Bush will pick a woman to replace O'Connor

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I'd guess that (politically anyway) Bush's best pick would be a women who's generally pretty moderate but would vote the right way on certain issues. Anyone like that?

Nice to see you back Jmf, btw.

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Hate to be almost racist here, but Ford's skin color, not to mention his father's problems, will make him pretty much a dead duck in Tennessee.  Tennessee's black population is not large compared to the rest of the South and much of it is already in Ford's CD to begin with.

I don't think his skin colour is the problem... he has a much worse one. He's from Memphis.

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True, but then Tennessee doesn't have many statewide elections

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Either that or someone who can get very high turnouts and high %'s in the Yellow Dog areas *or* can cut down the GOP margins in East Tennessee.

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I tend to agree... which is a shame as a Southern state electing a black Senator would really mess up all the nasty stereotypes of Opebo et al...