Isakson: ‘Perfect Storm’ Could Flip Senate Seat

[SecularMotion]

Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., said the mixture of a trending-purple state and a bloody GOP primary could hinder the party’s ability next year to hold the Georgia Senate seat of his retiring colleague.

“It should be a Republican seat, but there’s a perfect storm that could happen that could make that challenging,” said Isakson when he was asked about the race Wednesday at the annual tax, budget and health care policy seminar hosted by BakerHostetler.

The seat of retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., has so far enticed three members of Congress, a wealthy businessman and a former Georgia secretary of state to vie for the GOP nomination. Meanwhile, Democrats are coalescing around Michelle Nunn, the daughter of former Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., and head of the nonprofit Points of Light Foundation.

Earlier this month, CQ Roll Call reported that the Senate race is shaping up to host a test case for Democrats intent on one day making Georgia routinely competitive in statewide races. While Republicans remain especially skeptical that can happen as early as 2014, Georgia still presents Senate Democrats with their best opportunity to pick up a seat so far this cycle.

http://atr.rollcall.com/isakson-perfect-storm-could-flip-senate-seat-gasen/

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1. I hope so, but am skeptical

I swear the R's could nominate a stuffed elephant and it would win. The Democratic party here seems to consist of Atlanta city pols and a few scattered DINO's. It is really disorganized.

[illegaloperation]

2. It's a long shot...

...but Democrat have a good candidate in Michelle Nunn.

[Aristus]

3. I'm betting the only way a Democrat wins that seat is by

advocating the return of slavery.

We just have to wait for the dinosaurs to die off. Their likely more-progressive kids will determine how the state leans after that...

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. Obama got 46% in 2008 and 45% in 2012

the odds are better than you'd think, really; a combination of factors (the right candidate, depressed Republican turnout) could see a Democrat elected in Georgia...and the state's demographics continue changing; the Atlanta metro area is the fastest-growing (by 450K per year, on average) and one of the most ethnically diverse in the country.