[Marysecretary]

Heh, heh,heh. Don't it make your day????

[mhking]

Don't it make your day????

I didn't know that the Cleland vote was that close! It makes me feel less pessimistic about Chambliss' chances in November. I had pretty much written that seat off for now.

I never thought I'd hear myself say these words, but Jihad Cynthia trying to do something now wouldn't....be....so....bad....

You don't know just how hard it was to write that... But I have to think of the greater good - i.e., getting a majority back in the Senate...

[GraniteStateConservative]

Making matters worse, Georgia's Democrat-controlled state government eliminated runoffs for statewide general election candidates after Sen. Wyche Fowler (D) lost his seat in late 1992. If Cleland falls even a whisker behind Chambliss, it won't matter whether Chambliss hasn't edged his share of the vote above 50 percent. He'll win anyway.

Sorry, wrong answer. Here's the truth:

After Coverdell's election in 1992 the Democrat-controlled legislature reduced the threshold for triggering a runoff. The top candidate can now win in the general election with 45 percent of the vote rather than 50 percent.