Corker has the endorsement of National Right to Life. And its Tennessee affiliate says both groups "strongly oppose" Ford's election to the Senate.
HOWARD DEAN famously groused that southerners vote on "guns, God, and gays." Harold Ford Jr. seems to agree. The five-term Tennessee congressman has a TV ad in which he walks among church pews. On the campaign trail, he hands out "business cards" with his name on the front and the Ten Commandments on the back. During one debate he stressed the importance of "putting God first." He recently told an audience in the West Tennessee town of Camden, "I love Jesus."
If it seems like "Harold Ford" has been in Congress for several decades, that's because Ford took over Tennessee's 9th district from his father, Harold Ford Sr., who served for 22 years.
And, by rights, should probably be serving another 20 years, but not in the U.S. Congress.