Perdue win validates anti-Obama strategy | savannahnow.com

ATLANTA — In his bid for the U.S. Senate, Republican David Perdue pressed a one-track strategy of hammering his Democratic opponent as a lackey of President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Michelle Nunn countered with promises of bipartisanship and “common-sense” moderation, casting Perdue as certain to fellow Republicans like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz into government shutdowns and continued gridlock.

Perdue’s strategy prevailed Tuesday in GOP-friendly Georgia. Instead of demographic shifts and an ambitious Democratic turnout effort ushering in a new era of two-party parity, white voters handed Perdue a comfortable victory in what had been forecast as a nail-biter — and possibly a runoff — whose outcome helped determine control of the Senate when the new Congress convenes in January.

With similar anti-Obama themes helping Republicans sweep nearly every competitive Senate race nationally, Perdue, 64, stands as one of at least seven freshmen in a newfound Senate GOP majority forged by campaigns also anchored with anti-Obama themes.

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