The 9th Congressional District of Tennessee is a Congressional district in southwestern Tennessee. The district is located entirely within Shelby County, and includes most of the city of Memphis. It is the state's only district located entirely in one county, as well as the state's only African-American-majority district.
Running Black Republican candidates against Jewish Democratic or White Democratic incumbants is a great tactical move. Well done.
What's not a great tactical move is overlooking more qualified White candidates for majority White districts, state or national elections out of a GOP version of "affirmative action". Our recent history is filled with "great pretenders".
Poster children: Michael Steele, Colin Powell, Armstrong Williams, J.C. Watts, etc.
When it came down to it, all these Black politicians showed that they were much more loyal to their race than to their supposed embrace of GOP ideals. Yet Beck, Rove, Armey et. al. keep telling us to try again. That's idiotic. Why Black Republicans Support Obama
True for these guys. I’ve met Charlotte several times, and friends of hers, she’s more like a soft voiced Sarah Palin.
The Shelby Co GOP in the past has run a black male candidate against the black dem incumbent Harold Ford Jr and he lost big time.
Things are slightly different this time around unemployment is 10% in Memphis, illegals are taking jobs that young blacks and whites would have normally taken, poverty is up despite the billions thrown at it. You name what is wrong with a big city run by demwits and that is what is wrong with Memphis.
Many have written the US 9th TN off as a lost cause.
Charlotte has cross over appeal for black and white. What she lacks is a war chest. Which her 2 term opponent has plenty of.