U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss: Frustration with Washington drove him out
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, the leader of a bipartisan effort to address the federal deficit, this morning pointed to gridlock in Washington for his decision not to seek a third term in 2014.
A statement just released by his office includes this:
“I have no doubt that had I decided to be a candidate, I would have won re-election. In these difficult political times, I am fortunate to have actually broadened my support around the state and the nation due to the stances I have taken.
“Instead, this is about frustration, both at a lack of leadership from the White House and at the dearth of meaningful action from Congress, especially on issues that are the foundation of our nation’s economic health. The debt-ceiling debacle of 2011 and the recent fiscal-cliff vote showed Congress at its worst and, sadly, I don’t see the legislative gridlock and partisan posturing improving anytime soon. For our nation to be strong, for our country to prosper, we cannot continue to play politics with the American economy.”
In a conference call with supporters that he just completed, Chambliss didn’t detail the reasons for his departure, but reviewed a career that included authorship of four farm bills and 18 defense authorization bills, during two terms in the Senate and several years in the U.S. House.
“I’m going to have a life after this,” Chambliss said. “Sitting on a back porch drinking whisky with some of y’all is exciting to think about.”
Gov. Nathan Deal said that U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss called him this morning to inform him of his decision. “I told him to make sure he served out his full term because I didn’t want to appoint someone,” Deal told my AJC colleague Greg Bluestein. The governor assured Chambliss would do so.
Chambliss’ announcement will immediately set off an avalanche of Republican candidates who will seek to replace him.
At least two GOP House members from Georgia, Paul Broun of Athens and Tom Price of Roswell, have been contemplating primary challenges to Chambliss, who has been criticized for leading the bipartisan “Gang of Six” effort to broker a deal to address a $16 trillion federal deficit.
Chambliss and U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., are scheduled to speak Monday on coming fiscal negotiations during a joint appearance at the University of Georgia.
Both Chambliss and U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson had voted this month for the Senate-negotiated deal that avoided the “fiscal cliff” imposed by a 2011 fight over the federal debt ceiling. All Republican House members from Georgia voted against it.
A decision from Price is expected sooner rather than later. More members of Congress – including Phil Gingrey of Roswell and Tom Graves of Ranger – are certain to consider the race now that it lacks an incumbent. In the state Capitol, one name has already popped up — that of state Sen. Ross Tolleson, a Republican who hails from former U.S. senator Sam Nunn’s home town of Perry.
Talk radio host Herman Cain, a GOP candidate for president who began his political career in Georgia with a 2004 run for the U.S. Senate, quickly removed himself from consideration this morning. But don’t rule out former House speaker Newt Gingrich.
Chambliss’ withdrawal could also awaken Georgia Democrats from the torpor they’ve been in since losing the governor’s office in 2002. This statement comes from Guy Cecil, executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee:
“Georgia will now offer Democrats one of our best pick-up opportunities of the cycle. There are already several reports of the potential for a divisive primary that will push Republicans to the extreme right. Regardless, there’s no question that the demographics of the state have changed and Democrats are gaining strength. This will be a top priority.”
U.S. Rep. John Barrow of Augusta has said he wasn’t interested in challenging Chambliss. Whether or not that disinterest applies to an open seat may be another matter. State Rep. Scott Holcomb, D-Atlanta, may be another name to add to the mix.
Chambliss had offered a hint that he was wavering earlier this month. From a quote in a column written by my AJC colleague Kyle Wingfield, who had asked him if the curdled atmosphere in Washington made him think twice about a third term:
“This is an eight-year decision for me. It’s two years [campaigning] plus six years” in office, he said. “And if I thought the next eight years were going to be filled with contentious debates and the wrong way to govern that we have just gone through in the last two months, it would have a significant impact on my decision. But yeah, right now my plans are to run.”
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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kreedham
January 25th, 2013
9:53 am
i’m not a fan of Saxby but if we elect Broun, Gingrey or Price then Georgia will likely get fewer federal dollars for roads, etc.
Doug
January 25th, 2013
9:53 am
The crazies are already drooling.
Doug
January 25th, 2013
9:54 am
Kasim Reed for Senate!
Pompano
January 25th, 2013
9:55 am
This is scary – bet Sell-out Saxby does some damage as a lame-duck.
rufus
January 25th, 2013
9:58 am
And I thought the stupid season had just ended! Bring out the clowns; led by the clown chief Tom Price! Truly a Forrest Gump moment in the making!
Reverend Father Charlie
January 25th, 2013
10:00 am
Best news I’ve heard since Obama won!
nodrog
January 25th, 2013
10:01 am
He’s got to have a great job waiting for him (perhaps a lobbyist) to give up his Senate Seat. Can’t wait to hear ” the rest of the story”
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 25th, 2013
10:02 am
Which ever one the libs hate the most is the one I’m for.
julia
January 25th, 2013
10:03 am
Probably got himself a cushy lobbying job all lined up. after the smear campaign he did on Max Cleland, all i can say is good riddance to bad rubbish. let another one out of the clown car have his turn now.
K-Ster
January 25th, 2013
10:03 am
NO!!!!!!!!! I love Saxby’s chicken dinners!
hjhkjh
January 25th, 2013
10:05 am
Just what we need, more intolerance for bipartanship.
Voter
January 25th, 2013
10:07 am
1 down, 49 more to go. Then to the House. All need to be out and get some new blood in there. Set term limits, so they don’t have to die first to be removed.
NotME
January 25th, 2013
10:08 am
Funny, he started doing the right thing when he knew he was not going to run again.
Matt
January 25th, 2013
10:08 am
When members of the GOP want to push out people like Saxby Chambliss for not being conservative enough, our party continues the path of marginalizing itself into the ideological corner of cluless.
No Longer Republican
January 25th, 2013
10:09 am
Ugh…Not the biggest Saxby fan, but the thought of Graves, Broun, Gingrey or Price as our senator is hard to stomach. Anybody think Karen Handel will run? Don’t like her either but she would be better than one of those four clown congressmen.
K-Ster
January 25th, 2013
10:09 am
Voter: There are more than 50 Senators… FYI.
Etw
January 25th, 2013
10:10 am
Great news! Its just somebody else I don’t have to vote for. Now all I have to worry about is how he is going to vote for the next two years. I hope we get somebody who is really going to be conservative!
Shar
January 25th, 2013
10:11 am
Here’s hoping it’s Paul Broun. It would get him out of the House and make a moderate conservative Democrat an attractive option for those who can’t bring themselves to vote for a nut.
willdave
January 25th, 2013
10:13 am
Anyone with a cool name like “Saxby” can’t be all bad. I haven’t always agreed with his positions, but I do respect the man.
DannyX
January 25th, 2013
10:13 am
“1 down, 49 more to go.”
This is your brain high on Republican.
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Thank God!
January 25th, 2013
10:15 am
Foghorn Leghorn won’t be missed by any conservative.
Double Down on craziness
January 25th, 2013
10:15 am
It is a sad day when conservative Saxby Chambliss is deemed to liberal for voting for what is in the best interest of the country he was elected to serve. Let’s serve up an even dumber, crazier person for the “necks” who love them some guns
WOW
January 25th, 2013
10:16 am
He’s got to have a great job waiting for him (perhaps a lobbyist) to give up his Senate Seat. Can’t wait to hear ” the rest of the story”
Read the comments on this blog and Wingfield’s and you will easily see why. He’s a pretty conservative guy, but closer to the mainstream and in today’s Republican Party that’s just not good enough anymore.
Who Cares?
January 25th, 2013
10:16 am
This ———–> “Which ever one the libs hate the most is the one I’m for.”!
JDW
January 25th, 2013
10:16 am
Can’t say I am sorry to see Saxby go. His campaign against Cleland was likely the lowest campaign ever run in this state and to top it off he never actually did anything once elected. Now the Wingnuts…Graves, Broun, Gingrey, Price etc…will line up. Depending on who the Democrats run, we may find out if demographics in 2014 have changed enough for Georgia to follow in the footsteps of Indiana and Missouri.
Anton Chigurh
January 25th, 2013
10:16 am
“criticized for participating in a bipartisan effort to broker a deal to address a $16 trillion federal deficit”
That’s all you need to know to not support Price and Broun.
Just Saying..
January 25th, 2013
10:16 am
Paul Broun for Senator.
That should bring Georgia some national press…
Brian30101
January 25th, 2013
10:17 am
Newt Newt Newt!!!!
joe
January 25th, 2013
10:17 am
Matt – Couldnt have said it better myself.
HCCynic
January 25th, 2013
10:17 am
Kasim Reed? Oh HELLNO!
The State of Georgia is a wide and diverse entity that is far greater than that cesspool that is Atlanta. We the citizens of this state deserve better than to be represented by any individual with ties to Atlanta.
In that the Senate seate is a state wide office, one can only hope that there is a suitable candidate that understands self reliance, fiscal conservatisim, and personal responsibility, to be found in the regions outside of Atlanta.
Gerald Haywood
January 25th, 2013
10:18 am
He would need to run as a democrat if he did run in 2014. He has become more and more liberal each year.
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January 25th, 2013
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January 25th, 2013
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Mmmm Hmmm
January 25th, 2013
10:19 am
I didn’t realize he was still in office…
Charlene Mathis
January 25th, 2013
10:19 am
I think Jim Marshall would be a great Senator if we can’t have Zell Miller again.
Glad to hear it.......
January 25th, 2013
10:20 am
I am absolutely overjoyed to hear it – he was worthless anyway.
Oxwinkle
January 25th, 2013
10:20 am
Senator Clark Howard…..a great addition for the GOP in the Senate!
Bhorsoft
January 25th, 2013
10:21 am
Not a fan of Saxby since the Cleland smear campaign, but he’s less of a wingnut than the current Republican alternatives. I’d love to see Kasim Reed get the job, but him winning has as much hope as the GA Legislature passing strict gun control, medical marijuana, or strong ethics laws. I will sleep less easy tonight…
Eleanor Earley
January 25th, 2013
10:21 am
Get someone besides the right wing nuts listed above and Handel to run. Come on Dems get a strong candidate who will work on behalf of us seniors that have already been shoved over the cliff.
Tech Troll 13
January 25th, 2013
10:24 am
I don’t think he could have won the primary. I have not been a fan for years.
What good is being bipartisan when the other side is going the wrong direction?
Old Hippie
January 25th, 2013
10:24 am
Let the GOP clown factory fight this out and then maybe a moderate Dem can beat the GOP winner/surviver. Shirley Franklin, Cathy Cox where are you?
paco
January 25th, 2013
10:24 am
Maybe Roy Barnes
Maxwell Smart
January 25th, 2013
10:25 am
CLARK HOWARD for SENATE. I like it.
SBinF
January 25th, 2013
10:26 am
Like rats off a sinking ship.
What bat poop crazy right wing nutjob will the fundamentalists put up?
Sadly, whomever it is will easily sail into the Senate.
Hillary, a lie is a lie
January 25th, 2013
10:26 am
I believe Newt calls Virginia home now.
CC
January 25th, 2013
10:28 am
I am not and never was a Chambliss fan, but I’d vote for him over a dim-witted dimocrat every time. Chambliss was far too much of a “go along to get along” kind of politician. Whoever succeeds Chambliss (and you can bet the farm that it WILL be a Republican) should be a true conservative and committed to doing battle with the liberals/progressives/dimocrats (take your pick as to which word best describes your political affiliation) who are hell-bent on morphing America into a third-world socialist nation.
