Sen. McCain was in Georgia yesterday and made a visit to the State Capital. I was there and got to meet him (biting my tongue thinking of all the things I would love to say to him but did not) as he made the rounds wooing the state legislators. He spoke at caucus meetings for both the house and senate. An interesting note is that also there with him was Sen. Phil Gramm, who I also talked to briefly. Sen. Saxby was there, but did not appear to be there with Sen. McCain. Saxby was addressing the house while McCain was addressing the Senate. McCain was a very big help to Lt. Gov Casey Cagle (who SaveTheGop endorsed) in his race against Ralph Reed. Mitt Romney is having a huge fundraiser down here tonight. On a side note, McCain looked terrible. He looked old, tired and pale. I am not sure how much support he picked up if any. Romney is bringing in all the old bush money in the state and is bringing in key endorsements as well. I will try and write more of my thoughts and observations later.

Our favorite leftists over at Daily Kos are busy handicapping who will oppose Senator Saxby Chambliss in 2008. All the expected players are mentioned. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, Congressman Jim Marshall of Macon, and former Secretary of State Cathy Cox. But the most interesting is former Heavyweight Champ and Dancing with the Stars contestant Evander Holyfield.

Holyfield has given money to the Democrats before (and, according to newsmeat, only to the Democrats), would probably have the ability to self-fund (in addition to his boxing career he owns a record company, a piece of The Black Family Channel, and I’ve heard that he is co-owner of the Atlanta cable system).  Having said that, I believe Holyfield has been found to have had a large number of illegitimate children which would probably hurt him.

H/T: AJC Political Insider