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Cleland ad causes trouble for ChamblissBy ANDY BARR 11/12/2008 05:34 PM ESTWith Sen. John McCain returning to the campaign trail on Thursday on stump for Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his runoff race in Georgia, Democrats are reminding voters and donors of a controversial ad aired by Chambliss in the heated final weeks of the 2002 campaign that shows pictures of Democratic Sen. Max Cleland, a triple-amputee from wounds suffered during his service in Vietnam, just after shots of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.The ad — which has a voice-over warning that, "As Americans face terrorists and extremist dictators, Max Cleland runs television ads saying he has the courage to lead," then lists votes where the Democrat opposed President Bush before concluding that "the record proves Max Cleland is just misleading" — helped propel Chambliss to an unexpected victory."I'd never seen anything like that ad," McCain said at the time of the spot, which was widely condemned by Democrats. Putting pictures of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden next to the picture of a man who left three limbs on the battlefield is "worse than disgraceful," said McCain. "It's reprehensible.”
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released a Web ad ahead of the Arizona senator’s visit titled “Disgraceful,” reminding voters of McCain’s 2002 response, and also issued a fundraising letter from Cleland where he writes, “In 2002, Saxby Chambliss won his Senate seat in the final days by putting my picture next to Osama bin Laden and lying about me,” Cleland wrote. “It was despicable, but it worked. This year, we can’t let Chambliss use the same vile tactics to defeat Democratic challenger Jim Martin.“Sen. Chambliss has his good pal, John McCain, to stand by his side and speak truth about his character,” the text of the ad reads before highlighting McCain’s comment. “It looks like even Sen. Chambliss’ buddy, John McCain, agrees. Georgians deserve better,” the ad concludes. A call to McCain's Senate office asking for comment on the 2002 ad was not returned by the time this article was posted.Chambliss told MSNBC on Monday that "we're just very pleased to have [McCain] coming in on Thursday of this week.”"If Cleland had won, you’d never have heard a thing about it," Chambliss told Politico in response to a question about the 2002 spot. "That ad is so mild compared to the ads I’ve seen in campaign after campaign since 2002. Plus, the ad was truthful.”“They lost," he added. "They're always going to be bitter about it."DSCC spokesman Matthew Miller said that while the 2002 ad "is not what [this year's] race is about, there is still certainly some resentment” among Democrats over it.“There is still a lot of animosity from Democrats directed at Saxby for that, and deservedly so,” Georgia Democratic Party spokesman Martin Mathen said. “It was a low blow.”
Both ActBlue and Daily Kos have spotlighted the ad in fundraising drives for Jim Martin, Chambliss’ Democratic opponent this year.
“I encourage you to give to Jim Martin’s campaign,” reads one fundraising e-mail to ActBlue donors. “Jim is running for the Georgia Senate seat against Saxby Chambliss. Perhaps you remember Saxby for his cynical, dishonest campaign against Max Cleland six years ago.”
National Republican Senatorial Committee spokeswoman Rebecca Fisher chastised Democrats for dwelling on 2002.
"The Chambliss campaign is focused on the future of Georgia and this nation. If Jim Martin and national Democrats want to focus on the past, that's his choice. Georgians have real problems that Sen. Chambliss working to solve," she said.
The NRSC hit Martin in the final week of this year's general election with an ad accusing the Democrat of voting against tougher penalties for those caught soliciting child prostitutes.
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measure that would bar the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases, a day

after the Senate defeated the measure.

A group of Republican senators — led by Pat Roberts of Kansas and

including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Saxby Chambliss

of Georgia and Thad Cochran of Mississippi — recently sent a letter to

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Six years ago, Saxby Chambliss was able to win a seat in the United States Senate by deploying a series of highly personalized swipes at incumbent Democrat Max Cleland.

The attacks on Cleland's patriotism -- including running an ad that pictured the triple-amputee Vietnam veteran alongside Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden -- left a particularly bad taste in the mouths of observers, including Sen. John McCain, who called it "worse than disgraceful... reprehensible." Chambliss, after all, had never served in Vietnam. And the excuses he offered were so lame, he changed them on several occasions.

The most widely ridiculed yarn was that Chambliss' "bad knee" had kept him from serving.

"I was determined not to be physically fit," he explained during a debate in August 2002. "I had a bum knee. I had an old football knee that unfortunately they wouldn't take me."

It seemed all too unbelievable. And, generally, it was. Chambliss had sought and received five student deferments from service in Vietnam. That he would, nevertheless, criticize Cleland's patriotism was a sharp dose of political chutzpah --- but one that ultimately worked.

