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"I wish Ford would drop out of the Senate race and stay in the House. While his voting record is liberal, it's not anywhere as bad as what we would likely get from his replacement in that district."

As far as I'm concerned, I hope he stays and self-destructs, thanks to Daddy, Uncle John, and Auntie Ophelia. The primary to succeed him is going to be a real doozy.

"You say that Ford won't get more than 40% in the Senate race, and you may be right. But I don't think any other Democrat interested in the Senate race has a chance of winning, so the RATs are probably happy that Ford is running, since he might be able to complete the Hail Mary (he is extremely personable and photogenic, and does not sound like the typical liberal RAT). Besides, if Ford can increase black turnout, that would help Governor Bredesen and the other RATs up and down the ballot."

I'm actually more worried if State Sen. Rosalind Kurita is the nominee, rather than Ford. A Caucasian from a formerly GOP-held Clarksville-based district, she'd be a far more appealing and non-threatening candidate for the Democrats. There remains the situation this year that even if Bredesen gets reelected, the legislature continues to grow more Republican (we finally flipped the Senate last year without having party-switchers give us control, and we continue to chip away in the House, only 4 seats away from control -- the only problem being with RINO apostates who may still vote to keep Wilder and Boss Hogg Naifeh in control, and frankly the Caucus should make EVERY member sign a pledge that they will support the party's nominee for respective House & Senate Speakers or they will be kicked out of the caucus, period). I still wish we could get a strong GOP Gubernatorial candidate to aid us with a strong turnout, this IS still a winnable race given all of the negative and scandal-ridden baggage of this administration.