Palin Campaigning in Georgia

Sarah Palin will campaign in Georgia in order to rally Republicans to vote for Sen. Saxby Chambliss. Politico has more:

Sarah Palin will be headed to Georgia on the eve of the state’s closely-watched Senate runoff to rally Republicans to the polls for Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.)

The Alaska governor will be joining Chambliss for public rallies across the state, including stops in suburban Atlanta and Savannah.

“I was thrilled when I got the call that Governor Palin would be able to make the trip to Georgia to campaign with me the day before the runoff election,” Chambliss said in a statement.

The Senate race has drawn A-list celebrities on both sides, with Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Al Gore and former President Bill Clinton all in the state over the past week

But for Democrat Jim Martin, the only surrogate who can help him drive voters to the polls is President-elect Barack Obama. Martin is dependent on high African-American turnout to win. The Martin campaign has been reaching out to Obama’s transition team, but it is very unlikely that he will make a last-minute stop down to Georgia.

And the early voting tally continues to be somewhat discouraging for Team Martin: Of the 237,000 voters who have cast ballots so far, only 22.5 percent are African-American. In the presidential election, black voters comprised about 30 percent of the electorate.

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