Flash forward six years later and the dynamics of that race are in some respects being replayed once more. Chambliss currently finds himself in a runoff election against another Vietnam vet, Jim Martin, after neither candidate could secure 50 percent of the vote. John McCain, meanwhile, is campaigning on Chambliss' behalf, despite the harsh rebuke he offered during the Georgian's first run for higher office.

Cleland, meanwhile, is not exactly willing to let bygones be bygones. In an interview with the Huffington Post late October, the former Senator insisted that this current election was not about him. But he painted Martin's candidacy as a true opportunity for Peach State voters to right a wrong.

"The people in Georgia are still P.O.ed at the fact that [Karl] Rove and Ralph Reed and Chambliss and Bush, all of them have been totally discredited," he said. "People see [that the stuff in 2002 was a lie] and there is some regret out there that I am not still in the United States Senate. And so now they are taking that out in their support of Jim Martin who is a Vietnam veteran, who had a case of polio but overcame that to make sure he got into the military and serve in Vietnam. On the other side, you have Chambliss who got out of going to Vietnam with a trick knee."

Indeed, for Chambliss' critics, the notorious knee remains a symbol of the quibbles they have with the Senator: that the appearance he provides is removed from reality and that he has, at times, been an absentee Senator. Physical impairments aside, in October 2005, <a href="http://www.golfdigest.com/rankings/2007/politicalrankings_gd2007" style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; overflow: visible; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer;">Golf Digest ranked</a> Chambliss the #2 golfer in the Senate and the 33rd ranked golfer in Washington D.C. Sources close to Chambliss, in fact, once grew concerned that his reputation was suffering because of all the times he was spending on the links.

These sources didn't lack a legitimate reason. In a scathing column titled "Saxby Chambliss' Day Off," then-Roll Call reporter Mary Ann Akers wrote about how Chambliss once skipped work to play golf with Tiger Woods, while his colleagues held a closed door session in which they agreed to accelerate in inquiry into how the Bush administration handled intelligence about Iraq's weapons programs.

"Instead of being forced to talk about the uncomfortable issue of pre-Iraq war intelligence (or the lack thereof), Chambliss was 'the envy of golfers everywhere,' as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution put it," <a href="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/51_48/hoh/11166-1.html" style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; overflow: visible; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(0, 136, 195) !important;">wrote Akers</a>. "At least until he stepped up to what the newspaper called the club's 'unenviable first tee.' 'That was one of the more intimidating shots I have ever had,' the paper quoted Chambliss saying. 'Thank goodness it worked out.'"

"And thank goodness Chambliss, who sits on the Senate Select Intelligence and Armed Services committees, didn't have to suffer through the Democrats' tortuous questions about those elusive weapons of mass destruction and whether the Bush administration manipulated the truth and misled Congress into supporting the war."

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During an interview with Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) on MSNBC this afternoon, host Andrea Mitchell noted that John McCain is campaigning for him in Georgia today even though McCain had <a href="http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/11/10/historical_quote_of_the_day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">strongly condemned</a> one of his 2002 <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tKFYpd0q9nE" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">attack ads</a>. That ad linked his opponent, Max Cleland, to Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.

Earlier this week, Chambliss <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2008/11/12/32216/mccain-chambliss/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">defended the ad</a>, calling it “a lightweight ad” and “very fair.” Today, Mitchell gave him another opportunity to repent, but Chambliss wouldn’t bite: [VID LINK DELETED]

<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px none; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">MITCHELL: Do you have any regrets in retrospect?

CHAMBLISS: <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">You know, Andrea, that ad is truthful in every way. [...] He voted against George Bush eleven times on the issue of homeland security. [...] You have to remember the two most notible terrorists in the world at that point in time were Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. We were trying to protect the homeland. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">We were trying to create an agency that was going to protect Americans and in fact we did that, we did it without Cleland’s vote.

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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px none; font-size: 16.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.75px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">But the ad is not truthful. Chambliss claims that Cleland voted against vital homeland security efforts but in fact, Cleland was voting against a provision in a homeland security measure that would have <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58371-2004Sep28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">stripped away the collective bargaining rights</a> of federal employees — many of whom would form the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Of course, Cleland’s homeland security votes in no way linked him to either bin Laden or Saddam.

Cleland not only <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=1&vote=00281" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">voted to authorize</a> the use of military force in Afghanistan after Sept. 11, 2001, but he also <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:SN02452:@@@P" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">co-sponsored legislation</a> introduced in May 2002 that called for the creation of a cabinet-level DHS.

Thus, Chambliss’s claims that the attack ad was “very fair” and “truthful in every way” ring hollow. Even John McCain <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2008/11/12/32216/mccain-chambliss/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">knows</a> that.

