GEORGIA, GEORGIA

Posted at 9:12 a.m. ET

First the bad news:  The election isn't over. 

Now the good news:  There may be some good news.

There's a runoff Tuesday in Georgia, starring incumbent Republican Governor Saxby Chambliss against Dem challenger Jim Martin.  The election is critical.  If Martin wins, and if the Dems pick up the Minnesota seat held by Norm Coleman, the Democratic majority will have 60 seats, enough to break a filibuster and insure unrestrained Democratic rule.  But Chambliss, according to The Washington Times, is holding his own:

Mr. Martin is behind in polls, has half the cash of his opponent and early-voting turnout among black voters is stagnating - a crucial block for any Democrat in this mostly conservative state where Republicans also hold the other U.S. Senate seat, the governor's office and majorities in both houses of the state General Assembly.

That doesn't bode well for Mr. Martin and Senate Democrats eyeing an unexpected victory Tuesday to put them one vote away from a filibuster-breaking 60-vote majority and the power to ram the party's agenda through the chamber.

And...

"The holiday, the cold weather, the relatively lackluster campaign [by Mr. Martin] will put Senator Chambliss in the winning column," said University of Georgia political science professor Audrey A. Haynes. "With all of the potential issues that are positive for Martin and negative for Chambliss, it should be a Martin win, albeit a bit of a squeaker. But there just doesn't seem to be any fire."

Good.  Quench that fire, quench that fire.

Both campaigns overhauled their get-out-the-vote drives to counter the voter fatigue typical in runoffs. But Mr. Martin needs more of a turnout boost than his opponent. He finished nearly 110,000 votes behind Mr. Chambliss in the general election, despite the enthusiasm generated by Mr. Obama at the top of the Democratic ticket.

We can win this.  We'll look for any good news we can get.

November 25, 2008.