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Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R, will not seek re-election in 2014, a Republican official told NBC News on Friday.
The two-term senator is the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee and has joined in some bipartisan efforts on fiscal issues, making him a prospective target for conservative primary challengers next year.
A number of Republican lawmakers in the state might now seek the Senate seat, and Democrats are vowing to play offense in the typically GOP-leaning state, too.
"Georgia will now offer Democrats one of our best pick-up opportunities of the cycle," said Guy Cecil, the executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
NBC's Michael O'Brien contributed.
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It'll be interesting to see what type of candidates run for this seat. Did the GOP get the message that America isn't ultra conservative, or will the Tea Party hijack another opportunity for sensible governance?
And another one bites the dust!
Ursula, you can't hijack a truck that has no stearing wheel. The Tea Party is going to do what they are going to do. It is up to those in opposition to the Tea Party's point of view to convince the people of Georgia that a progressive approach to governance is in their best interests.
People of Georgia and every state long for leaders that hear what they have to say, respond to their needs and work to assure that our laws treat each individual fairly. The Tea Party with the help of Fox, Limbaugh and the like have done a great job at convincing folks that Progressives or Liberals are bad for the country. We could choose to tell everyone that the right are just a bunch of liars and only stupid people believe them, we can blame it on the past or we can form powerful arguments that make sense and are respectful of those who disagree.
If we want to take thinks in a new direction we have to put someone in the drivers seat that know the way and has the will to get us their.
Ursula darling, just one little problem with your "logic" .... the people of Georgia will elect the next Senator to represent their state !
America, which is much broader and larger, will not get to vote in Georgia .... unless, of course, the Democrats ship in thousands of unregistered voters from other states to try and steal the election !!
Let's hope it's a Flat Earther with a hot mic versus a Dem like McCaskill.
Jim darling, US senators represent their respective states but must balance that with the needs of the entire nation. And it's the GOP that's trying to steal elections by selectively changing the electoral college rules in certain swing states.
No argument about the need to balance, but the need to get elected does not favorably indicate one should take a poll of people from Chicago, New York or other areas for an election in Georgia !
By the way, quite a few voting districts in the recent elections had more votes cast than registered voters in those districts ! All went for Obama ... surprise, surprise, surprise ... where is Gomer Pyle when you really need him !!
Do you have a good explanation for vote totals in excess of registered voters ???
Yeah go talk to the people of Ohio if you really believe that the democrats are the ones trying to steal elections. Nina Turner would gladly sit down with you to explain it.
The Lights have been out in Georgia for decades. I wouldn't expect the dimwits to have moved one inch towards a moderate center.
It would be great (in my opinion) if both sides moved more to the moderate center.
But both of our political giants (democrats/republicans) continue their efforts of complete division. Each side wants everyone to see things as right or wrong. This allows the opportunity to have pass or not pass legislation with the hope that the public will continue to support them just because they have a D or R by their name. Both partys are guilty of trying to skew everything in their favor so that they can win elections with as little effort as possible.
As long as there are no changes to our electoral college, people will continue to see states as red or blue instead of actual people with a voice.
Question...who do you think has further to travel to reach the moderate center?
Question...who do you think has further to travel to reach the moderate center?
I believe it to be a long walk for each side at this point. Both sides are doing everything they can to be as divisive as possible in their efforts to make the American public believe that only their side has the answers to our problems.
Good riddance to bad rubbish...Senator Chambliss' character assassination of Senator Max Cleland was reprehensible.
Good! Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Let us see if the Democratic party can pull an upset. I still remember how they took their eye off the ball when Kennedy's seat came up and allowed a Republican centerfold to take the seat for a short time. This will be harder even with full attention to detail. But I'm hopeful. Georgia's electorate is changing. It is now pink heading toward purple and will be blue soon.
And Max Cleland smiles...
a Chambliss TV ad featuring the likenesses of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, while criticizing Cleland's votes against homeland security measures.[12] Cleland supporters claimed the ad questioned the senator's patriotism,[13] while Chambliss supporters claimed it simply questioned his judgment.[13][14] The ad was removed after protests from prominent politicians including Republicans such as John McCain and Chuck Hagel, both of whom are also veterans of the war in Vietnam.[15]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Cleland#2002_election
Dangerfield, Great post. Have a nice weekend.
The door is open for a Democrat. How nice.
One wonders if he will try to join the Confederate Army? Wait until soneone informs him that the South lost the Civil War. The GOP/Teabeggers still do not believe that the South lost the Civil War, and have no clue legislatively what has really happened since 1865. Now "Mickey Mouse Mitch McConnell" is going to over ride any historical facts that indicate that the South lost the Civil War. Now "Bonehead Boehner" will convince all Teabeggers that Jefferson Davis is still the President, and that all US Presidents since the Civil War dd not exist. Then there is "Crazy Cantor" who will also over turn all Civil Rights Legislation as Unconstitutional under Confederate Law. The Teabegger Congress is on very strong medication, and they still want the Confederate Flag flown over the Capital. The "Teabegger Mental Hospital is filling up fast America. Their political positions are that a Confederate Politicians in or around 1855. The Teabegger Congress believes in an economic policy in or around 1859. The Teabeggers believe in a social policy from the deep South in or around 1855. The Confederates are now trying to rig the Electoral College in their favor. Priebus is a "Political Punk" that "Spews" total 'garbage.' "Punk Priebus" is "Really Not Competent (RNC). He needs to get back on his 'special' Blue Bus," and go home. Yes America! The mental illness of the GOP/Teabeggers is in the full motion of ignorance. Just ask "Jerky Jindal!"
Democrats are trying to push for D.C. to become a state ... which it isn't ! D.C. would always vote Democrat because there only economic activity is government ... all those people depending on government checks, directly or indirectly !
Growing government at taxpayer expense suits them quite well !
While the news of Saxby Chambliss's decision not to run for another term is a HUGE feather for us PROLIBDEMs to strut around with, we cannot TRULY celebrate until his seat is warming a Georgia PROLIBDEM's ass!!!