It's Chambless - Not Chambmore

This past Tuesday incumbent Senator Saxby Chambless was relected.  Mr. Chambless defeated rival Jim Martin in a run off because he failed to receive the necessary 50% + 1% on election day. The run off was forced by the popularity of Barack Obama on the Novemember 5th election who led many people to vote for his democratic opponent.  Those people stayed home on the 2nd. Chambless' victory speech was broadcast all over the news on Tuesday & Wednesday both here in Atlanta and (I assume) the national news.  His speech carried a very different tone than the ones Americans heard after the general election.  Rather than proclaiming his victory as an achievement of this nation and a mark for progress, it was filled with statements proclaiming his ability to block those ideals.  It's surprising to hear a senator expound his desire to continue to the failed policy of the republicans after being forced to a runoff.  I suppose we should give Mr. Chambless some credit for bucking the this year's trend of hope and change - after all he did win with traditional right wing attack politics (and because the Democratic opposition wasn't very good, but that will be just between you and I).  

What upsets me the most is the grand standing done Mr. Chambless.  Especially when isn't too surprising he won despite the negative environment for his party.  He was a republican incumbent senator who won in a state that went for John McCain and whose response to Barack Obama's victory was to purchase as many assault weapons as possible.  The primary reason for the spike in gun sales? Those who live in southern Georgia were "terrified" about the Obama administration.  As such, Mr. Chambless should not proclaim his victory as a hard fought battle that will prevent this country and its new administration from coming out of the worst economic recession in recent memory.  His victory was an expected win in a traditionally republican state, using a traditional right wing campaign, and, evidently, means he is going to keep our country on the (more recent) tradition of failure. So Mr. Chambless, please stop doing what traditional republicans do by pretending you know what it is like to win in combat when you haven't seen a battlefield and remember your name ends in what you probably contribute to this country - less.