So the good news is that Saxby Chambliss has helped our nation stave off total democratic hegemony in Congress. The concern on the right has been that with the Presidency and both houses controlled by Democrats, a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate would have been the brick on the gas pedal in the national drag race to see who can get taken care of more by the government.
The other good news is that Sen. Chambliss won his reelection resoundingly. Just 5 weeks after the GOP was handed its most devastating defeat in a generation, Chambliss ran away with one in what was, on Nov 4, a very competitive state. How was it even possible that Chambliss could pull it off? After all, on Nov 4 he had the benefit of McCain at the top of the ticket, a man who, we were told, could appeal to the undecided, moderate, majority. Yet without McCain's lead, and with the likes of Sarah Palin campaigning for him, he won by 14 points in a state that McCain carried only by 5.
So to what or whom did Chambliss attribute his pull-away victory on Tuesday? “I can't overstate the impact she had down here,” Chambliss said during an interview Wednesday morning on Fox News. But that wasn't all, he also said "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."
Does she?
Even as you read this there are elements within the GOP that are working overtime to try to ruin her. Why? Because there is a strong element within the Republican Party that doesn't relish taking the fight to the Dems. Maybe they don't see themselves the way we do. As defenders against liberal hooligans that would destroy our republic. They have never bought into, much less really understood, conservatism or why they were elected. It has a lot to do with why many are no longer in any danger of being elected.
In the meantime Palin is strong in the grassroots, and Chambliss just won going away by hammering away at the differences between himself and his opponent. Something to think about, anyway.
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