Maybe you libs would like to drag out Roy Barnes for another drubbing?
Matt321
January 25th, 2013
10:29 am
Alright! Demographics being what they are, there probably shouldn’t be a Democratic Senator for about another decade, but if the Republicans want to put up a right wing extremist that has no connection to reality or the lives of Georgians, I say, bring it on! Hopefully Saxby’s retirement will be the gift that keeps on giving.
K-Ster
January 25th, 2013
10:30 am
How about Herman Cain? Neal Bortz? (apologies if I misspelled a name, I don’t feel like Googleing)
A
January 25th, 2013
10:30 am
BRING BACK MAX CLELAND!!!!
the cat
January 25th, 2013
10:30 am
Senator Mary Margaret Oliver has a real nice ring to it.
Please
January 25th, 2013
10:31 am
I see where all the Liberal Obuma supporters are trolling! Time to get out of bed and go to the store with your food stamp money.
GUTRAKE
January 25th, 2013
10:32 am
I met Saxby at one of his early fundraisers for Congress back in the nineties. Since I was from South Georgia, I could tell he had the same conservative philosophy I had and I worked hard to get him elected. However, he is now the perfect example of how Washington changes people. He no longer espouses solid conservatism and I think he wants out before he becomes another “Jimma’ Carter”.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 25th, 2013
10:32 am
The liberals will tell you who our best candidate is; just keep an eye on their Foam Meters whenever his name gets mentioned.
Broun seems to have the lead as of now.
Fenton Hardy
January 25th, 2013
10:32 am
That’s what he gets for being a legislator/stateman rather than just a political hack. He realizes that it’s going to take compromise – not hard line positions -to get this country back on track.
yellowdog
January 25th, 2013
10:33 am
roy would be a great senator; but hes probably had it and remember it costs a fortune to run now; kasim reed not equal to the job; would take a minute to figure out who is a worthy choice; but the likes of gingrey and broun are an embarassment…….where are the sam nunns of this state? geez
yellowdog
January 25th, 2013
10:33 am
roy would be a great senator; but hes probably had it and remember it costs a fortune to run now; kasim reed not equal to the job; would take a minute to figure out who is a worthy choice; but the likes of gingrey and broun are an embarassment…….where are the sam nunns of this state? geez
yellowdog
January 25th, 2013
10:33 am
roy would be a great senator; but hes probably had it and remember it costs a fortune to run now; kasim reed not equal to the job; would take a minute to figure out who is a worthy choice; but the likes of gingrey and broun are an embarassment…….where are the sam nunns of this state? geez
david c
January 25th, 2013
10:33 am
Sad day, indeed, when Chambliss is the Moderate of the Right Wing. Georgia continues to sink deeper into its cozy little hole, shut off from the world of Thought.
yellowdog
January 25th, 2013
10:33 am
roy would be a great senator; but hes probably had it and remember it costs a fortune to run now; kasim reed not equal to the job; would take a minute to figure out who is a worthy choice; but the likes of gingrey and broun are an embarassment…….where are the sam nunns of this state? geez
yellowdog
January 25th, 2013
10:33 am
roy would be a great senator; but hes probably had it and remember it costs a fortune to run now; kasim reed not equal to the job; would take a minute to figure out who is a worthy choice; but the likes of gingrey and broun are an embarassment…….where are the sam nunns of this state? geez
yellowdog
January 25th, 2013
10:33 am
roy would be a great senator; but hes probably had it and remember it costs a fortune to run now; kasim reed not equal to the job; would take a minute to figure out who is a worthy choice; but the likes of gingrey and broun are an embarassment…….where are the sam nunns of this state? geez
dawggirl
January 25th, 2013
10:33 am
Good. There are plenty of better options and many were already considering running against him in the primary. He’s done very, very little while there and it’s time for a Senator who actually wants to shake things up and be productive.
dawggirl
January 25th, 2013
10:33 am
Good. There are plenty of better options and many were already considering running against him in the primary. He’s done very, very little while there and it’s time for a Senator who actually wants to shake things up and be productive.
dawggirl
January 25th, 2013
10:33 am
Good. There are plenty of better options and many were already considering running against him in the primary. He’s done very, very little while there and it’s time for a Senator who actually wants to shake things up and be productive.
We Won’t Have Saxby to Kick Around Anymore | Blog for Democracy
January 25th, 2013
10:33 am
[...] Jim Galloway is reporting that Saxby Chambliss will announce his retirement today. [...]
Milly
January 25th, 2013
10:35 am
Party affiliation aside, all Americans would be better served by term limits. Saxby has done the right thing. Now let’s see who else is willing to put their own agenda away and do the right thing for America.
lynnie Gal
January 25th, 2013
10:36 am
Not a Saxby fan but he was more reasonable than tin-foil hat wearers like Paul Broun. And, he answered letters if you wrote to him, even if he disagreed with you. A Tom Price or Phil Gingrey would have you investigated by Homeland Security if you send a letter that disagrees with them. The black helicopter anti-gument gun toting crowd may win in Georgia unfortunately, but national trends show that they’ll be marginalized in Congress if they do win.
So long Saxby. Hello Herman? | Hotspyer – Breaking News from around the web
January 25th, 2013
10:37 am
[...] who won his Senate seat by comparing triple amputee Vietnam veteran Max Cleland to Osama bin Laden, is retiring. U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss will announce this morning that he’s dropping plans to run for a third [...]
the cat
January 25th, 2013
10:37 am
Saxby is not doing the right thing for his country. I’m sure he has a juicy lobbying job all lined up.
d
January 25th, 2013
10:37 am
I’ve not liked Saxby since his first campaign. That being said, with the threat of a primary challenge, I was planning to vote in the Republican primary to make sure that I could live with either party’s candidate. The people whose names are being thrown around right now as possible candidates scare the he** out of me.
Mike
January 25th, 2013
10:37 am
Paul Broun is a moroon. He believes the earth is only 6000 years old!!! Well, at least when he’s talking to other moroons, he does.
Synonymous
January 25th, 2013
10:37 am
Karen Handel should not run for Senate. She should run for Tom Price’s House seat when he stupidly decides to run for Senate…
frank
January 25th, 2013
10:41 am
This is where my party, the repubilcans, will get it wrong and some crazy right winger like Paul Broun or Phil Gingrey or Tom Price will run and end up screwing the people of GA in the long run. Its high time the Republicans wake up and start running people that are more moderate and will compromise at some point! But these idiots that are foaming at the mouth to run will do nothing more but hurt our state and the nation. We are becoming the party of stupid and it has started with people like this that are in office now that have no concept on compromise or what the people they are supposed to represent want!
lynnie Gal
January 25th, 2013
10:41 am
Not a Saxby fan but he’s better than tin foil hat wearers like Paul Broun. If any of the anti-guvment, gun toting, black helicopter crowd of Georgia Republicans happen to win, looking at national trends, they’ll be marginalized in Congress.
Weetamoe
January 25th, 2013
10:41 am
Saxby’s dispute with poor stonedorfragged Max was over federalizing the TSA employees. I must say Saxby was absolutely correct on that issue. But I had not intended to vote for him, so to me his decision is not significant.
ASanePerson
January 25th, 2013
10:42 am
Why alla the negativism about him. I hope next election we see a new and younger face. Not just the rotation we have seen in the past.
HighFive
January 25th, 2013
10:42 am
Hopefully changing demographics in Georgia mean that common sense will prevail and that a viable moderate Democratic or Republican candidate will emerge.
Bobby
January 25th, 2013
10:42 am
Unfortunately I don’t know of any Democrats in Georgia that can successfully win against a Republican challenger for Senate. Atlanta Mayor Reed is out of the question. We’ve already seen he is willing to vote for taxes to fund buildings for Arthur Blank. It was dubious he could have mounted a successful challenge anyway. Now it’s impossible. I’m sure the replacement for Chambliss will be more along the lines of a Klan supporter, which is unfortunately the way the State of Georgia votes now.
Synonymous
January 25th, 2013
10:43 am
And those of you calling Saxby a ’statesman’: I’ve met him on many occaisions, and he’s the most arrogant jerk I know. He was in DC because he’s about the power. If he has to work too hard to maintain that power, then he’s not interested. Fine by me, Senator. Just don’t resign before we can have a fair competition for an OPEN seat. If you resign early so your buddy Deal can appoint one of his mafia to the seat (and hence be able to run as an incumbent with all the advantages therein), then you will cement your legacy as a useless POS.
Susan
January 25th, 2013
10:44 am
Lordy, this will give Chip Rogers another “job opportunity”! Just think if we had debates like the Republican debates of last year with Rogers, Broun, Price and Gingrey. Once again the Repuiblicans will perform as usual and eviscerate each with great gnashing of teeth and name calling before it even gets to the point of knowing who the Democratic opposition will be. As much as I would hate to lose the Kaseem Reid as Atlanta’s mayor he sure would be a good possibiity.
Saxby, thank you for being on of the few in either part who was willing to work together in the spirit of compromise in order to accomplish good things for our country. I do not agree with all of your positions but you made a terrific effort to recognize there are many views in this wonderful country of ours and no party gts its way all of the time. Enjoy your retirement.
DS
January 25th, 2013
10:44 am
The GOP is a victim of its own success in gerrymandering. Now that only the most extreme wingnuts can win a GOP nomination, they have no hopes of fielding a more reasonable person who might actually be effective once in office.
I don’t care for Chambliss (that Max Cleland smear was pathetic), but I can understand why he’s jumping ship.
Maybe Sam Nunn can be persuaded to throw his hat in the ring?
Jbill
January 25th, 2013
10:46 am
How about John Smoltz…..Would be great!
So long Saxby. Hello Herman? | The Penn Ave Post
January 25th, 2013
10:46 am
[...] who won his Senate seat by comparing triple amputee Vietnam veteran Max Cleland to Osama bin Laden, is retiring. U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss will announce this [...]
JoeC62
January 25th, 2013
10:47 am
Woo-Hooo! Maybe we can get someone in Washington who will do something besides fall in with the party line.
Jenn
January 25th, 2013
10:47 am
Kasim Reed for Senate!!!!
Carolyn
January 25th, 2013
10:47 am
PTL. I’ve never been a Saxby fan. I wish him well but I am glad he’s leaving.
Maybe now we can someone in who’s not so darn conservative and who represents more than just the far right; and who reponds to citizen inquiries with answers instead of requests to donate to his campaign.
Taxi Smith
January 25th, 2013
10:48 am
We don’t need a Far Lefty or a Far Righty. Let’s jetison all these nutballs and go for someone who possesses sound reason and a willingness to be “statesmanlike.” Kasim Reed? Phil Gingrey? God, no, please.
DawgFan
January 25th, 2013
10:49 am
How about Ga electing thier first female US Senator, Carol Porter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Calliope
January 25th, 2013
10:49 am
Enter Kasim Reed…. Why do you think he has been on Meet the Press so much?
Tech Troll 13
January 25th, 2013
10:49 am
I agree with Milly. Professional politicians are the worst thing to happen to American politics.
Why do only Rupublicans need to compromise? I have seen NO compromise from the Democrats in years, especially the last four.
AtlantaAllen
January 25th, 2013
10:49 am
Please, some intelligent libertarian jump in here. As a fiscal conservative and native Georgian I am very concerned that the flat earth branch of the Republican party that supports people like Paul (basic scientific principles are “lies straight from the pit of hell”) Broun, who continue to cost us national elections and local embarrassment with their ignorant pontificating, will get this seat. Can we just find someone who will focus on reducing waste and deficit spending and not waste time and tax money promoting personal beliefs.