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Clarence Saxby Chambliss, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Republican_Party_U.S.A." title="Republican Party U.S.A." class="mw-redirect">Republican</a>, has represented <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Members_of_the_U.S.Congress_from_Georgia" title="Category:Members of the U.S. Congress from Georgia">Georgia</a> in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S._Senate" title="U. S. Senate" class="mw-redirect">United States Senate</a> since 2002.

In Georgia's December 2, 2008, run-off election, Chambliss was endorsed by the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=MAF_Freedom_PAC" title="MAF Freedom PAC">MAF Freedom PAC</a>, which is associated with the pro-war group <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Move_America_Forward" title="Move America Forward">Move America Forward</a>. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a>

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Record_and_controversies">1 Record and controversies</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Environmental_record">1.2 Environmental record</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Oil_Record">1.3 Oil Record</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Post_9-11_comments">1.4 Post 9-11 comments</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Ambassadorship">1.5 Ambassadorship</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#General_Casey_confirmation">1.6 General Casey confirmation</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#National_security_and_foreign_policy">1.8 National security and foreign policy</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#2008_Election">3 2008 Election</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Money_in_politics">4 Money in politics</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Oil_Money_in_Politics">4.1 Oil Money in Politics</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Committees_and_Affiliations">5 Committees and Affiliations</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Committees">5.1 Committees</a>

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<li class="toclevel-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress_.282005-2006.29">5.1.1 Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#More_Background_Data">6 More Background Data</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Contact">7 Contact</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Articles_and_resources">8 Articles and resources</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Resources">8.1 Resources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Related_SourceWatch_articles">8.2 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Sources">8.3 Sources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Articles">8.4 Articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites">8.5 Local blogs and discussion sites</a></li>

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<h2>Record and controversies</h2>

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Chambliss voted for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_2002" title="Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002">Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002</a> that started the Iraq War.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a>

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<h3>Environmental record</h3>

For more information on environmental legislation, see the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Energy_and_Environment_Policy_%28U.S.%29" title="Portal:Energy and Environment Policy (U.S.)">Energy and Environment Policy Portal</a>

<h3>Oil Record</h3>

Saxby Chambliss has voted in favor of big oil companies on 100% of important oil-related bills, according to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oil_Change_International" title="Oil Change International">Oil Change International</a>. These bills include Iraq War funding, climate change studies, clean energy, and oil import reductions. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a> See below for oil money in politics.

<h3>Post 9-11 comments</h3>

Chambliss was criticized for remarks he made during a November 19, 2001 meeting with emergency responders in Valdosta, Georgia, where he said that they should "turn the sheriff loose and arrest every Muslim that crosses the state line".

<h3>Ambassadorship</h3>

In telephone conversation captured by a New York Times Magazine reporter, Chambliss asked Senate Majority Leader <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">Bill Frist</a> to help secure an ambassadorship for a big donor (AP, 5/14/03):

Before hanging up, Chambliss asks for Frist's support in appointing a friend and Republican donor to an ambassadorship to an economic development organization.

"I don't even know what the hell it is, but he wants it," Chambliss says.

"He has lots of dollar figures down there?" Frist asks.

"That's exactly right," Chambliss said. "And he did raise a chunk of money for me."

"All right," Frist said. "You're a good man."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a>

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<h3>General Casey confirmation</h3>

Chambliss, as a member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Committee on Armed Services</a>, as well as <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect">Republican</a> Sens. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Ensign" title="John Ensign">John Ensign</a>, voted against the confirmation of General <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_W._Casey" title="George W. Casey" class="mw-redirect">George Casey</a> as chief of staff of the Army in early February 2007. The overall confirmation vote was 14-3.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_note-4" title="">[5]</a>

On March 29, 2007, Chambliss introduced the Fair Tax Act of 2007 to the Senate. The bill would abolish the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), repeal the federal income tax, enact a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the states, and lastly, repeal the estate tax. After it was introduced it was referred to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="Senate Committee on Finance">Senate Committee on Finance</a>.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_note-5" title="">[6]</a>

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<h3>National security and foreign policy</h3>

On February 15, 2007, Sen. Chambliss introduced the National Guard and Reserve Retirement Modernization Act (S.648), which "would amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the eligibility age for receipt of non-regular military service retired pay for members of the Ready Reserve in active federal status or on active duty for significant periods."

