Change Is In the Air Again

The newest Republican talking point, one I'm sure will be repeated all over the MSM and throughout right wing talk radio, is that Sen. Chambliss' runoff victory in Georgia is proof Obama doesn't have a mandate and proof political momentum has shifted towards the GOP.

Here's RNC Chairman Mike Duncan:

Georgians refuted any notion that the ideology of the country has shifted to the left...

Notably, Chambliss won in spite of strong support by President-elect Obama and Democrat organizations for Jim Martin. Georgians clearly sent a message that any rhetoric about a liberal mandate is nothing but hot air.

And here he is again talking about the building momentum:

Republicans have the smallest House minority in nearly two decades, and the smallest Senate minority in nearly three decades. They got trounced in the presidential race, and are now easily outnumbered in the nation's governorships. But they managed, with surprising difficulty, to hold on to a Senate seat in Georgia. Can't you just feel the momentum?

The GOP Fantasy World is even more messed up than I thought. You held onto a seat. You didn't pick one up. In fact you held onto a Deep South very conservative/racist seat. It wasn't until like 5 years ago did the State of Georgia remove the confederate symbol from its flag. Only three times since 1964 has Georgia even voted Democratic and was one of 5 states to actually carry George Wallace in 1968. Tolerance and change aren't words that coincide with Georgia. The fact that this seat was ever considered "in-play" is enough to prove the popular mandate Barack Obama has on the national scene.