WSB-2 in Atlanta reported this evening on a new Insider Advantage poll showing Saxby Chambliss with 68% name recognition statewide.  His approval/disapproval numbers were 39/29 percent.  Pretty lousy numbers for an incumbent, and WSB's Lori Geary said as much, though her pointing to the war as the cause of Chambliss' woes is at best half right.  Immigration is his real Achilles heel.  There is too much documentation of his contradictory statements on the issue (supporting a guest worker program when speaking to farm and business groups, while preaching the gospel of 'border security and no amnesty' to the fidgety Repub base).

That was the good news.  Now, the not-so-good news.

Insider Advantage also polled two the three Democratic candidates, DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones and former investigative reporter Dale Cardwell (Rand Knight was left out).  Jones, by all accounts the current front-runner for the nomination, had 53% name recognition, but the approval/disapproval was a disturbing 14/39.  Cardwell, the FairTax-ing immigration hawk, had 29% name recognition, with approval/disapproval at 15/14.

Saxby Chambliss can be beaten.  Whether we have the candidate to beat him is the more open question.

wsbtv.com should have this and maybe more.  

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Georgia is a state we have heard very little about as far as the Senate contest.  Apparently the Georgia GOP is very strong, but Saxby Chambliss only won his campaign in 2002 by a narrow margin and only after running one of the dirtiest campaigns in memory.  There are apparently now three stated challengers:  Vernon Jones, DeKalb Co CEO, Dale Cardwell, a reporter, and Rand Knight...

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