Breaking: Harold Ford Jr. Pulls Even After Nasty Attacks

[Jackson4Gore]

We are going to win this race despite their nasty ads!

According to a new SurveyUSA poll out this evening, Ford is now back tied with Corker after the nasty ads ran against him and his family!

http://haroldfordjr2006.blogspot.com/

If you can, please send Congressman Ford money and your prayers!

We need everyone's help! The momentum is back on our side!

Chris

[ronnykmarshall]

1. Just sent $$$

[Infinite Hope]

2. 13 days...

Volunteering is more important. Send money if you can, but every DU member in Tennessee should be calling the Ford campaign and asking to volunteer:

Nashville Office:
Harold Ford Jr. For Tennessee
209 10th Avenue S.
Suite #229
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Memphis Office:
Harold Ford Jr. For Tennessee
1213 Ridgeway Road
Memphis, Tennessee 38119
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Chattanooga Office:
Harold Ford Jr. For Tennessee
23 Patten Parkway
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Jackson Office:
Harold Ford Jr. For Tennessee
718 N. Highland
Jackson, Tennessee 38301
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Knoxville Office:
Harold Ford Jr. For Tennessee
6408 Papermill
Knoxville, Tennessee 37919
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Tri-Cities Office:
Harold Ford Jr. For Tennessee
200 W. Fairview Avenue
Johnson City, Tennessee 37604
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[BootinUp]

3. This is the big one.

So much rides on this contest.

[LA lady]

4. Is he worth it?

He endorsed Lie-berman and today Anne Coulter said she would vote for him if he wasn't running in Tennessee!

Just how conservative is he? You don't want another Landrieu!

[BootinUp]

5. I'd work and vote for him

if he was in Georgia.

http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Harold_Ford.htm

[FrenchieCat]

6. For right now...I'll take him AND his conservative self......

Pragmatically speaking Ford is the 6th seat that we need.

I'll do whatever it takes so that we can start setting the agenda, including being glad that Landrieu is not running for re-election making her part of the majority we're trying to gain!

So for now, I'll get over it!

[blondeatlast]

11. "Setting the agenda." Words every DUer and Democrat need to remember,

repeat, and carry in their hearts and minds.

That' what it's all about.

We can hold their feet to the fire once we have the majorities--and personally, I'm very much looking forward to doing so!

[Doctor_J]

7. Whaaaaaa?

If TN elects Corker and the Senate headcount ends up 50-50, then yes, it would be worth it.

[Claire Beth]

14. well,

Ford is a HELL of a lot better than the republican candidate. Ford is moderate, but a democrat in the south HAS to be in order to win at all.

:dem:

GO FORD!

[SharonAnn]

17. He's a "D" and he's the only "D" we've got running for TN Senate.

He's better than Corker, and besides Corker is an "R".

So, we have to choose among what we're offered.

And he's wicked smart, wicked smooth, and understands things like complexities and ambiguities and trade-offs in getting things done.

[Gman]

22. Absolutely incredible

Your post is just absolutely incredible. I'm appalled that at this point with the House AND Senate within reach, you would actually question whether its worth voting for a Democrat. You have got to be kidding.

[Hippo_Tron]

24. I'd rather another Landrieu over another Vitter

And Vitter has at least has 20 or 30 IQ points on Bob Corker.

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

27. To me, it is not so much positions as a basic decency...

in life -- such people usually make the right decisions.

How do I know he has that? I can never forget the scene last year on the
House floor when that wretch from Ohio all but called Murtha a coward --
Ford tried to rush her! Later some reporter who was there observed that
Ford was enraged and could not contain himself and if people had not
stopped him in his tracks, he really would have hit her!

Think about it -- why should this young, non-military man get so outraged
on behalf of an unrelated old codger? I find this totally amazing and
revealing of the person's character. Contrast him to old Joementum who
keeps tripping on his shoe laces running to the Senate floor to chastize
Dems for trivial/inconsequential transgressions...

[Norquist Nemesis]

36. The Primary's over

So, yes, that makes him worth it.

[OzarkDem]

8. I'd like to offer him some advice

Stop running a DLC campaign. Don't be afraid to distinguish yourself from your opponent. Voters want change this time around, not another version of the group in power.

