Twain

Brad Haslett flybrad at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 12:07:24 EST 2008


"The report of my death is greatly exaggerated" - Mark Twain

So, Sarah came down to Georgia.

Brad

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 Chambliss: Palin 'allowed us to peak'
By: Andy Barr
December 3, 2008 11:29 AM EST

Fresh off his runoff victory Tuesday night, Georgia Republican Sen.
Saxby Chambliss credited Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with firing up his
base.

"I can't overstate the impact she had down here," Chambliss said
during an interview Wednesday morning on Fox News.

"When she walks in a room, folks just explode," he added. "And they
really did pack the house everywhere we went. She's a dynamic lady, a
great administrator, and I think she's got a great future in the
Republican Party."

Chambliss said that after watching her campaign on his behalf at
several events Monday, he does not see her star status diminishing
within the party.

The Republican also thanked John McCain and the other big name
Republicans that came to Georgia, but said Palin made the biggest
impact.

"We had John McCain and Mike Huckabee and Gov. Romney and Rudy
Giuliani, but Sarah Palin came in on the last day, did a fly-around
and, man, she was dynamite," he said. "We packed the houses everywhere
we went. And it really did allow us to peak and get our base fired
up."

But as Chambliss heaped praise on Palin and other big-ticket
Republicans that came to Georgia on his behalf, he questioned why
President-elect Barack Obama would not use his star power to aid his
Democratic opponent Jim Martin.

"I have no idea why he didn't come down," Chambliss said.

"His people were here. His organization was here," he added. "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."

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