What gets me is that Ford won a primary in TN... so I'd have thought that Obama would be able to... then again Ford got nominated against pretty nominal opposition, and i could exactly call Hillary Clinton "nominal opposition".
Ben
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I'd be surprised if the result here is not closer than what this poll suggests.
In 2006, I don't think there was a contested Democratic primary; although, she filed State Senator Rosalind Kurita later withdrew. Kurita, of course, later became a hero of Don's in that she voted with Republicans to oust long-serving Lt Governor John S. Wilder
Ford came reasonably close to winning the general. He secured 40% of the white vote in 2006 and carried 95% of African-Americans but they were only 13% of the general election vote. They'll constitute a larger demographic this coming Tuesday, however. But as Southern states go, it doesn't have a particularly high African-American population
Nevertheless, given Ford's performance among whites, it's difficult to conceive the Democratic primary being so polarised along racial lines but he, of course, was a home-boy with moderate credentials
There's such a tight schedule coming up for all remaining primary candidates, I'm wondering if a campaign stop by Obama would be worth it. Hillary headed straight there following SC
Dave
