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People keep forgetting that Saxby Chambliss also won statewide in Georgia and drew more votes than Sonny did. Ralph and the GA GOP put into place a GOTV program that had never been done before in Georgia, and it worked well. Yes, Roy Barnes helped beat himself. Yes, GW Bush campaigned hard for Saxby. Yes, Sonny and Saxby had good grassroots organizations...BUT without Ralph's leadership in executing the GOTV plan (including phone calls, direct mail, and door-to-door), I (a Georgian) would have a democrat governor and senator this morning.

i agree. i think we need to have that type of ground game every election. even though we are usually more responsible voters and don't need to be hauled to the booth. A little follow up does help. I did it with my sister in florida who promised she would vote. However, if I hadn't called her at work 4:30pm she would've let it go. I called, reminded and made her feel guilty if she didn't. needless to say Jeb won bigtime.