Red State
January 25th, 2013
10:50 am
Thanks Senator for your service to our State and the country. For all the liberals drooling over Sen. Chambliss’s retirement…this is still a very Red State.
Glenn
January 25th, 2013
10:50 am
My guess is that Chambliss has been inundated with complaints by people who are SUPPORTING the ban on assault weapons and COMPLAINING about the Republicans, NOT supporting them, and he’s tired of having to be reelected, especially with the change of “climate” in GA. Anyone who thinks there will be a “shoo in” for another Republican Senator, especially one whose only agenda is to block every attempt to promote bipartenship, then they should be prepared for a huge fight and a big disappointment after the election. Most Georgians have become sick and tired of the Washington BS, and think it’s high time to find a group in Congress who will work together.
Weetamoe
January 25th, 2013
10:51 am
Mike: Barack Obama in April of 2008 answering a question about what what he would tell his daughters about creation gave the interviewer essentially the same answer as Broun’s—and Broun was speaking to believers in some church somewhere, not a public interview. A maroon is a maroon is a maroon, I guess.
Just Saying..
January 25th, 2013
10:52 am
“The State of Georgia is a wide and diverse entity that is far greater than that cesspool that is Atlanta.”
Because I, nor my family, ever shop or attend events in Atlanta…
yuzeyurbrane
January 25th, 2013
10:52 am
I told you so although I thought that he would wait until some rightwingnut declared his candidacy.
USC
January 25th, 2013
10:53 am
Senator Chambliss knows when to bail. The psychosis known as the Tea Party, N.R.A., KKK, etc. is destroying what’s left of the Republican Party. Maybe, they will put up some rape expert (can we say Phil Gingrey) and finally commit suicide. Both parties have educated, thoughtful candidates who could provide Georgia with leadership and respect at the National level. Enough with the red neck buffoonery.
Harry Callahan
January 25th, 2013
10:54 am
Chambliss is nothing but a RINO, i.e. Democrat Lite, and Isaakson isn’t much better. Good riddance.
Bill Gullion
January 25th, 2013
10:57 am
What about Herman Cain?
Political Mongrel
January 25th, 2013
10:57 am
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Never forget, though, that the bad can be replaced with the worse, and that Georgia’s GOP House delegation has several examples of the much worse.
Harry Callahan
January 25th, 2013
10:57 am
“Paul Broun is a moroon. He believes the earth is only 6000 years old!!! Well, at least when he’s talking to other moroons, he does.”
Brought to you by a moron who can’t spell moron.
Classic
Willowspring
January 25th, 2013
10:58 am
I would Love to see Neal Boortz run!! He would definitely shake things up! We need a principled constitutional conservative who will go toe to toe with the Progressives, who for over a hundred years have been working to move this country away from our Constitution. Newt Gingrich would be another favorite choice.
bigeasycharlie
January 25th, 2013
10:58 am
The only way to gather so many hateful, personally offiensive comments in one place is to allow liberals to comment. Why can’t we try to get along? Saxby is slightly right-of-center; he’s worked hard and tried to bring compromise and concensus to the process — Max was worthless in this regard.
Columbus
January 25th, 2013
11:01 am
Herman Cain if he wont blow it….all you Dems posting on here with your tongues hanging out are so funny! Dream on. This is God country….not immoral baby-killing, homosexuality is not even a sin no more, money blowing like its going out of style, take God out of everything you can country…get it? You better move to California and enjoy the mess there instead of dreaming of doing the SAME thing here….you want to see what liberalism leads? Look at California, been dominated by Libs like you for quite awhile…..shhhh…..theres no way of distancing yourself from that. A case study in what happens when Libs have free reign….broke broke broke and having to raise taxes like their going out of style, no morality, no Godliness….how far you have fallen. See what it gets you? You need a crate of bricks to fall on your heads? Nah that wouldnt be enough for you brainwashed products….its almost cult-like. Progressive America killing products of lies, spins and truth being hidden much as possible and we have …California as exhibit 1. Look at the OTHER states with Democrat DOMINATED LEGISLATURES….thats all we need to know about where your leadership leads…..look at the GOP led legislatures….interesting they are doing MUCH better….hmmm
Breaking: Saxby Chambliss to retire « Hot Air
January 25th, 2013
11:02 am
[...] AJC’s Jim Galloway notes that a few names are already getting some play: More members of Congress – including Phil [...]
Angel Macaroni
January 25th, 2013
11:04 am
If the tea-tards succeed in poisoning the GOP nominee, then the Democrats can pick up a seat. q.v. what the tea-tards did in Nevada, Delaware, Missouri and Indiana.
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss to announce retirement | The Brantley Enterprise
January 25th, 2013
11:04 am
[...] via Political Insider. [...]
zeke
January 25th, 2013
11:06 am
NO DEMOCRAT LEFTIST LIBERAL BUFFOONS, PLEASE!
Black Label
January 25th, 2013
11:07 am
Harry
Haven’t seen you blathering at Bookman’s lately. Where have you been?
Sen. Saxby Chambliss Withdraws from 2014 Re-Elect, Rep. Tom Price Eyes Open Seat | Viral Read
January 25th, 2013
11:07 am
[...] a whirlwind of events, current Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss is set to announce his intentions not to run for a third [...]
www
January 25th, 2013
11:07 am
lol. when saxby chambliss is too “libruhl” for the republcans in georgia, you know the system is broken. these morons are gonna nominate some nut like paul broun and harm the state even more.
prepare to be more of a laughingstock than we are now.
dan
January 25th, 2013
11:08 am
Before you in-your-parents-basement-in-your-underwear liberals get too excited a demo-RAT will never win this seat. Period. Over. Maybe a real Conservative will win it this time …. Price would be great.
Tech Troll 13
January 25th, 2013
11:09 am
Why do liberals insist on throwing insults? I thought y’all wanted us all to get along.
Black Label
January 25th, 2013
11:10 am
Columbus
You sound so un Christian? Evangelical I presume………..
Levin
January 25th, 2013
11:13 am
I have gained respect for Sen Chambliss over the last couple of years due to his actual desire to do what is in the best interest of our state and nation. Johnny Issakson is a Yes man that lacks the backbone to do anything other than what the far right looney honey boo boo crowd demand. I’m sure Saxby will take a position with one of the mega law firms downtown much like Sam Nunn did and collect a million bucks a year for the use of his name on their letterhead. I wish we could convince Cathy Cox to run for this open seat. She did an incredible job as Sec of State and as a conservative democrat could do a great deal of good for the State of Georgia in Washington.
Black Label
January 25th, 2013
11:13 am
Tech Troll
Don’t be a hypocrite. Call out Columbus and the right wing bloggers if you are going to be baby and cry about name calling. And change your bib. You have food and drool all over it
Dirty Dawg
January 25th, 2013
11:15 am
If the national Democratic Party had kept up the momentum of Howard Dean’s Fifty State Strategy, we might have some better candidates for this seat. As it is, no black man or woman can win state-wide – wonder why – and neither Roy Barnes or Max Cleland have the stomach for another race. The only way a progressive Democrat could win here now is if we had a bright, energetic, tough-minded, woman that could appeal to enough pockets of the electorate to overcome the lizard-brained bunch that have taken over the state…but, alas, we don’t have one – at least that know of. Although a Goldie Taylor could kick the crap out of idiots like Broun, Price, Gingrey, et. al.., in a debate, it wouldn’t mean she could win an election.
Voter
January 25th, 2013
11:20 am
@K-Ster and others, I was referring to the Democrats. I want Republican Majority.
clem
January 25th, 2013
11:21 am
even sane repubs know that they cannot win in crazytown anymore. should push even more people to left of crazy arse far right.
ely abellera
January 25th, 2013
11:26 am
Never was a Chambliss fan so this is a welcomed news for me. I guess he run out of golf courses to visit and raise money for his conservative allies.
With Saxby out, these Georgians might run for Senate in 2014 | Kyle Wingfield
January 25th, 2013
11:27 am
[...] colleague Jim Galloway drops a mighty big political bomb for a Friday morning more than 21 months before the next election: Saxby Chambliss reportedly has [...]
Intown
January 25th, 2013
11:29 am
Will Kasim Reed risk it all on a Senate run?
Chambliss Will Not Run for Senate Again | Hotspyer – Breaking News from around the web
January 25th, 2013
11:32 am
[...] certain to set off an avalanche of Republican candidates who will seek to replace him,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution [...]
Tech Troll 13
January 25th, 2013
11:32 am
@ Black Label
I, nor other “right wingers” profess a desire to get along. I don’t believe in compromising on principle. I don’t care what you call me.
Sonny Lied
January 25th, 2013
11:34 am
Well, it’s official. The Tea Party has destroyed the very fabric of the GOP.
In a state that has proven time and again that is capable of electing the American equivalent of the Taliban to public office, the Tea Party has now pushed out the last guy who doesn’t routinely embarass our state.
I’m voting for the corpse of Paul Coverdell.
Borodawg
January 25th, 2013
11:38 am
What about Jack Kingston? I’ve always thought he is prett even keel.
Kyle
January 25th, 2013
11:39 am
Chambliss was going to far left to have been voted back in and I’m sure he knows it and that is why he isn’t going to waste time and money running again. There is nothing I hate more than a Democrat but one thing I have to admire about them is no matter what they never change from their wimpy, anti-American ways but the people on our side can’t help but try to go to their side every chance they get and yet they want us to send money to support them. Get someone in there who supports this Country and doesn’t waiver and I’ll send them money every payday.
Black Label
January 25th, 2013
11:40 am
tech
And your crying goes on… hypocrite
DC
January 25th, 2013
11:40 am
Why not State Sen.Butch Miller? He seems to know what he’s doing in the Legislature.
OSG
January 25th, 2013
11:41 am
Dr. John Barge or Roy Barnes….both are seasoned, and balanced.
But since ignorance is the key to success around here, I seriously doubt that they would attempt to waste time, effort and money on the political baffonnery in this state.
GtBee
January 25th, 2013
11:41 am
Thanks for your service, Saxby. You’ve seen it all!
I would love to see Herman Cain in his spot, but God forbid we put someone with a little common sense in the office. Herman seems to be a able to talk the talk and walk the walk of a politician who actually gets it done.
Beaver Boy
January 25th, 2013
11:41 am
We need somebody responsible with money…I say Clark Howard!
Ronin
January 25th, 2013
11:42 am
Best news I’ve read all day.
Abe Froman
January 25th, 2013
11:43 am
Come on Herman. We need some entertainment in the Senate and you would certainly provide it. I agree with term limits on Senators and Congressmen. They get so out of touch being in Washington for too long. Let’s say you can only serve 20 years in Congress. That seems more than enough time to do what you want to do, and not get too corrupt or stupid.
VOS
January 25th, 2013
11:44 am
Worst news I have heard since Obama won.
gun control is having two hands on your weapon
January 25th, 2013
11:46 am
If the gagop leadership has any say in who becomes their nominee you can bet your bonnet they’ve sold us out!.. be careful what you wish for. I’d vote for rock before I’d cast a vote for anyone hand picked by the gagop.
liberalefty
January 25th, 2013
11:49 am
how about sambo CAIN?
yuzeyurbrane
January 25th, 2013
11:51 am
Can’t wait for Republican circular firing squad.
