What on Earth is Harold Ford Jr. thinking? He has run a smooth and professional campaign so far and he pulls a stunt like this? His handlers must have been taking the day off.
UPDATE: This continues to get very bad press. It's starting to take on a life of it's on, which isn't good for Ford.
UPDATE2: This, on the other hand should help him very much!
Friday, October 20, 2006
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Harold is not smooth, he has never had to really run a campaign. If people listen to what he has to say, they will realize, he has nothing to say
If people listen to what he has to say, they will realize, he has nothing to say.
So in other words, he's the prototypical politician, Left or Right.
So in other words, he's the prototypical politician, Left or Right.
Not quite. He's a young, innexperienced politician. Someone with experience still wouldn't have anything to say - but he'd be able to cover it up well enough that people couldn't tell it by listening to him.
Kind of like a boy with a fake ID trying for his first pick up in a bar. Someone older and smoother wouldn't be any more real, he'd just be better at the delivery.
I saw the video of Ford at the Corker press event and as a longtime admirer of Ford I have to say it was weird, at best.
What was he thinking? He didn't offer any good reason for why he was there, and he seemed to be (uncharacteristically) unfocused when he tried to explain.
Ford is definitely the beneficiary of a political family dynasty in TN so it seems legitimate to me that Corker would challenge that family influence and legacy. Same goes for any opponent of a Kennedy, Bush, Daley, Jackson (Jesse), Gore, Rockefeller or Clinton, to name a few.
Ford may have blown it with this stunt. He already had to contend with the perception that he was "pre-ordained" and not necessarily worthy on his own. Instead of rising above it (which I think he's well-capable of doing), he came off as petty, and small.
I had long thought that Ford had a real shot at being our first black President. Now I'm not so sure. In fact, if I had to put money on it today, I'd bet on Michael Steele from Maryland - he's not as erudite as Ford but, unlike the posh Harold, he's a helluva decent regular guy. And Steele's a communicator on par with Ronald Reagan - win or lose in MD-SEN, he's one to watch.
Corker win win now. Ford just handed it to him.
Steele is a great guy, but he's in the wrong state. Maryland is a blue state in what is going to be a blue election. I think he should move to Virginia.
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