
Chambliss Won the Georgia Senate Runoff The Associated Press has called the race for Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss. He jumped out to an early lead Tuesday over Democrat Jim Martin in Georgia's US Senate runoff that attracted light voter turnout despite the contest's high stakes on the balance of power in Washington.

So what's Senator John McCain to do following his concession to President-elect Obama? Go back to work, of course.
Word is John McCain started addressing his next move and role in the Senate yesterday with his top aides after offering Obama his "
goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together."

Democrats picked up the majority plus at least five seats in the Senate Tuesday by seizing seats from Republican incumbents in New Hampshire and North Carolina, while also gaining seats left by retiring Republicans in Virginia, Colorado and New Mexico.
The
New York Times has a comprehensive Senate map with the state results as they come in, but at 4:30 EST on Wednesday Democrats had 56 seats and Republicans had 41. Fifty-one is considered a majority, but it could be a few weeks before Democrats learn the final stats.

Moments ago, Barack Obama reinforced his plan for Iraq. In the major policy speech Obama
said: As president, I will pursue a tough, smart, and principled national security strategy. .