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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Martin's port slip fodder for Chambliss

There's more fallout for Democratic Senate hopeful Jim Martin over a slip he made Monday in a debate with the GOP incumbent. Senator Saxby Chambliss is now airing a television ad in Savannah blasting Martin for saying he opposes deepening the Savannah harbor, widely seen as critical to the state's economic future. Martin later said he didn't understand the question and supports the project. A Martin spokeswoman says, the ad is more politics as usual from a Senator who failed to secure Congressional funding for deepening.

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