[JohnnyZ]

BTW, if there is a Bush blowout in Nov., I'm predicting right now that Harold Ford switches parties.

Harold Ford is a leftist. Don't buy the hype.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Harold Ford is a leftist. Don't buy the hype."

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I agree that Ford is a leftist, and that he would never switch. But he's been very smart in voting as if he were a conservative on several key issues (a la Clinton) in order to try to make him appear to be a "moderate." I hope Tennesseans don't fall for his act and keep him out of the U.S. Senate. And if he runs for VP in 2008, I hope the American people keep that in mind as well.

The one black Democrat Congressman who could (and should) switch to the GOP is Sanford Bishop of Georgia, who is for the most part pro-life, pro-gun and pro-business. And his rural district gave Bush 50% of the vote in 2000, so he could certainly get reelected as a Republican.

[LS]

He's to the right of many RINOS, and I suspect at least some of his positions are out of a need to "hang" with the Dems. It would be interesting to see how he would vote as a Republican.