Johnson
January 25th, 2013
11:53 am
you right wing nut jobs are the reason for the decline in the republican party. Not endorsing Saxby because he was too bi partisan, what is wrong with you. You need to quit focusing on your anti gay rights, immigration and abortion stances, otherwise we will never win another election.
Dirty Dawg
January 25th, 2013
11:53 am
Oh yeah, Callahan, if you don’t know where ‘maroon’, or even ‘moran’ comes from, you haven’t been paying attention for the past few years…and the last thing we need is a Dino like Cathy Cox to replace a, so-called, Rino like Chambliss…Cathy Cox, who gave us the election-stealing Diebold machines that turned both Cleland and Barnes out of office and who has been taking money from the State – or wherever Young Harris College gets their money – courtesy of Zell Miller ever since she lost her last election, and whose husband is a, full-blooded, Republican attorney. No, if we can’t get a ‘center-left’ candidate in office we might as well get another wing-nut Republican…who knows, maybe if they embarrass enough people, enough times, perhaps enough voters will decide ‘enough is enough’.
liberalefty
January 25th, 2013
11:54 am
WHICHEVER ones love god but hates blacks,hispanics, gays, women etc will win
J Throckmorton Malcontent
January 25th, 2013
11:54 am
Corporations are people, right? Why not run one for office? Think of all the hassle you could save by just putting them directly into the seat of power. Senator Georgia Pacific in 2014!
Mark
January 25th, 2013
11:55 am
It is amazing that in 8 years, according to congress.gov, Chambliss has sponsored or co-sponsored only 4 pieces of minor legislation: the Freedom to Fish Act, the Student Athlete Protection Act, a gold medal for Arnold Palmer and a commendation for UGA gymnastics. That, folks, is it. What Georgia should have is a candidate who is a proven leader and legislator. I wouldn’t be surprised if that person comes from outside politics, since we seem to be short on real political leadership and wisdom here.
CC
January 25th, 2013
11:55 am
“Enter Kasim Reed…. Why do you think he has been on Meet the Press so much?”
I guess he’s been on ‘Meet the Press’ because black politicians are very much in vogue these days. ‘Meet the Press’ won’t be voting in a Georgia election. Reed may be ‘hot stuff’ in urban Atlanta but he is a big zero as far as the state goes. You can keep Reed thereby saving him from a very humiliating defeat.
OSG
January 25th, 2013
11:56 am
GTBEE…yes Mr. Cain would get things done…just like the other J—a$$es in this state. He would make sure that he does a better job of hiding his women, and lying in public. You see, now that he has experience and the qualifications that it takes to run for office (lying, cheating, womanizing and talking nonsense) coupled with the home grown intelligence level that we have here in Georgia, the population just might actually elect him.
Jeff
January 25th, 2013
11:58 am
This is a great lesson for our kids. When the going gets tough….. QUIT!
US Sen. Saxby Chambliss: Frustration with Washington drove him out – Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) « Current News « Direct Global Media
January 25th, 2013
11:58 am
[...] article: US Sen. Saxby Chambliss: Frustration with Washington drove him out – Atlanta Journal Constitut… [...]
Sonny Lied
January 25th, 2013
11:58 am
I voted for Obama twice, and I would vote for Jack Kingston over somebody like Jim Martin.
I guess that means all the knuckle-draggers would prefer some clown like Broun over Kingston.
Remember folks, this is a US Senator. We are sending him (or her) to Washington to try to get stuff for our state. We are not sending them to a tent revival in Luthersville. Try to pretend you have a brain the next time you go to the polls.
CC
January 25th, 2013
11:59 am
“how about sambo CAIN?”
Should Mr. Herman Cain run, he will be elected. I would hope that he would introduce legislation banning liberalefty from all blogs.
graphite
January 25th, 2013
12:00 pm
You can tell that the majority of AJC readers are liberal freeloaders.Maybe that’s the reason the fish wrapper has all but dried up.Once a liberal rag,always a liberal rag.
liberalefty
January 25th, 2013
12:01 pm
sambo CAIN makes the racist proud…lol
Tech Troll 13
January 25th, 2013
12:06 pm
@ Black Label
I guess you are not capable of understanding my point.
liberalefty
January 25th, 2013
12:07 pm
sambo CAIN makes birthers, pee partiers and homophobes have an orgasm…lol
Chambliss Expected to Announce Retirement From Senate – New York Times
January 25th, 2013
12:07 pm
[...] 2014 reelectionCBS NewsSaxby Chambliss to retirePoliticoReuters -Washington Post (blog) -Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)all 47 news [...]
Cancerous tumor between Alabama and South Carolina
January 25th, 2013
12:09 pm
I think Gov. Deal’s kid who borrowed all the money that almost puched the governor into bankruptcy should run for the seat. We need more people with good business sense representing Georgia.
If they’re unavailable, I prefer either Paul Broun or the ghost of Osama Bin Laden.
Old Dawg
January 25th, 2013
12:09 pm
Send in the clowns!
Carol
January 25th, 2013
12:09 pm
Deal tells him to finish out his term. Did Deal finish his House term before he left to run for Governor?
Jimmy
January 25th, 2013
12:10 pm
Goodbye, you RINO.
Jimmy
January 25th, 2013
12:11 pm
Goodbye, you RINO. Hello Eric Erickson!
JSki
January 25th, 2013
12:11 pm
Let the Mental Midgetry begin! All the Libs will be jumping on the chance to put one of their Commie pundits in this seat. It would be great if those who voted for Obama and put us in the position we are in (loosing our right to bear arms, privacy [ObamaCare-was deemed by AMA as detrimental to health care privacy], drowning in debt, etc.) would have an ounce of common sense…
liberalefty
January 25th, 2013
12:11 pm
why do you ignorant racists come to the AJC BLOG and then rant n rave about the AJC going out of business or they use it for fish wrapping…yet youre on here everyday…git a life…lol
Rick
January 25th, 2013
12:12 pm
I know a Democrat cannot be elected dogcatcher in this state, unfortunately, so it looks like we’re going to have a wingnut jamboree on our hands. And the two biggest wingnuts of all? Phil Gingrey and Tom Price. Ugh!
Carol
January 25th, 2013
12:12 pm
What a Republican who admits to drinking HARD liquor heaven help us. Saxby was afraid that if he stayed up there too long he would have to start voting WITH Democrats on legislation that makes sense as opposed to blocking everything the President and Democrats try to get through. This way Grover or no one else can threaten him with “putting up a challenger” for his seat.
Report: Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., to bow out of 2014 reelection – CBS News
January 25th, 2013
12:13 pm
[...] be a hard-fought primary among …Georgia Republican Senator Chambliss to retire: aideReutersUS Sen. Saxby Chambliss: Frustration with Washington drove him outAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog)Georgia Sen. Chambliss will not seek re-electionNBCNews.com [...]
JSki
January 25th, 2013
12:14 pm
BTW, I did not like Saxby – he is not a conservative!
Let’s as Herman Cain to run… Go Herman… A man who understands success through hard work and not whining…
God Bless America and the American Dream…
Linda
January 25th, 2013
12:14 pm
I hope the crazy TEA partiers are happy. Now maybe they can screw this seat up for the rest of us reasonable Republicans. Maybe they can find a witch or a pro rapist to run for the seat.
liberalefty
January 25th, 2013
12:15 pm
send another racist who claims he hates the government to a cushy government job…then he’ll get rich by telling poor whites how turribble turribble WASHINGTON and the guvment izzzzz
liberalefty
January 25th, 2013
12:17 pm
HERMAN CAIN loses he will use the race card again…lololololo…hermie your “friends” didnt like you…
Jeff H.
January 25th, 2013
12:17 pm
It is going to be hard to find a right wing nut job with a goofier first name. Possibly Mrontnzlor Rubnuts, or Tskatdo Sfincter are interested in carrying on the tradition began by Newt.
JSS
January 25th, 2013
12:18 pm
Goodness, you people are looney! Time for these “Blue Dogs” to get off of the pot!!! Barrow, Bishop, Marshall, or even Fowler need to come out and get the masses out and finally this State out the mid 1950s mentality… While I’d love to see true progressives (Cox, Reed, or Scott) represent this State, a compromise is better than what Coverdell, Chambliss, Miller, and that Isaakson have done to destroy the legacy of great GA senators (even the out-of-touch racist and xenophobic ones)…
JSki
January 25th, 2013
12:18 pm
Yes, conservatives are all RACISTs… That is why we want Herman Cain to run… Hmm, wait a minute, he’s a black man!!!
LibTards – stop hiding behind words like “racism and racist(s)”… Read a book or two, including a dictionary, so you can figure out who is really racist – the DEMOCRATIC party who only wants to keep Black America down by feeding them scraps off their table, IE: welfare, free cell phones, etc.
You GET A LIFE…
MiltonMan
January 25th, 2013
12:24 pm
“Kasim Reed for Senate!”
For a guy who has huge ears, he listens very little and his support for TSPLOST will doom any aspirations for elected office outside of liberal-land Atlanta.
JSki
January 25th, 2013
12:25 pm
Lunch is over, so I have to go back to work and earn a paycheck and give up a portion of it so that the Mental (LIB) Midgets can take my money and spend it on some “near-do-wells” who cannot get off their “entitlement” fat a$$es…
Use your HEADs and steer America back on course because if you kill industry (unions are doing it), jobs (Obama and his spending and taxes are doing it) and punish people who want to get ahead and become a part of the American Dream, you won’t have any more people to tax because those on WELFARE do not pay taxes – that is 51% of lazy America…
God Bless the Home of the Free – Because of the Brave
Joey
January 25th, 2013
12:27 pm
Jack Kingston!
Mmmm Hmmm
January 25th, 2013
12:27 pm
How about electing someone who believes in evolution. That would be a nice start.
nodrog
January 25th, 2013
12:27 pm
NOW SAXBY CAN PLAY GOLF EVERY DAY INSTEAD OF EVERY OTHER DAY.
I LIKE HERMAN CAIN AS A REPLACEMENT…THINK ABOUT IT.
freidenker
January 25th, 2013
12:28 pm
if some of you rubes pool your votes and elect, hell even nominate, a science denying, thumper like broun you will give credence to what the rest of the country thinks about georgia. not repug bashing (well, a little), demo-rats are equally inept in this state. all the functioning brains in this state know to stick with private industry jobs.
Voter
January 25th, 2013
12:29 pm
Agreed. Herman Cain and we get Allen West to move to GA and run also for a House of Rep. seat.
GAMECHANGER
January 25th, 2013
12:31 pm
Clark Howard is a Dem.
Voter
January 25th, 2013
12:31 pm
@Mmmm Hmmm-”How about electing someone who believes in evolution. That would be a nice start.”
Why would we want someone who believes in theory?
Hendu
January 25th, 2013
12:33 pm
Good riddance, no way his lying behind would be elected again. He promised to get on immigration, GAS PRICES, and flat tax but championed none the way he swore he would if re elected. Sorry waste of flesh and time.
Sensible moderate
January 25th, 2013
12:33 pm
The really sad part is Georgians will most likely elect a far right wing crazy to replace Chambliss. I am no Saxby fan, but at least he was willing to negotiate. This crop of “don’t negotiate” Republicans are willing to wreck our country to prove how “tough” they are.
Voter
January 25th, 2013
12:33 pm
@Mmmm Hmmm-”How about electing someone who believes in evolution. That would be a nice start.”
Why would we want someone who believes in a theory?
