The other side is Jim Cooper...a Blue Dog...not a rabid left coast social engineer but a Dem nonetheless.
We donate to Marsha every election and have an invite to her next bash at the Ryman and her family plays t-ball with my kids at Old Hickory WSNL Cal Ripken.
She has never let us down and we would hate to lose her.
I saw this as a serious chauvinist who firmly believes that more often than not that women are less capable of leading and handling stress and adversity but since Queen Elisabeth the First ain't running I would be very happy with Marsha or that Alaska gal.
May I have your take on post 12 above?
I will never forget how Marsha stood up against Governor Taxquist when he was trying to shove a state income tax down our throat. She drove all the way from Nashville to the Tri-Cities in a driving rainstorm to speak to a small gathering of people who were opposing the income tax. There were only a few people in attendance; the rainstorm the primary reason. She could have cancelled, and we all would have understood, but she came though anyway. A class act all the way...