[Tom Joad]

10. Why do you want him to go against his reactionary beliefs?

[The Magistrate]

12. Are You Suggesting, Mr. Joad

That people ought not to vote for him in preference to Corker?

[OzarkDem]

15. It could be

that when it comes to policy, message, and issues, the voters can't tell the difference between Ford and Corker. They're probably disenchanted with the status quo, but Ford may not be giving them an alternative. DLC'ers are making the mistake this year of running close to their competitors at a time of high anti-incumbent sentiment. Not a good idea.

[BootinUp]

16. A black candidate for senate in TN, 1st since reconstruction

dead heat! and you question his policy positions?

LOL>

[OzarkDem]

19. Not just me

but apparently voters do, too.

Perhaps this just isn't the year for DLC candidates. They don't do well aginst Republicans who are out of favor with voters because they sound so much like them.

Keep in mind, this is a year when even the most die hard Republicans or conservative leaning independents are tired of the Iraq War, corruption, high gas prices, declining economy, high cost of health care, etc. The GOP doesn't have anything to offer these people, and a Dem candidate whose positions are nearly identical with GOP ones isn't going to pick up a lot of support.

In years past it may have worked, but the GOP definitely don't have any coat tails for a DLC'er to coast on during this election season.

[BootinUp]

20. Your logic is flawed, look here

48% of the vote is to Fords right. He has the other 48%. They are fighting over the people who decide at the poll.

[The Magistrate]

26. If That Is What You Believe, Ma'am

You are probably falling into the oft-committed error of thinking one's own views are those of just about everyone else everywhere. This is almost never the case. The people of Tennessee do not seem to be having much trouble distinguishing between the two candidates....

[cali]

33. For the love of pete,

what exactly is it that you don't understand about a dem majority in the Senate? It's not that hard to grasp. Leahy and Kennedy in chairmanships just to start with. Dems setting the agenda. No more Scalias. If you can't get that, you're hopeless.

[JI7]

31. he isn't running a DLC campaign, he is running a southern conservative

campaign.

[Dinger]

9. Happy To K, R, And DONE!

[elperromagico]

13. It's been a dead heat for a while,

a testament to Harold Ford's skills as a candidate.

I don't agree with Ford on many issues but if we had more candidates as gutsy as him we'd be winning the Senate easily. Ford knows the rules: Never let your opponents define you and never let them get in a free punch.

[greeneyedboy]

18. www.fordfortennessee.com

the other link didn't work for me but http://www.fordfortennessee.com/ does.

[MattP]

21. Red State Dem's

If he was to run as a liberal in TN like you want he would be lucky to get 38%, Gore couldn't even carry the state and he was their Senator. For Ford to be even is a miracle unto itself so we should just accept that there are going to be red state Dem's and move on because we need the majority and they are always going to be to far to the right.

[Vidar]

23. "Good", I say, holding my nose.

[ribrepin]

30. Go right ahead and hold your nose

I be holding my nose and voting for Marie Cantwell. She's better than the alternative.

[thatsrightimirish]

25. Go Tennessee!

While I don't agree with Jr on every issue the thought of the GOP holding the senate is much worse.

[Beacho]

28. Title should read....

Because of these ads. I've actually had some faith restored in humanity by the response to these despicable ads.

[Sensitivity]

29. Scientific method would discount poll responses in "race-infected" environment

- Reponses are based on white embarrassment not their real intention.
Many studies have shown this to be the case.

Repeated studies as well as results from bi-racial elections have demonstrated this.

See findings from PEW study:


http://www.asne.org/kiosk/editor/98.july/kohut1.htm

These findings suggest that for most topics, typical media polls do a good job gauging public opinion. But results based on questions about racial issues may be more problematic. In fact, the experiment suggests that accurately measuring racial antagonisms may be a problem in all survey research. This may help explain why pre-election polls have overestimated white support for black candidates in biracial elections.

[BootinUp]

34. interesting.

So people who hold minorities to blame for societies ills are reluctant to participate in standard phone surveys. hmmm.

[LeftishBrit]

32. Corker sounds positively evil..

a right-winger, racist, and plain nasty.

I hope Ford can beat him!

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

35. A Southern Republican? Evil? You don't say! n/t