Sen. Saxby Chambliss Rumored to Not Seek Re-Election in 2014
January 25th, 2013
12:35 pm
[...] The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Political Insider Jim Galloway is reporting that U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss will not seek re-election when his current term is up in 2014. [...]
With ‘Taxby’ gone, Tea Party tacks new RINO hide to wall | Jay Bookman
January 25th, 2013
12:36 pm
[...] As my colleague Jim Galloway first reported, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss will soon announce that he will not seek re-election in 2014. [...]
GOP Senator Announcing 2014 Retirement | Political Ration
January 25th, 2013
12:36 pm
[...] Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) is announcing Friday that he will not run for re-election in 2014, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [...]
Carol
January 25th, 2013
12:37 pm
If Clark Howard is a Dem he’s a DINO. I always get amused at the Repugs who go on about the name calling, etc. while doing so at the same time. And as someone pointed out, there is no shortage of them who post to blogs everyday, yet call out the AJC for being liberal. Must be the Georgia educational system.
brockep
January 25th, 2013
12:39 pm
Not a Saxby fan, but I like him a bit more knowing that he’s a whiskey drinker. He’s not quitting, he’s choosing not to stand for re-election. Big difference, and he is is giving plenty of notice.
Please put up Paul Broun so a Democrat has a chance.
Military Veteran
January 25th, 2013
12:43 pm
I’m sure Saxby’s “bum knee” is the REAL reason for Saxby’s retirement.
Saxby’s “bum knee” problem has been such a nagging physical problem his entire life. We feel your pain, Saxby.
Maybe Saxby can borrow Dick Cheney’s wheelchair on his bad “bum knee” days while he’s retired. Poor guy!
I certainly hope he’ll have the basic necessities of life and not be cash-strapped in his retirement.
Just think. No running for Saxby in his retirement. And no golf in his retirement. What a bummer!!!!! All due to his “bum knee.”
Middle Man
January 25th, 2013
12:44 pm
Let’s hope Saxby resigns and allows the Gov. to appoint a replacement who is not one of the oft mentioned names and who can then run as an incumbent. Dear God, please don’t allow Broun, Gingrey, Price or any of those of similar like-mindedness win this thing. Bomb throwers and narrow mindedness are fine for the House. The Senate was designed to have thoughtful, academic, reflective people.
BobbyT
January 25th, 2013
12:47 pm
After his vote on the fiscal cliff in favor of what we have now (higher taxes and no spending cuts) and in opposition to every Republican House Representative from Georgia, I say good riddance to another RINO.
Noneya
January 25th, 2013
12:50 pm
Clark Howard is a dem, but would be funny watching him try to get the government on a budget!
Mayor Reed…..not going to happen. Would lose outside ATL by a landslide.
Boortz…now that would be worth it just for entertainment value. Can you imagine him debating Feinstein in the Senate? Would also make libs heads explode!
This will be Gingrey or Price, my money would be on Price.
Voter
January 25th, 2013
12:50 pm
@BobbyT – Well said.
pat
January 25th, 2013
12:51 pm
I cannot believe I will no longer have to answer one of his robo calls during campaign time! He needs to save his money to pay his fair share of taxes for the “middle income” who make $250,000 plus.
Mmmm Hmmm
January 25th, 2013
12:52 pm
Voter… you need to google the definition of scientific “theory.” And besides… why would you want someone who legislates from a book of mythology and parable? Why do you right wingers hate science so much? Why does education and intelligence scare you?
Dirty
January 25th, 2013
12:52 pm
Glad to see this enemy of Freedom Out Office. Anyone that Voted for the NDAA and detention of US citizens without cause and enable them to stay locked up indefinitely without cause needs to be locked up for Treason. Also the Patriot Act which he supported is a treasonous act as well. He will not be missed… now to get the Rest of the Liberals and So Called Conservatives out of office and get true champions of Freedom in office …. He is a disgrace to the Constitution of the United States and the Citizens of GA and any other person who holds public office that voted the way he has or for the acts above they are as well.
William Smith
January 25th, 2013
12:52 pm
To leave Congress is an act of brilliance. Congress can’t agree on apple pie. They are as bad as the
American public. There are people on this blog that believe Obama is a radical Communist. At the same time some believe any conservative is a radical Fascist. If any side was correct we wouldn’t be free to write on this blog. Time for both sides to move to the middle and compromise. Maybe then we can truly find solutions to our problems. Until then we can only expect all of our problems to get worse.
turp66
January 25th, 2013
12:52 pm
Thank you for showing the true meaning of failure by you and your party!!!! Now we can move on in the right direction (Forward)….
cissy969
January 25th, 2013
12:53 pm
He was not going to be re-elected………The grassroots org will not let him win
Eric
January 25th, 2013
12:53 pm
There is nothing conservative about consistently voting to expand the government and grow spending. There is nothing conservative about shredding the constitution by voting for the treasonous NDAA. Good riddance.
Waldo
January 25th, 2013
12:56 pm
Cain has already said he’s not running (read the article). Boortz is a resident of Naples Fla although he owns property in Ga. He’d pass on it anyway. He’s too smart. Besides, it’ll interfere with his golf and traveling in his new bus.
David
January 25th, 2013
12:58 pm
We should probably go ahead and elect a democrat here and give them full and complete control. The attitude in America seems to be everybody wants something for nothing, so lets go ahead and get this plane flown into the side of the mountain so we can get to the part where we are picking up the shattered remains. Once this country re-elected the Chief Clown up there, I have given up all hope, really. We are so very ski-rude.
Another comment
January 25th, 2013
12:59 pm
The best candidates for the Democrates would be a white woman, look at the other 20 women that have won seats in the Senate. Lets try Stacy Evan’s Ga. Rep from Smyrna, UGA grad. She grew up in North Ga. or Carol Porter who ran for Lt. Gov. and got more votes than her husband running for Gov.
These are the candidates. Republican Women will cross over to vote for a white women instead of voting for these crazy Republican men who want to tell them what to do with their money.
Forget about Kaseem Reed he is dirty, part of the Black Mafia. Spending $1,000 ton on gravel from his contributor during the ice storm vs $40 ton. Then his shenigans at the airport with the contracts. His running of the Atlanta School Board, even destroying one of the better performing school clusters that the white families had built. Shirley is just as tainted her daughter and son-in -law were convicted of being part of the black mafia gang, while living with her. Wake up.
Of course, many of us would vote for Mary Norwood
This blog is a great sign of the sad state of affairs
January 25th, 2013
12:59 pm
….in this country.
The problem continues to be the two party sytem. It’s old, it’s outdated and self perpetuates a party over policy mentality.
The reality is that right now our appetite for goods and services provided at the federal level outpaces our willingness to pay for it. And the Democratic saber rattling about the protection of the elite at the expense of the poor and middle class AND trumpeting “progressive” social issues is no better or worse than Republicans wanting deep tax cuts and trimming the deficit at the expense of government social programs……just as long as it’s not doing away with all their choice tax deductions or touching the military. It’s the same tired uneducated and ingenuine dribble coming from both sides. In the end if it’s a complete win for one party and a complete loss for anothor………it’s a complete loss of all.
We have two choices…cooperation and pain sharing or taking it all out of the hands of the federal government and letting the states work out anything other than a serviceable military and reg of interstate commerce…….50 petri dishes for democracy.
I’ll take either…..let’s just do something other than using emotion and circumstances to opportunistically push bad legislation. IE wasting time on Gun Control when have lots of bridges, roads, and structural elements everywhere that need attention.
Let’s do better than this……
richie
January 25th, 2013
1:01 pm
I would like to see Max run so that the Georgia voters could redeem themselves.
richie
January 25th, 2013
1:01 pm
I would like to see Max run so that the Georgia voters could redeem themselves.
freidenker
January 25th, 2013
1:01 pm
@voter
why would we want someone who believes in a imaginary friend in the sky? what’s He done for the world lately? (i would give kudos to the ladies and say She, but a woman wouldn’t screw things up as has He) what is your educational background? scientific “theories” are tested and proved or disproved. if you had attended a real school in your lifetime you’d know the meaning between scientific theory and your “hunch theory” and you’d know evolution has been proven. have a great imaginary life.
FM Fats
January 25th, 2013
1:03 pm
Time for Saxby to sack away some dough in the business world rather than busting his hump raising campaign contributions, plain and simple.
YourPoliticalAnimal
January 25th, 2013
1:04 pm
I forgot to comment on Herman Cain…he would be a fool to run, with a new book about his alleged affair(s) about to hit the stands as soon as he stands in front of an American flag with his dutiful wife in tow and announces his newest 9-9-9 plan to save our already rebounding economy…one accusation, maybe two could be false, but when you get to five and above, either someone knows how to create a better conspiracy theory than Oliver Stone or….well, you fill in the rest…stay on the radio Herman and be a good minstrel fill in for that racist sicko Booooooortz…always easy to find a good house negro to tap dance for the white man when one is needed…say hello to Booker T. Washington and Steppin’ Fetchit, ok????
Mmmm Hmmm
January 25th, 2013
1:05 pm
Perfectly put freidenker.
Double Down on craziness
January 25th, 2013
1:05 pm
It is a sad day when conservative Saxby Chambliss is deemed too liberal for voting for what is in the best interest of the country he was elected to serve. Let’s serve up an even dumber, crazier person for the “necks” who love them some guns
harold
January 25th, 2013
1:07 pm
I think he should run again, and present himself as the sane man in a field of hyper-ideological, anti-science crazies. He should make the case that Broun and Price, for sure, are going to be nothing but an obstacle to doing what must be done.
The Tea Party and their ilk had a chance to influence the path of government and they blew it with temper tantrums and blind adherence to far-right ideology. We don’t need more extremists in government, we need statesmen.
Atlanta1
January 25th, 2013
1:09 pm
Maybe we can bring Sam Nunn back out of retirement…
Taxi Smith
January 25th, 2013
1:11 pm
Left wing nuts, right wing nuts. Take your pick. Georgia has a bumper crop of both. What we are lacking are well reasoned men and womnen willing to jump into politics. Sad.
Georgia, The " New Mississippi "
January 25th, 2013
1:12 pm
Chambliss has accomplished so much for Georgia and our nation he will be hard to replace…….An empty chair should do the trick……….
Military Veteran
January 25th, 2013
1:12 pm
Saxby drinks??? Well!!!
Maybe dear ol’ Saxby drinks because of his “bum knee” pain. I’m sure that’s the reason.
And I’m sure dear ol’ Saxby has had a few tears in his beers, too, not being able to serve his country due to his “bum knee.”
“He’s not quitting, he’s
choosing not to stand for re-election.”
Well, of course. How could Saxby STAND with a “bum knee?
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga) Expected to Retire | Race 4 2012
January 25th, 2013
1:14 pm
[...] Atlanta Journal and Constitution is out with a story today that Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss will announce his decision to retire. A hotly [...]
FarTrain
January 25th, 2013
1:15 pm
He won’t be missed. He’s a poor excuse for a senator anyway. His hometown of Moultrie in Colquitt County is overrun with illegal immigrants and he ignores it. He didn’t even mention it in a speech there recently, yet there’s several arrests every week for Hispanics driving with no license, DUI, etc. Crime is rampant there! He is a RINO, nothing more!
the bob.bob
January 25th, 2013
1:16 pm
A perfect opportunity for the Party of Stupid to bring in another TEA-party Senator. Stick to your guns, boys!! Prepare for the Tyranny of Democratic elections and Government for The People and by The People.
jdatl
January 25th, 2013
1:16 pm
Glad to see him go. I’m a conservative, and he just helped the democrats ignore the deficit. Need more principled leadership to fight for lower spending.
natrone
January 25th, 2013
1:18 pm
that’s good news! he’s been there too long and has done nothing except help a bunch of rich friends get richer. Hit the road saxby!
bob
January 25th, 2013
1:18 pm
Surprised that the most obvious name was not mentioned…an individual who would follow the path of many governors…..Gov. Sonny Perdue….already has a network….name recognition..Gov. Perdue has shown interest in a post in Washington each time there has been a presidential race. He seems to relish the national stage…and public service….still a very ambition individual.
