Reply #40: It's not about "moving left"... [View All]

[IrateCitizen]

... it's about whether a politician shows that he is willing to stand for things, even if they are unpopular once in a while -- or if they consistently "play it safe" by saying only what people want to hear at the time.

Ford is the latter, IMHO. Each and every time I hear the man talk, he only aggravates me. He lacks a single populist bone in his body. Furthermore, much like Evan Bayh, most of his success doesn't have to do with his stance on issues but rather on the strength of his name -- he directly succeeded his father in his current seat, much as Bayh's success is related to the fact that he's the son of an IN state icon.

Do I think that he would be an improvement over Bill Frist? Absolutely. Do I think that he is the future of the party, a standard-bearer leading us in a direction we should go. Absolutely not! If we want to look to a young black voice to follow, we would do much better with the likes of Barack Obama than Harold Ford, Jr.