Harold Ford for Senate

By: Brian
Published On: 6/26/2006 9:47:37 PM

Just across the state line, in Tennessee, there is another Senator who wants to be President.  Bill Frist, who like George Allen, plans to make a run for President in 2008.  But unlike Allen, Frist is not running for re-election to the Senate. 

The good news is that Frist vacating his Senate seat has created a great opportunity for Democratic Congressman Harold Ford, Jr.  Three Republican candidates are vying for the nomination to take on Ford.  In a recent poll, Ford is nearly dead-locked with all three of the Republicans.  This is certain to be a close race and a possible Democratic pick-up. 

Ford is a popular Congressman, who has "been re-elected four times by an average of 80% of the vote and enjoys a reputation as a consensus builder."  Read more about Harold Ford, Jr. on his website (a very good one, I might add).

We cannot forget about Frist's sacrifice, though.  Frist obviously wants Tennessee to have a full-time Senator that will serve a full term.  Allen, on the other hand, is being selfish and running for a second term in the Senate, despite that he is bored with the Senate and wishes he had been born in Iowa. 

Fortunately, though, Virginia has a candidate that is willing to serve a full term and put our Commonwealth ahead of his own personal political aspirations.  Come November, we will have two new great Senators: Jim Webb and Harold Ford, Jr.

Comments



Ford/rain (DukieDem - 6/26/2006 11:43:45 PM)
Harold Ford would come in a close second behind Jim Webb for favorite new Senator if all goes right. He's a candidate who can unite all wings of the party and should be a national leader in time.

On another note, is anyone else worried that the rain pouring a little way's north of here is another storm made worse by global warming? I don't know enough of it for sure, but can any enviro-policy wonks give an idea of if this the case?



RE: The water bottle (JPTERP - 6/27/2006 1:10:39 AM)
What's with the omnipresent water bottle that all politicos seem to have whenever they're speaking in front of a crowd?  I noticed this with Harris Miller and Jim Webb--and I'm sure many others do this.  Do folks have the water bottle simply to ward of hoarseness, or is there some other purpose to the bottle?  (e.g. a visual prop used to draw attention to the candidate?)

I remember hearing a story about a litigation attorney who used to put a pin inside a cigar so that there was a super-long ash that would just hang on to the cigar.  The super-long cigar ash apparently was very successful at diverting jurors' attention away from opposing attorneys whenever the opposing attorney was present his or her argument.  I'm guessing that the water bottle serves a similar purpose.

Excuse the indulgence, but I enjoy these speculative lines of inquiry.  Any thoughts?

BTW, Harold Ford will make an excellent Senator. 



Maybe (mkfox - 6/27/2006 2:10:18 AM)
all these candidates are thirsty for change! :D


I think ... (Brian - 6/27/2006 6:52:30 AM)
... they just do a lot of talking and don't want to lose their voice. 

Good theories, though. :)