DJ, is there a conservative running against Senator Corker?
Yes, there are two, but they’re desultory opposition. Corker’s huge warchest ($13.4 mil) scared off people from both parties. The Dems may nominate the moonbat actress Park Overall (who played the late Richard Mulligan’s nurse assistant on “Empty Nest”), but she doesn’t even have $5,000 in her coffers (!) Only one Democrat in TN would have the credibility to make a run, and that’s ex-Gov. Bredesen, but I doubt he could win a Senate race at this point, nor would he wish to serve in what will probably be the minority.
I expect Conservatives to target Lamar! in 2014. He’s getting old and has pissed off the base. No one, however, as of yet has floated a specific name. The rest of the House delegation may wait to see if he announces he’s retiring (but I think it’s possible HE thinks he’s going to end up as Majority Leader like Baker & Frist). I last voted for him (only in the general) in 2002. I will never vote for him again (ditto for Corker, who doesn’t need my vote, nor Gov. Haslam, whom I voted against in 2010, and is a Willard disciple — I’m surprised he hasn’t been mentioned as a running mate. I’d love to have our Lt Gov Ramsey replace him).