Palin Campaigns in GA’s US Senate Runoff

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin implored Georgia Republicans to back Senator Saxby Chambliss in his hotly contested Senate runoff, telling a cheering crowd today that the first step in rebuilding the GOP begins with the Southern state.

Several thousand supporters waited in the cold to file into the James Brown Arena in Augusta.

Chambliss is locked in a runoff with Democrat Jim Martin after neither crossed the 50 percent threshold in the general election.

The race will help determine the balance of power in Washington where Democrats are just two votes shy of the 60 votes needed to prevent Republican filibusters. Georgia is one of two undecided contests. A recount is under way in Minnesota in the tight race between Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken.