Ugh, yes that disgusting liberal piggie. It was thrilling to see him go down in flames. He was preparing to take over from George Mitchell as Senate Majority Leader, but instead found himself on the losing end of a race against a political neophyte physician in his first ever race... who would later take the position Sasser had wanted his entire political career (but, alas, too bad Dr. Frist was a piss-poor Majority Leader. He was great as a backbencher, but he was not a leader).
I still don’t buy your view that MT isn’t trending blue. I think Burns/Talent/Allen, regardless of circumstances, were a disastrous trio of losses for conservatives and show that right now we don’t have an effective message, or at least, that it isn’t getting through or being effectively communicated.