A Ford vs. a Six-Pack: GOP Senate prospects jockey for the nomination

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http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2004/1440/t_frank.html

The next statewide political brawl in Tennessee will be in 2006, but the fun starts after Nov. 2 of this year.

Gov. Phil Bredesen, with a 70 percent approval rating, will likely face no opposition. If there is a token Republican candidate, he can depend on raising about 200 bucks, if he’s lucky.

U.S. Sen. Bill Frist is expected to give up his seat to prepare for his run for the presidency in 2008. The Democrats seem to be relying on U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr., of Memphis, to be their standard-bearer for his seat.

That leaves the Republican primary in the U.S. Senate race as the main event, and campaigns will start right after the next election. There were six potential candidates matched in a name-recognition poll by The Tennessean newspaper last week: Ex-congressmen Van Hilleary and Ed Bryant; Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker; Current members of Congress Zach Wamp and Marsha Blackburn; and state Rep. Beth Harwell, who is also chair of the Tennessee Republican Party. ...

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1. Is Frist the one...

that "rescued" cats from the shelter, only to take them home to dissect them ?