DSCC finally in Georgia, but not the entire state.

I'm glad that the DSCC is finally coming into Georgia as Chambliss, fighting for his political life has gone out with two attack ads. But the DSCC ad buy cannot just be in metro Atlanta, it needs to be in other markets, like middle & south georgia. Martin needs to pickup some votes in middle & south georgia to defeat chambliss. Metro Atlanta isn't going to get it done. They have to get to the other parts of the state. But it's a good start. Plus there are going to be three debates in five days, two in Atlanta & one in Albany ( south georgia ).

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by: rural independent @ Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 11:28:15 AM CDT

Agree

At the very least, they need to be up in Columbus, Albany, Macon, Augusta, and Savannah.  

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by: TheUnknown285 @ Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 11:38:30 AM CDT

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Jacksonville and Tallahassee, too?

To reach a tier of counties across southern Georgia (Waycross, Valdosta, Brunswick), you need to be on the air in northern Florida. But like Augusta and Savannah and Columbus, lots of those broadcast stations' viewers are on the wrong side of the state lines. I hope the DSCC is buying lots of cable ads to keep the spending for Jim Martin targeted.

But nothing wrong with having lots of Obama ads on broadcast everywhere!

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by: WoodyNYC @ Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 11:48:31 AM CDT

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Maybe they think an adequate improvement by Martin in the Atlanta region

could put him over the top?  Anyone know if polling reflects that notion at all?  

I would also guess they are going to see what movement they can get from this before dropping more.  When they jumped into Kentucky, they didn't start /w a 5 million dollar bomb.  

The thing I hate about blogs is sometimes they are so reactionary.  People are complaining about how 500K in the Atlanta region isn't enough, it isn't enough, it isn't enough... Well who said they were done yet?  

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by: JeremiahTheMessiah @ Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 12:50:01 PM CDT

Metro Atlanta

Metro Atlanta, as defined by the Census Bureau, accounted for almost 56% of the presidential vote in Georgia in 2004.  It's taken up a greater share with every passing election that I've found data for (back to 1960).  The lone exception was 1976, when Carter was running the first time.

So, I would imagine that, this year, it could be as much as, say, 58%.  So, if you put Martin over in the largest region, you'll be doing pretty well.

Follow the elections in Georgia at the 2010 Georgia Race Tracker.

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by: TheUnknown285 @ Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 13:51:57 PM CDT

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Obama was in the other cities

Before the Obama campaign pulled the plug on their ads in GA to shift resources to NC, they were in the smaller markets, too. Now I expect that they will come back into all markets as well.

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by: WoodyNYC @ Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 16:40:20 PM CDT

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these ads are all going to be negative

ads against Chambliss. It's not like they are doing ads to introduce Martin to the rest of the state as Martin is from the Atlanta region. Of course ideally, I would love for the DSCC to blanket the whole state with ads but they are probably doing some seed money in the metro area to see if they can move Chambliss' numbers. If they have success, they hopefully will move in more aggressively although the Chambliss campaign is already going negative and attacking Martin for getting outside help.  

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by: gomer @ Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 14:16:11 PM CDT

Yes, this is good news indeed

Is the Atlanta media market the most expensive in the state? In that case it makes sense for the DSCC to go in there first. Guess Martin has had at least descent fundraising since his numbers started going up?

I bet they're going in big if they see any movement?

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by: Ectoras @ Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 16:26:26 PM CDT

Gonna Be a Fight

NRC got a $5 million loan to help their Senate candidates and NRSC just pulled out of LA.  Seems to me that Georgia is going to be a huge battleground. So nice to fighting on their turf.

Maybe this is overly optimistic, but with reports of huge Obama early voting in GA, I really think we could pull this one off.  And, it would be sweet to take out the execrable Chambliss!

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by: sicembears @ Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 16:42:06 PM CDT