U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia) won an important runoff election yesterday, guaranteeing at least 41 Republican votes in the United States Senate. This is an important victory for freedom-loving conservatives plain and simple. Even though there are several Republicans who will routinely vote with Democrats and put a filibuster out of reach, Chambliss can be counted on to regularly oppose the liberal Democratic agenda.

Sen. Chambliss is rightly urging Republicans to return to their conservative roots. This is a positive sign in the first congressional election since Obama’s election.

Victorious Chambliss urges GOP to return to basics

ATLANTA (AP) _ Fresh off a win in his U.S. Senate runoff, Georgia Republican Saxby Chambliss is calling on his party to return to its conservative roots.

Chambliss beat Democrat Jim Martin 57 percent to 43 percent Tuesday to win a second term in the Senate, denying Democrats there a filibuster-proof majority.

On Wednesday, he told reporters he expects his campaign to be a model for Republicans looking to regroup in 2010 after losing the presidency and House and Senate seats this year.

Chambliss says his resounding victory shows the GOP must again embrace the values of Ronald Reagan. Georgia is traditionally a red state.

The runoff was necessary because neither Chambliss nor Martin got more than 50 percent of the vote in a three-way race Nov. 4.