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<dd>Main article: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Guard_and_Reserve_Retirement_Modernization_Act" title="National Guard and Reserve Retirement Modernization Act">National Guard and Reserve Retirement Modernization Act</a></dd>

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Saxby Chambliss was born November 10, 1943 in Warrenton, North Carolina and graduated from C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. He graduated from both the University of Georgia and the University of Tennessee College of Law and began his political career as an attorney. He was elected to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S.House_of_Representatives" title="U. S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect">U. S. House of Representatives</a> in 1994 as one of the new conservative Republican congressmen whose elections caused the party to gain a majority in both houses of congress. A long-time congressman and fellow Georgian, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a>, was the leader of the movement, and Chambliss and the other Republicans elected that year are known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Revolution" class="extiw" title="w:Republican Revolution">Class of '94</a>. Chambliss was re-elected to the House in 1996, 1998 and 2000. During his four terms in the House, Chambliss served on the House's Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and served as Chairman of the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security.

Chambliss ran for the Senate in 2002 and won a close race, defeating the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=United_States_Democratic_Party" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic</a> incumbent, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Max_Cleland" title="Max Cleland">Max Cleland</a>. His campaign was based on themes of national defense and security, but drew criticism for television ads featuring images of Cleland and Osama bin Laden and Saddam and for questioning the commitment to homeland security of his opponent, a triple amputee and decorated Vietnam veteran.

<h2>2008 Election</h2>

Chambliss beat <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jim_Martin" title="Jim Martin">Jim Martin</a> (D) in a runoff for the Senate seat on Dec. 2, 2008. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_note-6" title="">[7]</a>

<h2>Money in politics</h2>

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. <crpcontribdata>cid=N00002685&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata>

<table class="prettytable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="3">Links to more campaign contribution information for Saxby Chambliss

from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> site.</th></tr><tr><td>Fundraising profile:</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00002685" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00002685" rel="nofollow">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00002685" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00002685" rel="nofollow">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by organization/corporation:</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00002685" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00002685" rel="nofollow">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00002685" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00002685" rel="nofollow">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by industry:</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00002685" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00002685" rel="nofollow">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00002685" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00002685" rel="nofollow">Career totals</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Chambliss%2C+Saxby" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Chambliss%2C+Saxby" rel="nofollow">Revolving door profile for Saxby Chambliss</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

<li><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00002685" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00002685" rel="nofollow">2006 privately funded travel profile for Saxby Chambliss</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

<li><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00002685" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00002685" rel="nofollow">Personal finance profile for Saxby Chambliss</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

</ul>

<h3>Oil Money in Politics</h3>

Saxby Chambliss has received $103,750 in oil contributions during the 110th congress. $77,000 of those dollars were from industry PACS. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_note-7" title="">[8]</a> In total, Chambliss has accepted $203,642 from oil companies since 2000, which makes him one of the top recipients of oil money in the Senate. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_note-8" title="">[9]</a> In addition to oil, Chambliss has also received $91,000 in coal contributions during the 110th congress. $24,500 of those dollars were from industry PACS. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_note-9" title="">[10]</a> See above for oil and energy voting record.

<h2>Committees and Affiliations</h2>

<h3>Committees</h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_Committee_on_Agriculture,Nutrition,and_Forestry" title="Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry">Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry</a> - Ranking Member</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Committee on Armed Services</a>

<ul>

<li>Subcommittee on Airland</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Personnel</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_Committee_on_Rules_and_Administration" title="Senate Committee on Rules and Administration">Senate Committee on Rules and Administration</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="Senate Select Committee on Intelligence">Senate Select Committee on Intelligence</a></li>

</ul>

<h4>Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</h4>

<ul>

<li>Subcommittee on Airland</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Personnel</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Seapower</li>

</ul>

</li>

</ul>

<h2>More Background Data</h2>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=CNIP7909" class="external text" title="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=CNIP7909" rel="nofollow">Background information on Saxby Chambliss from Project Vote Smart</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=CNIP7909" class="external text" title="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=CNIP7909" rel="nofollow">Interest group scorecard ratings for Saxby Chambliss from Project Vote Smart</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/c000286" class="external text" title="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/c000286" rel="nofollow">Voting record for Saxby Chambliss from the Washington Post database</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=GASR&site=congressmerge" class="external text" title="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=GASR&site=congressmerge" rel="nofollow">Information on Saxby Chambliss from Congress Merge</a></li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> also has an article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxby_Chambliss" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxby_Chambliss" rel="nofollow">Saxby Chambliss</a>. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL" rel="nofollow">GFDL</a>.

