McCain visits Georgia today

With little time to waste, the candidates for the runoff election for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat are going full-speed ahead. This afternoon, former presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain drops into Georgia. He’ll be in Cobb County for an event to support Republican incumbent Senator Saxby Chamblis:

"I'm hoping for two things. Number one, obviously he's going to be a big help in fundraising and getting us the resources to get our message out. Secondly, John's very popular in the state. He carried it by a wide margin from a ballot standpoint. John is a good friend and he's coming here to help us rally the troops and get out the vote."

Meanwhile, as McCain’s visit steals some headlines in today’s news cycle, Democratic challenger Jim Martin wants people to remember this:

"The issue is not between Jim Martin and John McCain. We're both Vietnam veterans...that's not the issue. The issue is Jim Martin vs. Saxby Chambliss. Jim Martin's approach to the economy vs. Saxby economics that's gotten us into this terrible financial crisis."


The runoff election is December 2nd.

McCain coming to stump for Chambliss

Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley, incumbent Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss, Democratic candidate Jim Martin at the GPBTV pre-election debate. (Dave Bender)

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is coming to the aid of incumbent Senator Saxby Chambliss in the upcoming runoff vote.

Chambliss campaign officials have confirmed that McCain will come to rally voters here before a December second race against Democratic challenger Jim Martin.

A campaign official says they were nailing down a date for the visit.

Chambliss’ campaign is also trying to cadge an appearance by Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

Martin campaign officials say they’re hoping for a visit by President-elect Barack Obama.

Obama had not confirmed an appearance as of Friday.

Neither Chambliss nor Martin got a majority of votes in the November 4^th three-way race with Libertarian Allen Buckley.

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