SB in ATL
January 25th, 2013
1:24 pm
I can guarantee that NONE of these republicans panting to replace Chamblisss will get my vote. Sometimes the stupidity of some of these comments (example CC) continue to point out the ignorance of many voters in Georgia.
freidenker
January 25th, 2013
1:29 pm
@bob
bob, bob……..my day was going well. now you have ruined it with the “P” word. i had managed to forget that fishin’ rube.
@Taxi Smith
you stated more eloquently what i expressed earlier. nail on the head!
NYTN
January 25th, 2013
1:31 pm
Who does he think he’s fooling? He’s following the trend of other Republicans who since PREZ won again, they’re leaving while the gittin’s good to take those big time corporate and lobbying jobs.
JamVet
January 25th, 2013
1:33 pm
Old Blood & Guts Saxby is typical of the fascist cowards and swiftboating scum in this state.
Alas, there are so many other equally horrific Republicans here that nothing will really change.
i suspect that that wormy little POS Tom Price will be our next US Senator.
At any rate, good riddance to bad trash…
Dr. Irving
January 25th, 2013
1:33 pm
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, Bob, but Gov. Perdue was diagnosed with stage 3 lymphoma in December.
Voter
January 25th, 2013
1:34 pm
@freidenker & Mmmm Hmmmm – I’ll be praying for you both.
Like I said, evolution is a theory. Never proven and never will be. I have higher education so I know. Apparently you didn’t listen to well in class that day or you would know also. And how do I know? because Jesus, the Son of God lives in me, that’s how I know. If He was in you, then you would know.
Dr. Irving
January 25th, 2013
1:34 pm
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, Bob, but Gov. Perdue was diagnosed with stage 3 lymphoma in December.
Pope UGA XXIII
January 25th, 2013
1:35 pm
I just love reading these remarks – certainly no reason to make
any additional comments about a possible fiscally conservative
candidate since many of these commenters probably can’t even
balance their checkbook.
I can throw out the name of brilliant congressman Hank Johnson.
If he’s elected, maybe the Senate will “tip over and capsize” into the
Potomac River, then we can be rid of all of them !!
Pope UGA XXIII
January 25th, 2013
1:35 pm
I just love reading these remarks – certainly no reason to make
any additional comments about a possible fiscally conservative
candidate since many of these commenters probably can’t even
balance their checkbook.
I can throw out the name of brilliant congressman Hank Johnson.
If he’s elected, maybe the Senate will “tip over and capsize” into the
Potomac River, then we can be rid of all of them !!
Sasha
January 25th, 2013
1:40 pm
Enter your comments here
captguitarman
January 25th, 2013
1:42 pm
Way too bad for the Pub/Cons that Chambliss is throwing in the towel, because he could be replaced by an intransigent, uncompromising, right wingnut with not one clue about how to solve any problem this nation and its government has (federal, state, or local) except by cutting taxes. We need far more than a “one play” book from any candidate running for the Senate. So, Chambliss’s departure may mean nothing more than another right wingnut who can be just as “principled” and dig in just as deep as the left wingnuts in the Senate and the Congress.
Or, it could mean that the Pub/Con Senate seat will be lost to the Dem/Libs. Not likely, but certainly possible as was proven in Delaware, Indiana, and Nevada when shoo-in Pub/Con seats were lost in the primaries where the Tea Party – Libertarian type candidates (not the sharpest pencils in the box as we have all seen) ran and won, eliminating a long time Pub/Con Senate stalwart in Indiana (Richard Lugar) and other traditional and politically stable Pub/Cons who would have retained the Delaware, Missouri, and Nevada Senate seats. (Why can’t the wingnuts have their own primaries and leave the traditional Pub/Cons out of it?). Instead, they were lost to the Dem/Libs.
If that hapens in Georgia, hopefully the elected Dem/Lib will not be an ideologue who would rather be “right” than find a solution and move things forward, and a reasonable moderate open to compromise and getting things done, like Chambliss.
Sasha
January 25th, 2013
1:43 pm
Cut off time for every person in politics should be 70.
Sax by is fixed with benefits…why continue…..especially
Since he could care less anyway.
jb
January 25th, 2013
1:43 pm
IS HE TAKING THAT GREAT PENSION AND FREE HEALTHCARE THE TAX PAYERS PAY FOR OR LEAVING FOR THOSE WORKING FOR LESS AND NO PENSION? HE WANTED TO VOTE NO ON HEALTHCARE FOR ALL.THE BENEFITS OF CONGRESS,SENATORS AND SUPREME COURT NEEDS TO CHANGED. NO AMERICAN CAN WORK ON A JOB BETWEEN AGE OF 70-90 BUT WE ALLOW THEM.
Military Veteran
January 25th, 2013
1:43 pm
Dear ol’ Sonny running? Nah!
There’s other FISH in the pond.
Sasha
January 25th, 2013
1:44 pm
GO HOME PLEASE!! You have done enough damage.
Derek Williams
January 25th, 2013
1:46 pm
In the last few years the Senator has alienated many groups, including community bankers. Re-election was in no way secure. “But I’d have won anyway….” The Senator doth protest too much, methinks.
Road Scholar
January 25th, 2013
1:48 pm
Cut and run Chambliss?
honested
January 25th, 2013
1:50 pm
I do so look forward to the ‘Party of Stupid Primary’ (thank you bobby jindal).
It should clear the chaff from the Georgia Congressional Delegation.
JamVet
January 25th, 2013
1:52 pm
And how about about that Arnold Einsteen from Athens, huh?
He can’t even figure out how to post something just one time.
LOL!
No wonder he’s a Saxby guy…
Truth Hurts
January 25th, 2013
1:53 pm
“For our nation to be strong, for our country to prosper, we cannot continue to play politics with the American economy.”
————–
An odd statement coming from one of the worst offenders. Georgia is 7-10 years from becoming a blue state anyway, so his time was limited. The white trash redneck Republicans that run the state now soon be outnumbered so we can finally have some intellect representing us rather than the bible thumpers, birthers, and the Klan.
captguitarman
January 25th, 2013
1:56 pm
Far Train: If you and many other misquided Pub/Cons think that this country is going to expel 11 million illegal immigrants based upon a Congressional immigration reform bill supported by a popular consensus, you are all smoking ganja.
The reform bill that gets passed will create a pathway to citizenship and perhaps even grant citizenship to some based upon their history while here. And it will secure the borders.
And, if the Pub/Cons cannot negotiate compromise and find a way to support that reform bill, the Hispanic vote (which Obama captured at a rate of over 70%) will increase for the Dem/Libs in Congress in 2014 (possibly causing the Pub/Cons to lose their House majority) and for the Dem/Lib presidential candidate in 2016, perhaps clearing the way for Hillary Clinton.
And if the Pub/Cons dig in on this issue, the Hispanic vote could be lost permanently, and the Pub/Cons will become a small regional party headquarted in the South, and an inconsequential and powerless voice as we proceed into the 21st century. That is why we need Pub/Cons like Chambliss and not the wingnuts who lost Pub/Con seats in Delaware, Nevada, Missouri, and Indiana.
Truth Hurts
January 25th, 2013
1:57 pm
“Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, Bob, but Gov. Perdue was diagnosed with stage 3 lymphoma in December.”
—————
So what? Certain lymphomas have over a 90% cure rate anymore (since 1998 thanks to Rituxan). I was diagnosed with stage 3 lymphoma 8 years ago and was back at work in less than 6 months.
Giant Comfort » GOP Senator Announcing 2014 Retirement
January 25th, 2013
2:02 pm
[...] Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) is announcing Friday that he will not run for re-election in 2014, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [...]
almcc
January 25th, 2013
2:04 pm
The first sentence of his release is telling. Someone who believes that doesn’t have to say it.
Good riddance to an epic porker. (I’m talking about his fiscal excesses here, btw.) Republicans like him are at least as much to blame for our budget mess as spendthrift Democrats. I just hope we can elect a fiscal conservative who can stay focused on the only issue in Washington that matters: passing a living within a budget that balances income and outflows. The rest of us do that.
Tod
January 25th, 2013
2:06 pm
At least a Republican legislator understands that an Island can’t “tip over”. I think Chambliss knew he would get beat. Good luck as a lobbyist.
B-Bro
January 25th, 2013
2:15 pm
“Sitting on a back porch drinking whiskey with some of y’all is exciting to think about.”
He’ll be a whole lot better off than arguing with those idiots on Capital Hill…..I can’t blame him one bit.
Another Senator Announces Retirement Blaming ‘Legislative Gridlock’ | Irascible Musings
January 25th, 2013
2:16 pm
[...] Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that at least two Republican members of the House, Paul Broun and Tom Price, “have been [...]
Senator Saxby Chambliss Announces He’s Retiring In 2014
January 25th, 2013
2:18 pm
[...] from Georgia, Paul Broun and Tom Price, had been rumored to be seeking the seat from Chambliss, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution [...]
JISL
January 25th, 2013
2:19 pm
ignorance
racists
KKK
fascist
rednecks
Why are republicans called all these? And being a Democratic is so great?
Anita
January 25th, 2013
2:19 pm
We all know that he has something else lined up. Who does he think he is fooling? If the Democrats work hard we can take this seat. Let’s go get it Democrats. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!!
Synonymous
January 25th, 2013
2:23 pm
Jack Kingston, appropriator extraordinaire? He’s never met an earmark he didn’t like, so I guess he’s perfect to replace Chambliss right?
Voter
January 25th, 2013
2:23 pm
@JISL – ignorance,racists,KKK,fascist,rednecks,Why are republicans called all these? And being a Democratic is so great?
Because when confronted with the truth and real facts, all Democrats can resort to is name calling.
Voter
January 25th, 2013
2:24 pm
@Anita – “If the Democrats work hard we can take this seat. Let’s go get it Democrats.”
Dream on. Republican’s will win.
Savannah Unplugged | Ga. Senator Saxby Chambliss retiring in 2014, will not seek third term
January 25th, 2013
2:25 pm
[...] Jim Galloway at the AJC, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss: Frustration with Washington drove him out: Chambliss’ announcement will immediately set off an avalanche of Republican candidates who will [...]
MawMaw4
January 25th, 2013
2:27 pm
He won by swift-boating a war hero! Those thinking of running are even worse!
Saxby Chambliss Retires: GOP Senator Announcing He Won’t Run For Re-Election In 2014: Report | GeoNews.WS
January 25th, 2013
2:42 pm
[...] Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) is announcing Friday that he will not run for re-election in 2014, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [...]
honested
January 25th, 2013
2:45 pm
voter,
Keep your head in the sand, it suits you.
Ola
January 25th, 2013
2:47 pm
I’m sorry to see Chambliss not run again. If Gingrey, Price or Broun should be elected, we will definitely be the laughing stock of the United States as well as the world.
Ola
January 25th, 2013
2:47 pm
I’m sorry to see Chambliss not run again. If Gingrey, Price or Broun should be elected, we will definitely be the laughing stock of the United States as well as the world.