<ul>

<li><a href="http://whereistand.com/SaxbyChambliss/wizard" class="external text" title="http://whereistand.com/SaxbyChambliss/wizard" rel="nofollow">See how you compare to Saxby Chambliss</a></li>

</ul>

<h2>Contact</h2>

DC Office:

416 Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20510-1005

Phone: 202-224-3521

Fax: 202-224-0103

<a href="http://chambliss.senate.gov/static/Contact/Wc7e0dd0995d39.htm" class="external text" title="http://chambliss.senate.gov/static/Contact/Wc7e0dd0995d39.htm" rel="nofollow">Web Email</a>

<a href="http://chambliss.senate.gov/" class="external text" title="http://chambliss.senate.gov/" rel="nofollow">Website</a>

District Office- Atlanta:

100 Galleria Parkway, Suite 1340

Atlanta, GA 30339

Phone: 770-763-9090

Fax: 770-226-8633

District Office- Augusta:

1058 Claussen Road, Suite 105

Augusta, GA 30907

Phone: 706-738-0302

Fax: 706-738-0901

District Office- Macon:

6501 Peake Road, Building 950

Macon, GA 31210

Phone: 478-476-0788

TollFree: 800-234-4208

Fax: 478-476-0735

District Office- Moultrie:

419-A South Main Street

Post Office Box 3217

Moultrie, GA 31776

Phone: 229-985-2112

Fax: 229-985-2123

District Office- Savannah:

2 East Bryan Street, Suite 620

Savannah, GA 31401

Phone: 912-232-3657

Fax: 912-233-0115

<h2>Articles and resources</h2>

<h3>Resources</h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://chambliss.senate.gov/" class="external text" title="http://chambliss.senate.gov/" rel="nofollow">Official website</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.nhgazette.com/cgi-bin/NHGstore.cgi?user_action=detail&catalogno=CH_Chambliss,%20Saxby" class="external text" title="http://www.nhgazette.com/cgi-bin/NHGstore.cgi?user_action=detail&catalogno=CH_Chambliss,%20Saxby" rel="nofollow">Military Non-service</a></li>

<li><a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000286" class="external text" title="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000286" rel="nofollow">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></li>

<li>James Moore. 2004. Bush's War for Reelection: Iraq, The White House, and the People. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Special:BookSources/0471483850" class="internal">ISBN 0471483850</a>. Chapter 15, pp. 288-308.</li>

<li><a href="http://oilmoney.priceofoil.org/federalRaceGraph.php?type=congress" class="external text" title="http://oilmoney.priceofoil.org/federalRaceGraph.php?type=congress" rel="nofollow">Follow the Oil Money-Senate</a></li>

<li><a href="http://oilmoney.priceofoil.org/voteTables.php?chamber=S" class="external text" title="http://oilmoney.priceofoil.org/voteTables.php?chamber=S" rel="nofollow">Vote Tracker</a></li>

<li><a href="http://coalmoney.priceofoil.org/federalRaceGraph.php?type=congress" class="external text" title="http://coalmoney.priceofoil.org/federalRaceGraph.php?type=congress" rel="nofollow">Follow the Coal Money- Senate</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.appvoices.org" class="external text" title="http://www.appvoices.org" rel="nofollow">Appalachian Voices</a></li>

</ul>

<h3>Related SourceWatch articles</h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Freedom%27s_Watch" title="Freedom's Watch">Freedom's Watch</a></li>

</ul>

<h3>Sources</h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> Jennifer Maddox Parks, "<a href="http://www.albanyherald.com/stories/20081126n6.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.albanyherald.com/stories/20081126n6.htm" rel="nofollow">Group shows support for Saxby Chambliss</a>," The Albany Herald (Georgia), November 26, 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2002/roll455.xml" class="external text" title="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2002/roll455.xml" rel="nofollow">Roll call vote</a>, Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.</li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_ref-2" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://oilmoney.priceofoil.org/voteTables.php" class="external text" title="http://oilmoney.priceofoil.org/voteTables.php" rel="nofollow">Vote Tracker</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_ref-3" title="">↑</a> Scott Henry. <a href="http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A12237" class="external text" title="http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A12237" rel="nofollow">"Saxby Chambliss: For lacking the decency to admit when he's caught red-handed,"</a> Creative Loafing. May 29, 2003.</li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_ref-4" title="">↑</a> Roxana Tiron.<a href="http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/020707/vote.html" class="external text" title="http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/020707/vote.html" rel="nofollow">"Three GOP sens. vote against confirmation,"</a> The Hill. February 7, 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_ref-5" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN01025:@@@P" class="external text" title="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN01025:@@@P" rel="nofollow">"S. 1025"</a> THOMAS</li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_ref-6" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHW-ZJ03DLcUGUM9z9p2nkbRAG-QD94R4DTO0" class="external text" title="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHW-ZJ03DLcUGUM9z9p2nkbRAG-QD94R4DTO0" rel="nofollow">Chambliss wins US Senate runoff in Georgia</a>Associated Press. December 3, 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_ref-7" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://oilmoney.priceofoil.org/federalRaceGraph.php?type=congress" class="external text" title="http://oilmoney.priceofoil.org/federalRaceGraph.php?type=congress" rel="nofollow">Follow the Oil Money</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_ref-8" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://oilmoney.priceofoil.org/voteTables.php" class="external text" title="http://oilmoney.priceofoil.org/voteTables.php" rel="nofollow">Vote Tracker</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saxby_Chambliss#cite_ref-9" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://coalmoney.priceofoil.org/federalRaceGraph.php?type=congress" class="external text" title="http://coalmoney.priceofoil.org/federalRaceGraph.php?type=congress" rel="nofollow">Follow the Coal Money</a></li>

