All eyes on Georgia tomorrow. There is one more election where the voters still have an actual say ... and that would be right here. Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss is facing Democrat Jim Martin in a runoff. The vote is tomorrow; and it's all about turnout.
Yeah, I know. They're still counting votes in Minnesota, and Norm Coleman may still prevail against Democrat funny guy Al Franken. But this one is in the hands of the politicians, lawyers and judges. Georgia is in the hands of the voters - it this may be the last stand before a 60-vote filibuster proof Democrat majority in the Senate.
There is voter anger against Chambliss in Georgia. This I understand. Saxby's vote in favor of the bailout bill has a lot of people fuming .. but there's a lot of second-guessing here. We now know that that the $700 billion bailout essentially amounts to a slush fund .. and hundreds of billions may be saved for Obama to spend. This is not what the people wanted and not what the Republicans in the Senate voted for. But now it is what it is, and letting the Democrats have their 60 seats isn't going to change anything. This is about votes to come. Votes to raise taxes, votes to redistribute wealth, votes to expand the power of government, votes to confirm anti-Constitutional Supreme Court justices and to pass the unionization-by-intimidation bill. In a worse-case scenario this election tomorrow in Georgia could be about votes on whether or not the government will seize all or a portion of our 401Ks and pension plans, and a vote on whether or not to remove the cap on Social Security taxes. Would you like to see means-testing for your Social Security benefits? Would you like for the government to come to you when you reach retirement age and tell you that you have simply been too successful to collect your Social Security -- that the money is needed for people who didn't work quite so hard?
It's all about turnout. The polls show it too close to call. You can bet that those who vote for a living will be at the polls. The unions will be sending their vans out, driven by union volunteers, to collect as many Democrat voters and deliver them to the polls as possible. Hey ... they have the card check bill to protect. Churchgoers across Atlanta were admonished to go to the polls and vote for Martin on Tuesday. The Democrats are running ads of Saxby Chambliss pictured next to a multi-million dollar yacht cursing the seas - the wealth envy card being played to the hilt. Those with no job - those who vote for their living - will have no trouble leaving work (yeah, right) to vote. Will you?