Saxby Chambliss: GOP Needs Back To Basics

ATLANTA (AP) - Fresh off his double-digits runoff win, Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss says his party must return to its conservative roots.

Chambliss told reporters Wednesday his resounding victory over Democrat Jim Martin shows that the GOP must again embrace the values of Ronald Reagan.

And he said he expects his campaign will be a model for Republicans looking to regroup in the 2010 election cycle.

Chambliss drew 57 percent of the vote to Martin’s 43 percent Tuesday in the nationally watched race. Chambliss’ win thwarts Democrats’ hopes of achieving a 60-seat filibuster proof majority in the Senate.

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