</ol>

<h3>Articles</h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a.wihIcOy2Sw&refer=us" class="external text" title="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a.wihIcOy2Sw&refer=us" rel="nofollow">Chambliss Spends PAC Money on Travel, 5-Star Hotels</a> by Michael Forsythe and Kristin Jensen, Bloomberg, 10/10/05</li>

<li><a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0503/15chambliss.html" class="external text" title="http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0503/15chambliss.html" rel="nofollow">Chambliss, Frist Discuss Ambassadorship for Campaign Donor</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/51_48/hoh/11166-1.html" class="external text" title="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/51_48/hoh/11166-1.html" rel="nofollow">Chambliss' son Bo is lobbyist for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange; and a better golfer than his dad</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/monsanto/agpost011105.cfm" class="external text" title="http://www.organicconsumers.org/monsanto/agpost011105.cfm" rel="nofollow">Chambliss Names Former Monsanto Lobbyist to be Staff Director of Agriculture Staff</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20040830/a_lobbying30.art.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20040830/a_lobbying30.art.htm" rel="nofollow">GOP 2004 Convention: BellSouth, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, UST and the Southern Co. are throwing a late-night party on Wednesday for Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Saxby Chambliss of Georgia at the Supper Club in midtown Manhattan</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/newdex.php?display=rednews/2002/10/28/build/world/n-gop-ads.inc" class="external text" title="http://www.billingsgazette.com/newdex.php?display=rednews/2002/10/28/build/world/n-gop-ads.inc" rel="nofollow">Homeland Security Ad Attacks War Hero</a></li>

<li>Roxana Tiron, <a href="http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/020707/vote.html" class="external text" title="http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/020707/vote.html" rel="nofollow">"Three GOP sens. vote against confirmation,"</a> The Hill, February 7, 2007.</li>

</ul>

<h3>Local blogs and discussion sites</h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/" class="external text" title="http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Georgia Unfiltered</a></li>

<li><a href="http://amaddemocrat.blogspot.com/" class="external text" title="http://amaddemocrat.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">A Mad Democrat</a></li>

</ul>

Corresponding article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxby_Chambliss" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxby_Chambliss" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> and <a href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Saxby_Chambliss" class="external text" title="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Saxby_Chambliss" rel="nofollow">Cause Caller</a>. (If Cause Caller link does not work, pick from its list of <a href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Senator" class="external text" title="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Senator" rel="nofollow">senators</a> and <a href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Representative" class="external text" title="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Representative" rel="nofollow">representatives</a>.)

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Max Cleland versus Saxby Chambliss

Used at all levels of campaigning, negative attack advertising reached new heights during the 2002 elections. While public opinion largely disapproves of the negative technique increasingly employed in elections, these negative tactics invariably work to the candidates’ advantage. Arguably one of the most negative races of the year, the 2002 U.S. Senate race between Democratic incumbent Max Cleland and Republican challenger Saxby Chambliss demonstrates the results found by scholars in the context of a real campaign. Chambliss decided to run for the Senate after being drawn into the same House district with fellow Republican Jack Kingston. After serving as Georgia’s Secretary of the State for many years, incumbent Cleland was first elected to the Senate in 1996 with 49 percent of the vote (www.cnn.com, 2002).

