I wonder how this will effect Harold Ford Jr's Senate campaign.
I think at this point, state Sen. Steve Cohen is the likeliest nominee. That won't particularly play well with Black voters, as Cohen is very Caucasian and Jewish (he is also regarded as the single most liberal member of the legislature). If only we could lure someone like Rod DeBerry, the Black Republican who hastened Harold, Sr's retirement in '96, into the race. I have to imagine a great number of Black Democrats will not vote for Cohen in the general (nevermind the anti-White bias, but there still remains considerable anti-Semitism in the Black community, fanned by their leaders), so that also could potentially depress turnout for Junior.