Parties Bring Out Big Guns for Georgia Run-Off Vote

Georgia decides its Senate race today and both sides are going all-out to secure a victory that could help determine the direction of the next Congress, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The GOP has sent in Sarah Palin to stump for incumbent Sen. Saxby Chambliss, while Democratic challenger Jim Martin held a final rally in Atlanta joined by hip-hop stars and a civil rights leader.

In addition to star power, the rivals have been boosted in the run-off election by ads, manpower, and donations from their parties and special interest groups. Both candidates have played up the fact that a Democratic victory will put the party within reach of a filibuster-proof majority. "It’s going to be real close," Martin told supporters last night. "This is about who wants it the most.” (More Saxby Chambliss stories.)