To: mariabush
In another weird twist, Ford's brother Jake, who has an arrest record, is running to fill Ford's House seat as an independent. In turn, the Ford family has more or less decided to oppose the Democratic candidate for the open seat. Harold Jr. has not endorsed the Democratic candidate, and Harold Sr. is campaigning for Jake. Says Ingram, the family drama "has every Democrat in Memphis and West Tennessee in a tizzy."
Many Tennesseans are surprised that a Democrat with so much baggage has run such a close race against an attractive Republican candidate. The success of Ford's campaign "is the most shocking thing a person could have witnessed in Tennessee politics in a lifetime," says Bruce Dobie, a conservative Democrat and media entrepreneur in Nashville. "It's just astonishing all the way across the board." A Ford victory would arguably be the Senate upset of the year. It might also portend a long election night for Republicans.
15 posted on
10/29/2006 3:35:06 PM PST by
kcvl
To: kcvl
I am surprised myself! Anyone that votes for a Ford in Tenn. is plain stupid!!!!
17 posted on
10/29/2006 3:53:44 PM PST by
Coldwater Creek
(John Gibson is right. " If the Democrats win the terrorist win.")
To: kcvl
Anyone that votes for Ford is just plain stupid.
20 posted on
10/29/2006 3:55:54 PM PST by
Coldwater Creek
(John Gibson is right. " If the Democrats win the terrorist win.")
To: kcvl
Anyone that votes for Ford is just plain stupid.
21 posted on
10/29/2006 3:55:54 PM PST by
Coldwater Creek
(John Gibson is right. " If the Democrats win the terrorist win.")
To: kcvl
Anyone that votes for Ford is just plain stupid.
22 posted on
10/29/2006 3:56:09 PM PST by
Coldwater Creek
(John Gibson is right. " If the Democrats win the terrorist win.")
To: kcvl
Sorry about all of the repeats, i have no idea what happened.
24 posted on
10/29/2006 4:57:31 PM PST by
Coldwater Creek
(John Gibson is right. " If the Democrats win the terrorist win.")
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