Chambliss Walks on Water (He thinks.)

Incumbent Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss has become a hero in his own eyes since defeating Democrat Jim Martin in that state's run-off election. Basking in the afterglow of a racially tinged campaign that would make David Duke blush, Chambliss now considers himself the personal savior of the GOP - after all, he single-handedly prevented Dems from attaining that that all important 60-seat majority in the U.S. Senate. During the final days of Saxby's frenzied campaigning, the far-right conservative enlisted the aid of John McCain, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, and Sarah Palin (still wearing those ill-gotten duds) to convince Peach State voters that he was their sole beacon of light in an ever-darkening progressive world. His plan to salvage the disreputable GOP?  (Imagine Snidely Whiplash, wringing his hands in evil glee.)  Pressure moderates to turn to the right!  (Apparently no one has informed Chambliss that if that happened they would no longer be called moderates.)  It should be noted that Snidely Saxby Chambliss credits his success not to political heavy hitters of the male persuasion (listed above) but to some last-minute stumping by Governor Sarah Pretty-in-Pink Palin, who, the Georgia pol claims, "makes people explode." (Perhaps the CIA should send her undercover to some terrorist enclaves and see how that works out.)

Chambliss is already warning Democrats that he'll obstruct legislation on gun control and health care reform.  He's also gonna make sure large corporations continue getting their God-given tax cuts.  Equal rights for LGBT Americans?  Fuggedaboutit.  Saxby has a filibuster in his pocket, and he's not afraid to use it.