It begins to look like Tennessee will indeed send a Democrat to the Senate.
Kos observes: "CQ updates this race to no clear favorite. The GOP is freaking out about this one. They're so used to the "liberal, liberal, liberal" mantra, that they're at a loss about what to do given that it's not working against Ford (D). His lack of liberal-ness is going to drive us crazy when he is Senator. Right now, it's going to help get him elected."
Yeah, well, we are going to return the favor and drive Ford crazy about his illiberal bent when he's elected, or when 'all your Congress belongs to us,' as Bushie would say.
Harold Ford is not a leader, when we move the country to the left, Ford will follow.
The New York Times also observes that Tennessee's GOP senate candidate is not doing so well. Certainly not when you consider that this is a red state. Some blame Bush, but I think Terri Schiavo's doctor -- or the dull and charismatically challenged Bill Frist -- deserves a fair share of the credit.
Corker, himself, is far from blameless. The GOP candidate with precious little political experience is apparently petrified of the national media. Meet the Press has been after Corker for nine months now, but Corker still says no.
Like Harold Ford says, Bob Corker is "a wimp."
Speaking of freaking out, Bush was in Tennessee -- again , raising money for Corker.
Bush can raise money, but he sure can't raise poll numbers. Actually, The Decider's visits seem to spark Corker's falling poll numbers. So the GOP is sending in the only really popular Republican in the country - Laura Bush.
But just in case Laura's sweetness can't save Corker, "Karl Rove is working on the Corker campaign."
That means that any day now, we can expect our compliant redstate media to suddenly discover the shocking rovian truth -- Harold Ford is not only an ultra liberal, but he's a militant gay! And [gasp] he's Black too!
Update: See Corker Meltdown at dkos.
Thanks to Alice for the graphic -- seen at 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera.
Related TGW Post: Corker Hearts Bush
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