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Time for Saxby Chambliss to look over his shoulder
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Oct 22, 2012 02:49pm |
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| Category | Speculative |
| Author | Jim Galloway |
| News Date | Saturday, October 20, 2012 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The time has come for U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss to keep a close eye on the movements of certain people in Georgia. U.S. Rep. Tom Price, for instance.
A series of rubber-chicken speeches in venues such as Columbus or Macon or Ringgold, all far from the congressman’s home in Roswell, could mean that trouble’s afoot.
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss is up for re-election in 2014.
We are now 16 days from the end of the presidential campaign. Which means we are only 17 days away from the 2014 campaign season and this all-important question: Which Republican will attempt to spoil Chambliss’ bid for a third term?
Georgia’s senior senator, who has been sailing close to the wind with his Gang-of-Six efforts to forge a bipartisan agreement and heal a $16 trillion federal deficit, has already conceded that he’ll have primary opposition. He most recently reported $1.4 million in campaign cash on hand, with two-years of fundraising ahead of him.
If Chambliss is lucky, his opponent will be merely symbolic. Perhaps an underfunded member of the tea party.
If he’s not, a well-funded member of the state’s congressional delegation will attempt to give himself a promotion, and the Georgia GOP will need to prepare itself for a wrenching, cut-throat battle likely to pit business-oriented, establishment Republicans against the party’s ideological wing. |
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