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Lovely. Porker gets to run for re-election essentially unopposed because of another Dem screw-up.
Mark Clayton (no, not the Dolphins receiver 
) is this cycle's version of Alvin Greene.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/tennessee-democrats-reject-u-senate-nominee-mark-clayton-145422739.html
Last Thursday, Democrat Mark Clayton won his party's nomination for U.S. Senate in Tennessee, but Democrats aren't celebrating.
From the state party:
Mark Clayton is associated with a known hate group in Washington, D.C., and the Tennessee Democratic Party disavows his candidacy, will not do anything to promote or support him in any way, and urges Democrats to write-in a candidate of their choice in November.
The party said in a statement last week that the only time the insurance agent has voted in a Democratic primary "was when he was voting for himself" and that Clayton won simply because he was listed first on the ballot.
Clayton, whose website displayed "bandwith limit exceeded" error messages Monday, has worked for Public Advocate of the United States, a conservative group that opposes same-sex marriage, the "furtherance of so-called 'Gay Rights,'" according to its website, and abortion rights legislation, among other initiatives.
From the state party:
Mark Clayton is associated with a known hate group in Washington, D.C., and the Tennessee Democratic Party disavows his candidacy, will not do anything to promote or support him in any way, and urges Democrats to write-in a candidate of their choice in November.
The party said in a statement last week that the only time the insurance agent has voted in a Democratic primary "was when he was voting for himself" and that Clayton won simply because he was listed first on the ballot.
Clayton, whose website displayed "bandwith limit exceeded" error messages Monday, has worked for Public Advocate of the United States, a conservative group that opposes same-sex marriage, the "furtherance of so-called 'Gay Rights,'" according to its website, and abortion rights legislation, among other initiatives.