Negative Advertising in the 2002 U.S. Senate Race

Throughout the election, several negative messages were used to undermine the campaign efforts of each opponent. The “$20 million tug of war” delivered some of the most negative advertisements in 2002 (Tharpe, 2002). The Sierra Club, an environmental organization supporting Cleland, ran the first negative ads of the campaign. Soon after the Sierra Club’s attack ads aired, Chambliss’ consultants launched a strategic effort using negative advertising to undermine Cleland’s credibility and platform. Chambliss justified his negative advertisements against Cleland: “We knew early on we couldn’t win if we ran against Cleland, so we ran against his record and his lack of leadership” (McMurray, 2002). Tom Perdue, chief campaign consultant to Chambliss, described the campaign strategy: “We picked out several votes that weren’t in sync with Georgia. And we ran [seven] 10-second commercials. When we knew that two of them worked, we converted them to 30-second spots” (Williams, Dick, 2002). Cleland disagreed with Chambliss’ negative attacks in the campaign: “I think the people of Georgia deserve better. They didn’t deserve character assassination ads that go after me” (Williams, Dave, 2002). Despite Cleland’s distaste for negative ads, the nature of the campaign became that of an advertising battleground. Among the negative ads used in his campaign, Cleland attacked Chambliss for votes that would hurt Georgia’s families and health care. During the campaign, Chambliss’ negative messages about Cleland ranged from his support for higher taxes, preventing the Boy Scouts from meeting on school grounds, providing public school children with birth control, to voting against the President’s Homeland Security efforts. However, the advertisement regarding Homeland Security was the most profound in the race.

Homeland Security

As chairman of the House Intelligence Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, Chambliss was extremely supportive of President Bush’s anti-terrorism efforts (Williams, Dave, 2002). The Department of Homeland Security was deadlocked in the Senate and Chambliss used Cleland’s key vote to undermine his message that he supported the President’s efforts. Chambliss’ 30-second spot accusing Cleland of voting 11 times against a bill to create the Department of Homeland Security, announced, “Max Cleland says he has the courage to lead, but the record proves that is just misleading.” Even though Cleland’s record showed that he voted for a version of the bill that favored more protection for federal health care employee unions, President Bush and Miller supported the version that allowed the president complete control over hiring and firing of federal employees in the department. Although the message was strong, images of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein ignited the controversy surrounding the ad. The day the ad aired, Democrats sent e-mails around the country reporting that Chambliss’ team challenged Cleland’s patriotism. Further refuting the attack, Cleland appeared on the Judy Woodruff show at CNN the next day. U.S. Senator Zell Miller pointed to Cleland’s record in the Vietnam War, during which he lost both legs and an arm. “It’s disgraceful for anybody to question Max Cleland’s commitment to our national security,” argued Senator Zell Miller; “Max Cleland is my hero” (www.pbs.org, 2002). Chambliss’ team refused to admit that the ad challenged Cleland’s patriotism. Despite the controversy, Perdue held that “the pictures were not even a significant part of the ad. They were thrown in to magnify our words…in a time of turmoil and turbulence…they were dictators in the world” (Perdue, 2003). Perdue explained that the strategy was to “…undo his credibility because he was lying about his record…and we tried to undo his slogan” (Perdue, 2003). Chambliss’ campaign later spliced out the Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein images, contending that the controversy shifted attention away from the ad’s message. However, the “courage to lead” language was not removed and the ad reappeared on Monday of the following week. The Homeland Security 30-second spot was “the ad that broke the whole campaign wide open…what we called into question were his votes. The more he screamed about the ad, the more he called into question that he couldn’t defend his votes. Had Max Cleland left that ad alone…we would’ve lost the race” (Perdue, 2003). Perdue believed Cleland’s reaction to the ad was a mistake: “We got more airplay on that ad than we could’ve ever afforded to buy if we put all our money in the campaign. Every national network played and replayed that ad” (Perdue, 2003). Although Cleland’s reaction affected the impact of the ad, the message’s impact increased, possibly due to the phenomenon known as the sleeper effect.

The Sleeper Effect in the 2002 U.S. Senate Race

Chambliss’ negative ad, attacking Cleland for his failure to support President Bush’s Homeland Security efforts, illustrates the sleeper effect in a real campaign. The dramatic reaction by Cleland, his staff, and his supporters emphasized the negativity of the message. Due to the controversy perpetuated by Cleland’s reaction, the ad was given widespread publicity by national and local television stations. Providing the requirement for an absolute sleeper effect to occur, the discounting cue appeared after the ad at the bottom of the viewer’s television screen. Even though Chambliss endured criticism for allegedly challenging Cleland’s patriotism, it appeared that the impact of the message grew larger than the memory of the source by the day of election.

