[fieldmarshaldj]

If it ends up Corker-Bryant-Blackburn, Corker (from what I understand, the Lamar!ite in this race) wins, because of a split Conservative vote (and in TN, alas, we have no primary runoff). I would truly be hard-pressed to choose between Bryant and Blackburn. Bryant got screwed in '02, but I also like younger and more hard-charging individuals, for which Ms. Blackburn fits the bill (and how many actual non-RINO Conservative GOP females do we have in the Senate ?).

[JohnnyZ]

and how many actual non-RINO Conservative GOP females do we have in the Senate ?).

Roughly 0, give or take a half here or there.

[Kuksool]

[how many actual non-RINO Conservative GOP females do we have in the Senate ?]

Does Liddy Dole count?

Anyway, the best RAT candidate to run would be Tanner. He is a liberal who is able to fool gullible Yellow Dogs into thinking he is a Zell Miller RAT.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Bryant got screwed in '02, but I also like younger and more hard-charging individuals, for which Ms. Blackburn fits the bill (and how many actual non-RINO Conservative GOP females do we have in the Senate ?)."

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I like Blackburn too, but I would rather have her wait a bit before running statewide. Bryant would make an outstanding Senator in his own right, and Blackburn is young enough that she can afford to build up her résumé before running statewide in 2010 or 2012.

The only pro-life Republican female in the Senate is Liddy Dole, and she is quite RINOish on several issues. But we are building up a very good farm team of pro-life conservative Congresswomen who would make great Senate candidates when an opportunity arises: Along with Blackburn, we have Melissa Hart from Western PA; Katherine Harris of Saratoga, FL; Anne Northup of Louisville, KY; Sue Myrick of Charlotte, NC (one of my sleepers for the 2008 VP slot if the Presidential candidate is from the North); Candice Miller from Macomb County, MI; Heather Wilson from Albuquerque, NM; Jo Ann Davis and now Thelma Drake from VA; Cathy McMorris from Spokane, WA; Marylin Musgrave from CO; Jo Ann Emerson from MO; and Barbara Cubin from WY.