John
January 25th, 2013
2:47 pm
What is Georgia going to do?
Ray
January 25th, 2013
2:53 pm
Boortz moved to Florida years ago, I believe Naples. No state income tax. My prayers go out to Governor Perdue. Lymphoma is very curable (my brother was staged IV last year with the same disease, and now is in total remission).
Chambliss was about to be bombed by the Tea Party, it has been no secret. Too bad he is a good man, that did more than his part to govern this country.
Georgia’s other representatives mentioned as possible candidates (Broun, Gingrey, Price, Westmoreland, etc) are frequently said to serve as national examples of possibly too much inbreeding in the South by comedians all over this nation.
Folks we have real issues for them to address We have nearly the worst high school dropout rate in the nation and low college graduate rates for those born in Georgia. We also have horrible mortality, foreclosures (banking and real-estate), illegal immigration, and insured rates in the nation. Chambliss should consider running for Governor, because Georgia is obviously lacks in leadership.
oboe3
January 25th, 2013
2:55 pm
relax—sandy will get connected with an 8 figure lobbying gig in DC, selling influence around the world–he’ll be richer than ever with all that new money!!! It’s time for saxby to cash in big on the sellout.
Jeff K
January 25th, 2013
2:56 pm
TERRIFIC !! Now we can begin work on the election of a true conservative voice for Georgia.
blkshepherd
January 25th, 2013
2:59 pm
Herman Cain! if he can keep his hands out from under women’s skirts grabbing their privates tee hee*
Katherine Helms Cummings
January 25th, 2013
3:03 pm
I hope the Dems can come up with a better candidate than John Barrow. He walks, talk, and votes like a Republican. His campaign commercial about “ain’t nobody gonna take HIS guns away” was offensive. I have been to several meetings where he talked down to rural constituents as if we have never left the country or read a book beyond the third grade.
3d
January 25th, 2013
3:08 pm
1 down.
Vote the rest out next chance you get.
Both Democrat and Republican.
Look at this years state of the union speech and you will see the same faces we’ve seen for the last 10 15 years that have driven this country in the ground.
Vote them all the hell out of office.
Wake up folks. They all are lining their pockets in DC and they don’t give a flying flip about you and me or this country.
Old Click » Another Senator Announces Retirement Blaming ‘Legislative Gridlock’
January 25th, 2013
3:08 pm
[...] Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that at least two Republican members of the House, Paul Broun and Tom Price, “have been [...]
Patriot
January 25th, 2013
3:13 pm
Good BYE and don’t let the door hit you where the Good Lord split you Chambliss. What a total waste of a vote you sellout RINO. Gingrich for Senate!
JamVet
January 25th, 2013
3:27 pm
fascist
OK, lets make that case.
In the 1920′s and 1930′s, fascists in Europe used economic crises to gain power and that is exactly what Republicans are doing now. Using the recession as an excuse to create a police state.
European fascists banned labor unions, worker’s strikes and lockouts. Let’s see, who else has been working on that for the past thirty years?
Adolph Hitler persecuted homosexuals. Let’s see, who else has been doing that forever?
The Nazis, like the Republicans of today, reject democracy and liberalism.
Fascists also reject internationalism and pacifism and support militarism and war. Republicans have been calling for the United States to pull out of the United Nations since the 1950′s and have since 2001, been the party of war as evidenced by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the calls to attack Iran, North Korea, and most recently Libya.
(”Second amendment remedies.” Glorifying bloodlust, war and violence.)
Fascists and Republicans also have in common their obsession with Christianity. The Republican party is one with the Christian Right today. Their goal is to make Christianity the national religion in order to create a Christian state.
But the real kicker?
The GOP’s new American system of corporations uber alles. Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power. ~Benito Mussolini
Compare that to this perverted statement, Corporations are people, my friend. ~Mitt Romney
So yes, it is patently clear, the GOP’s fanatical extremists, which is to say mainline Republicans, are America’s modern version of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei .
Seig Heil, cons.
JSH
January 25th, 2013
3:28 pm
Saxby has been a good middle of the road senator. Georgia will miss him. I can’t really blame him for leaving that cesspool called Washington.
drsoul
January 25th, 2013
3:28 pm
It is really a mess….never liked C for his campaigns…pure dirt…!!!
Hopefully, people will not dig down deep in the Atlanta sewer and send more S*#^ to Washington like K Reed…that would be a disaster for sure… we need to start putting strong people in office… not like Deal and the groups that surround him… we need someone who can truly talk straight and stand up for Georgia and America…not themselves..!!!
rdjj
January 25th, 2013
3:29 pm
thank goodness!! We are getting rid of this big lib he has been a true Rino..
Tea
January 25th, 2013
3:37 pm
I didn’t vote for Sen Chambliss and I even wrote him a letter once telling him he had failed us by being party to COngressional gridlock. But the work he has done in the past two years as part of the Gang of Six, reaching out to both parties and trying to forge a compromise, has earned my sincere respect. I am disappointed he has chosen to give up the struggle at this time when we so desperately voices of moderation and compromise in Congress.
BO
January 25th, 2013
3:38 pm
I hope Chambliss takes on Deal for governor and Kasim Reed runs for the Senate.
woodrow
January 25th, 2013
3:38 pm
He admits he cannot help the gridlock and he bows out. I think that is appropriate. He has done a good job up till the Republican party fell apart.
The Scramble to Replace Saxby Chambliss
January 25th, 2013
3:39 pm
[...] this morning’s announcement of the retirement of Senator Saxby Chambliss, speculation has begun to swirl about potential [...]
Saxby Chambliss To Retire | Tony Johnson
January 25th, 2013
3:40 pm
[...] The News That Matters! (To me) Skip to content HomeAbout MeShopping Excerpted from The Atalanta Journal Constitution: U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss will announce this morning that he’s dropping plans to run for a third [...]
Dumb Democrap Obamacommie
January 25th, 2013
3:53 pm
Not crazy about Chambliss but hope someone with a brain who is not a far right moron will run. Why can’t we get a real dumbazz like “Guam will tip over” Johnston (sp) to take his place and be more of a laughing stock than we (Ga) already are,lol. The running dumba**es who elected Johnston (sp) will vote for any moron,lol.
Dumb Democrap Obamacommie
January 25th, 2013
3:54 pm
Don’t forget about the idiot Broun who is just about as dumb as Johnson,lol.
JamVet
January 25th, 2013
3:55 pm
Who we need to replace Pigby is a bona fide bigot with authentic Klan credentials.
Someone like Lynn “Uppity” Westmoreland…
oldfart
January 25th, 2013
4:03 pm
What is really disheartening is to see people treating the really important issues of the day and the election of a senator like a rivalry game for the Bulldawgs.
Jim Michael
January 25th, 2013
4:07 pm
Saxby has done little for many years. The GOP is out of motivation, ideas, and courage; the DNC is full of fertilizer, brainwashing, and lies. No guts=no glory. The GOP has done a nice job of pushing away Latinos and Women—a great job—idiots in their own right, the GOP does not know how to negotiate and talk to the Dems; Meanwhile, the Jackass Party is “my way or the highway” and growing government big time. I hear that the monster idiot on AM750, Erik Erikson? wants to run? LOL…
GA Sen: Saxby Chambliss to Retire | BirchIndigo
January 25th, 2013
4:16 pm
[...] another term. Instead of running again in 2014 Chambliss has decided to retire according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss will announce this morning that he’s dropping plans to run for a third [...]
Farts A Lot
January 25th, 2013
4:19 pm
At least Chambliss wasn’t a crazy loon like all the Tea Party fanatics in Congress. I believe he was willing to compromise for the good of all. I just hope that lunatic Tom Price doesn’t take his place.
MASR
January 25th, 2013
4:23 pm
I hope and pray Senator Chambliss is not replaced by another RINO or a Democrat.
The nation needs a Senator who actually upholds the US Constitution and stops this nonsense of taking hard-earned tax dollars from hard working citizens and wasting it on the irresponsible and lazy or sending it to other nations who hate and want to destroy the USA (e.g. Egypt, Russia etc.)
dog kicker
January 25th, 2013
4:25 pm
quit·ter (kw t r) n. One who gives up easily. quitter [ˈkwɪtə] n. a person who gives up easily;
dog kicker
January 25th, 2013
4:25 pm
quit·ter (kw t r) n. One who gives up easily. quitter [ˈkwɪtə] n. a person who gives up easily;
jdl2
January 25th, 2013
4:25 pm
Saxby’s retiring at the end of this term because he finally got his 20 years done on your payroll. He got $3.5 million of your tax dollars in his pocket, and will get (since he got in his 20 years, $60k a year for the rest of his life (your tax dollars again). thanks GOD the republicans are out there protecting our tax dollars. Demo’s are no different.
YourPoliticalAnimal
January 25th, 2013
4:52 pm
“Remember folks, this is a US Senator. We are sending him (or her) to Washington to try to get stuff for our state. We are not sending them to a tent revival in Luthersville.”
@Sonny Lied…NOW THAT WAS FUNNY!!!!!!!
Pat 2014
January 25th, 2013
4:58 pm
That seat is Pat Swindall’s if he wants it.
The National Memo » 5 Georgia Republicans Who Could Replace Senator Saxby Chambliss
January 25th, 2013
4:59 pm
[...] senator Saxby Chambliss announced Friday morning that he will not seek re-election, opening the door for a competitive, critical [...]
Independent Leaning Right
January 25th, 2013
5:09 pm
I’d vote for Newt. He would be one of the most intelligent people up there; one of the few who could come up with some new ideas. And perhaps he would be strong enough to force some others on Capitol Hill to come around and get something done.
For a Democrat, I would like to see John Barrow run. I think he would be the only Democrat that could run well across the state. Being a Democrat, he would carry the major cities (doesn’t matter who the candidate is, they will vote Dem). He is conservative enough to carry some Republicans. If the Democrats elect someone too liberal, they will guarantee it for the Republicans.
HENRY
January 25th, 2013
5:15 pm
This closet democRAT needs to move along anyway. He’s been rubbing Obama’s belly now for some time. I doubt he could get re-elected anyway on the Republican ticket.
Independent Leaning Right
January 25th, 2013
5:16 pm
@Sonny Lied, that is what is wrong. Back to the entitlement society. I don’t vote for a Senator to get stuff for us, I vote for him to do what is right for the country. Yes, I do want job, roads, etc., here, but not if it is the wrong thing for the country. I want engineering and manufacturing jobs at Lockheed, but I don’t want the government spending billion of dollars on planes if they are not truly needed.
ylojkt
January 25th, 2013
5:29 pm
liberals & conservatives, left and right? Is this really the state of mind in Ga. in 2012? How pathetic!
There are no liberals or leftist in govt currently, there is the far-right party (republicans) and the center right party (democrats), and about the only thing that separates the two is a fine line of crazy.
How many of you “conservatives” were up in arms when Bush was expanding the federal govt by the largest amount in history? How many “liberals” had their panties tied in a knot with Obama’s expansion of NDAA? His ever expanding drone war?
Quite frankly, this govt. is us vs them, but they have to keep you convinced that some mythical beast (a true conservative, an actual liberal) is what you’re really against so that we don’t all turn our collective ire on them.
Such a shame that the people of GA are so small minded that they can’t see beyond the false advertising.
vesaversa
January 25th, 2013
5:34 pm
I have never voted for Saxby Chambliss but i kind of respect the man . There are Ga .Republicans in congress who are far worse and extreme than Saxby so i really hate that he is leaving because it only open the door for another Far Right extremist to take his place .