<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/23/1163626/-GA-Sen-Don-t-Applaud-Saxby-Chambliss-R#">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/23/1163626/-GA-Sen-Don-t-Applaud-Saxby-Chambliss-R#</a>

<span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14.4px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(246, 243, 236); display: inline ! important; float: none;">after losing his U.S. Senate seat to an opponent who ran post-9/11 TV ads that showed the decorated Vietnam vet alongside Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, Cleland fell into a depression he was afraid he might not pull out of. It was public service, he says, that had given his life shape and meaning after he left three limbs on a battlefield in Khe Sanh. But without that role, the old darkness came back. Along with his job and his bearings, he lost his relationship with his fiancée. "That's emotionally and physically over,'' he told me. "That's gone.'' And for a time, he was once again a patient at Walter Reed, where he'd first been put back together nearly four decades earlier – and was now surrounded by vets from Iraq and Afghanistan: "I cried uncontrollably for 2 ½ years.'' - Politics Daily, 2009

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<table id="topContrib" class="datadisplay" style=" margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236); border: 1px solid rgb(95, 95, 95); min-width: 450px; border-collapse: collapse; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><tbody><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Club for Growth</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$184,916</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$181,860</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$3,056</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Southern Co</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$163,650</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$101,400</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$62,250</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">King & Spalding</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$123,730</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$92,730</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$31,000</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">AFLAC Inc</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$109,700</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$52,700</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$57,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Lockheed Martin</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$107,000</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$42,500</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$64,500</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table id="topIndus" class="datadisplay" style=" margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236); border: 1px solid rgb(95, 95, 95); min-width: 450px; border-collapse: collapse; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><tbody><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Crop Production & Basic Processing</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,637,936</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Retired</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,591,060</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Lawyers/Law Firms</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,251,513</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Health Professionals</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,069,259</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Real Estate</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,031,728</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Leadership PACs</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$854,090</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Securities & Investment</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$826,262</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Agricultural Services/Products</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$793,016</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Insurance</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$784,416</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Lobbyists</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$615,460</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Commercial Banks</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$598,945</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Food Processing & Sales</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$493,683</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Food & Beverage</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$483,825</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Misc Finance</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$464,350</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Republican/Conservative</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$421,793</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Forestry & Forest Products</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$399,807</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Electric Utilities</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$390,400</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">General Contractors</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$383,787</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Oil & Gas</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$383,242</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Misc Manufacturing & Distributing</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$378,836</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<h1 class="ruleAbove" style=" font-size: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(132, 22, 40); line-height: 36px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(132, 22, 40);"><a id="sec" name="sec"> </a>Sector Totals</h1>

<table id="topSect" class="datadisplay" style=" margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236); border: 1px solid rgb(95, 95, 95); min-width: 450px; border-collapse: collapse; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><tbody><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><th style=" padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Sector</th><th style=" padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Total</th><th style=" padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">PACs</th><th style=" padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Indivs</th></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Agribusiness</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,073,120</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,112,799</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,960,321</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Communications/Electronics</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$742,658</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$396,854</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$345,804</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Construction</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,109,679</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$294,800</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$814,879</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Defense</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$551,373</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$466,223</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$85,150</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Energy & Natural Resources</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,009,050</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$610,800</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$398,250</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Finance, Insurance & Real Estate</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,109,460</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,204,979</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,904,481</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Health</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,773,358</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$679,799</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,093,559</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Lawyers & Lobbyists</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,866,973</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$285,736</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,581,237</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Transportation</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$829,931</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$447,500</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$382,431</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Misc Business</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,558,536</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$972,375</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,586,161</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Labor</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$67,635</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$64,635</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$3,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Ideological/Single-Issue</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,703,942</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,374,556</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$329,386</td></tr><tr><td style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Other</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,915,670</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$6,500</td><td class="number" style=" font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,909,17</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table id="topContrib" class="tablesorter" style="background-color: rgb(205, 205, 205); margin: 10px 0pt 15px; font-size: 8pt; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18px;"><tbody><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Club for Growth</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$184,916</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$181,860</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$3,056</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">Southern Co</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$163,650</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$101,400</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$62,250</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">King & Spalding</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$123,730</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$92,730</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$31,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">AFLAC Inc</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$109,700</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$52,700</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$57,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Lockheed Martin</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$107,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$42,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$64,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">Troutman Sanders</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$87,154</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$68,170</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$18,984</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Flowers Foods</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$87,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$52,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$35,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">AT&T Inc</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$81,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$28,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$53,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Synovus Financial Corp</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$77,300</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$40,300</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$37,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">IntercontinentalExchange Inc</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$76,950</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$70,450</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$6,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Citigroup Inc</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$75,493</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$55,493</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">Loose Group</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$70,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$70,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Lasseter Tractor</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$69,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$69,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">Northrop Grumman</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$68,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$5,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$63,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Blue Cross/Blue Shield</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$66,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$18,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$48,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">National Beer Wholesalers Assn</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$65,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$65,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Coca-Cola Enterprises</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$64,720</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$26,220</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$38,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">AGCO Corp</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$64,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$64,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Home Depot</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$60,200</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$33,200</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$27,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">Altria Group</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$59,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$3,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$56,000

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