Wed
Dec 6 2017
05:07 pm
By: Andy Axel
Likely this moves TN into "toss-up" status.
NEWS: Former Gov. Phil Bredesen is IN the Senate race: https://t.co/H467gIOyrr pic.twitter.com/0e8TxENqGG
— Cari Wade Gervin (@carigervin) December 6, 2017
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Ya, think?
Ya, think?
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(in reply to bizgrrl)
Much as I like Mackler, he may as well have been Basil Marceaux in terms of rallying big donors and the level of resources that the national organization can muster.
This isn't a condemnation of Mackler or a heartfelt embrace of Bredesen. It just is what it is. Political reality is a bit different from political abstractions. And Bredesen being in the race is no longer an abstraction.
Tennessee is not electing a
Tennessee is not electing a Democrat as Senator.
How many counties
(in reply to (Anonymous))
would he have won if there hadn't been term limits in 2010? 70? 80?
I think a contested
I think a contested Democratic primary is good for the party and for the state.
I think so too
(in reply to Rachel)
but I suspect this will play out as it did when Ford got into the race against Kurita.
I'm willing to be surprised, though.