"It's not fair they receive so much bad publicity without anyone highlighting all the good work they've done."
Prediction - The CA will step up to endorse Jr in the Senatorial race. The positive article will begin hitting several times per week with anything negative ignored.
The last Democrat who won a state wide race was Gov. Phil Bredesen. The reason being that he did extremely well in Republican East Tennessee. His race with Van Hilleary was characterized by a "me too" campaign in which not much distinction could be drawn between the two candidates. Towards the end of the campaign, Bredesen's promise to reform the Transportation Department and "the arrogance of TDOT" is what tipped the scales in his favor - especially in the Knoxville area.
There will be plenty of differences between Ford and whoever runs against him.
Harold Ford will do well in the Memphis and Nashville, which are traditional Democrat areas. But he will do poorly in the rural sections of Tennessee - especially in the eastern portion of the state.
No way is this guy going to win.
The Commie Appeal has been the official water carriers for the Ford family for decades, I don't expect that to change at all. And the dead regularly vote for the Fords as do felons, as do the mentally defecient in nursing homes.
Ford's jealousy of Obama is palpable. Ford is in the wrong state and he knows it. If he was in Illinois, he'd challenge Reid for Minority leadership of the Senate and then place himself for a V.P. slot eventually. He can't win in Tenn. and it's eating away at him.
Let's go all the way with this criminal family stuff. That would ensure that Clinton could be retroactively be thrown out of office and that no Kennedy would ever be elected again.