aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Monday, November 27, 2006

Challenging Saxby

Today Roll Call pointed to the AJC report from a couple weeks back that “DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones (D) has hinted he is thinking about challenging Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) in 2008.”

The one thing Roll Call added was that “Chambliss’ biggest re-election threat would appear to be Rep. Jim Marshall (D), who has indicated an interest in running against the first-term Senator.”

Via Steve Benen, who chimes in that rumor has it “former Sen. Max Cleland, whom Chambliss defeated in 2002, has been approached about considering a rematch.”

My question is how much support any of them will get from national Dems, the preponderance of whom appear to be in a write off the South mood.