Where are tea party comments
January 25th, 2013
5:43 pm
Oh lawd the GOP should pick a candidate like Akins or Murdoch. No abortions for any any reason. Real rape let’s you self abort.
ylojkt
January 25th, 2013
5:48 pm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/02/drone-wars-secrecy-barack-obama
Apology for Morons
January 25th, 2013
6:00 pm
The far right morons are as dangerous to us as the leftist looney Obamacommies.
MASR
January 25th, 2013
6:04 pm
If Congressman Broun was a US Senator from Georgia I would finally know that I am being represented and he would do his best to insure the US Constitution was being upheld!
Capitol Castings | What’s in Your Wallet? | Peach State Trout
January 25th, 2013
6:13 pm
[...] big news on the Peach State’s political front is that U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss, citing frustration with the process in Washington, will not seek reelection in 2014. Georgia Trout [...]
Republicans = The Stupid Party
January 25th, 2013
6:44 pm
It doesn’t matter who they nominate, he/she will be a national embarrassment, because the GOP is officially now The Stupid Party. That’s because its members spend too much time religiously consuming hours of Faux News, Rush Fat-Baugh, the Losing-Is-Drudgery-Report and other right-wing fact deniers where they’re spoon-fed bald-faced lies, bogus conspiracy theories and hilarious pre-election predictions like, Romney Will Win In A Landslide! Yeah, they really nailed that one, didn’t they! Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha!
Hilarious
January 25th, 2013
7:12 pm
Much, much spittle to be found dripping from the chins of the delusional right-wingers.
Always entertaining.
RateMySenator.com | Another Senator Announces Retirement Blaming ‘Legislative Gridlock’
January 25th, 2013
7:16 pm
[...] announced a year ago that she would not seek re-election in 2012.The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that at least two Republican members of the House, Paul Broun and Tom Price, “have been [...]
John H.
January 25th, 2013
7:26 pm
Because the GOP controls Georgia state politics, I hope Gov. Sonny Perdue runs for the vacant Senate seat. He would do a better job representing all Georgians, not just the conservative Klan element that exist in this state’s politics.
John H.
January 25th, 2013
7:26 pm
Because the GOP controls Georgia state politics, I hope Gov. Sonny Perdue runs for the vacant Senate seat. He would do a better job representing all Georgians, not just the Klan element that exist in this state’s politics.
MysteryMoves
January 25th, 2013
7:33 pm
I recommend slapping lipstick on fat pig and sending it serve the republican base. The commonality is love for food, overeating and just being full of it.
alrebosn
January 25th, 2013
7:43 pm
Chambliss needs to go after his recent voting record. He is not a representative of Georgians. Good riddance!
Todd - Lawrenceville
January 25th, 2013
7:45 pm
He’s frustrated with the White House and ‘wrong way to govern’. Sax by was actually speaking of Georgia’s Republcan lead politicians, Gov. Deal included.
Why not just leave office now; Georgia will be better off.
Top Dawg
January 25th, 2013
7:58 pm
Dems could have a real shot at this one if they nominate someone like Barrow.
OldGrunt
January 25th, 2013
8:24 pm
For Pete’s sake — he was grubbing for campaign contributions four or five months back. He probably faced a stone wall! It was always about Saxby — not his constituents, and the chickens came home to roost! Another dip and he would have been the chairman of the RINOs — or at least, what is left of them!
dissatisfied with politics
January 25th, 2013
8:50 pm
Saxby Chambliss and Governor deal are both unethical clowns and both should lose their positions. Both are only for the good of the corrupt government and their good ole-boys. How sad we have people like them representing us.
Saxby Chambliss to Retire | Undivided US
January 25th, 2013
9:16 pm
[...] will reportedly retire at the end of 2014. Jim Galloway at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has the details: U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss will announce this morning that he’s dropping plans to run for a third [...]
basma1
January 25th, 2013
10:11 pm
roy barnes–he’s tired of law, has millions and wants a job in DC—roy will win it all!!!
Gumby
January 25th, 2013
10:46 pm
I have not been a Saxby fan since the Max Cleland smear job however I congratulated him on taking a stand against that stupid tax pledge. I felt he had turned a corner and would put “we the people” ahead of partisanship. N ow I just hope Georgians can wise up enough to vote for the best candidate whether they have an R a D or a damn Z after their name for a change. Electing nationally known idiots like Price or Broun and yes Gingrey too would simply make us look stupid, and we would deserve that label if we do so.
And BTW I would love to sit on Saxby’s porch and share a glass with him.
Larry30
January 25th, 2013
10:48 pm
The reason Saxby is not running again? He can’t stand the humiliation of losing. Big Daddy would have challenged in the primary and would have lost in the middle of the summer not even making it to the general election. Good riddance to another reach across the aisle moderate. Next up issacson.
kasim!
January 25th, 2013
10:49 pm
Kasim reed is the man for the job! with all the atlanta money and obama support, kasim will win the election for senator! Ga needs more minority representation in dc—I’m tired of all these white people in the senate looking out for their rich friends.
Cricket
January 25th, 2013
10:55 pm
Bye! Blame on the rain, as usual blame it on Pred Obama watch and cabinet! You never accomplished anything while you was in office.
Shine
January 25th, 2013
11:05 pm
Hmmmm, who sucks less. Rep Price, a yankee transplant and co conspirator with Roy Barnes to change the state flag in 2001 I think I will pass on that kook. Rep Broun, a delusional fruitcake that thinks the eath is only 6000 years old. I believe in Jesus but dont think science is some wild conspiracy. I think i will pass on that kook. Sonny Perdookey Perdue, the man who lied to the faces of many folks in south Ga about getting a vote on the 1956 flag if elected and later lied about that lying. I know I will pass on that conman. Maybe a conservative leaning democrat who isnt a gun grabbing nut will run and take the seat.
Shine
January 25th, 2013
11:09 pm
Roy Barnes or no liberal loon from Atlanta has a chance in hell of winning a statewide race in Ga. A conservative democrat could though.
steve373
January 25th, 2013
11:09 pm
How about Allan West? We all know the GOP will go with batsh*t crazy on this pick and West is already pre-qualified.
TruthDoctor
January 26th, 2013
12:32 am
Whoever it is, if the liberals hate the person, then you know we have the right person. Newt Gingrich sounds like one great candidate. He already knows all the ins and outs of Washington. He can hit the ground running.
nomaj
January 26th, 2013
12:39 am
I don’t blame Saxby, but I fear that GA will become more marginalized as a result of the surrender to the loony birds. It’s painful to think that men, like that nasty kook, Paul Broun, or the one-note chicken hawk Phil Gingrey are the front runners for succession. These are crazy times, with the worst sort of characters leading the pack.
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Chuckie D
January 26th, 2013
12:59 am
Just go away Foghorn Leghorn—
Yeah right, ““I have no doubt that had I decided to be a candidate, I would have won re-election. In these difficult political times, I am fortunate to have actually broadened my support around the state and the nation due to the stances I have taken.”
You would not have made it out of the primaries.
Collect your big pension and hook on as a lobbyist!
Jeff
January 26th, 2013
1:25 am
Saxby has smelled the coffee and being in a position where no one pays for his vote sounds very un profitable
Jeff
January 26th, 2013
1:26 am
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Saxby Chambliss calls it quits | Undivided US
January 26th, 2013
2:25 am
[...] Cain would run for Chambliss’ seat was quickly scotched this morning, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, but it is said that Newt Gingrich might still be interested. Other possible candidates [...]
DaTechGuy on DaRadio
January 26th, 2013
5:31 am
Nowhere in the article is mentioned Chambliss’ decision to discard his anti-tax pledge to the citizens of Georgia, after all such an admission doesn’t fit the Dying Tea Party Meme of the left.
Move on nothing to see here.
UPDATE: Sen. Saxby Chambliss Will Not Seek Re-Election in 2014
January 26th, 2013
6:35 am
[...] ARTICLE: The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Political Insider Jim Galloway is reporting that U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss will not seek re-election when his current term is up in [...]
Atlanta Academic
January 26th, 2013
6:46 am
I wanted to change my name to Canary in the Coal Mine and then I thought View from the Top of the Fence and then I thought bravery was better and although Leap of Faith came to mind I kept the name Atlanta Academic.
I remember the rules set out by the Marquess of Queensbury and The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. If you do not know your history you are destined to repitition.
Atlanta Academic
January 26th, 2013
6:49 am
Went without spell check, came from the gut, repetition.
ljhays
January 26th, 2013
6:52 am
Time to look for some balance from Georgia, like a moderate Democrat. Republicans aren’t doing the state any good and are fueling the just-say-no wing of Congress.
where newt?
January 26th, 2013
7:32 am
newt need to come home from all these lobbying and consulting gigs and run for senate–with all that power, he can score some big 8 figure deals when he leave dc
Bid adieu to Georgia’s anti-gay Saxby Chambliss | Georgia News Feed
January 26th, 2013
8:08 am
[...] glory be. U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, one in a long line of anti-gay pols in Georgia, won’t seek a third term. Trouble with that is the long line of anti-gay pols in the state who will fight, kick, scratch and [...]
George Claridy
January 26th, 2013
8:11 am
Saxby
May I recommend Four Roses small batch 90 proof. You may want to use 1 ice cube to cool it off.
Marie
January 26th, 2013
8:12 am
How about a woman, black, or Hispanic candidate to take Saxby’s place? GOP needs more diversity to get its message across!
I75
January 26th, 2013
8:50 am
Karen Handel for Senate.
We need a real Republican not a RINO like Shameless.
moral majority
January 26th, 2013
8:51 am
the republicans need to nominate someone with deep religious principles to run for this position, like price or broun. the country’s out of control and it’s time to get back to the foundations of the bible.
Declan Georgia
January 26th, 2013
8:51 am
Calling all Georgians… plan to come to town for sugar, ammo, and to vote. Georgia needs to set the example of conservatism for a nation lost at the corner of Sodom and Gomorrah. We must force the lib agenda out of our great state: Let’s start by making inside the perimeter a gun free zone.
Alan Hull
January 26th, 2013
8:53 am
Saxby Chambliss’s decision to not run for the U.S. Senate is a predictable response by a cracker, post-Dixiecrat politician who has been in denial about demographic and societal changes in his state until he almost lost his last senate race. His membership in the seemingly progressive “gang of six” U.S. legislators was not a succumb to compromise, which is anathema to hucksters of his ilk. It was a pragmatic tactial attempt to bolster his chances of staying in power in a changing Georgia political economy and society. A better measure of his true ethics and morality can be found in his statement that he would not be bound by the reactionary ideologue Grover Norquist’s “no new taxes” pledge that he signed. Breaking promises and switching political parties to retain money and power is a better measure of Chambliss and his hypocritical Southern political and social philosophy that depends on like-minded “bidness” men in Georgia and elsewhere.
Hooty Goot
January 26th, 2013
9:22 am
“I’m going to have a life after this”. “Sitting on a porch drinking whiskey with some of y’all is exciting to think about”. SEE ! That’s what’s wrong with the man. He’s a drunk. The last thing Ga. needs is some old Strom Thurman type of person hanging around doing nothing but costing the tax payers money. Good riddance !
banannaone
January 26th, 2013
10:44 am
This will awaken the democratic party. I would love to see another senator who would be his brothers keeper.