Reply #179: Tip Was Right... [View All]

[CorpGovActivist]

... all politics is local, and I most certainly get it.

Harold Ford ought to be able to explain - in terms that his local constituency would understand - why the bill was un-American. If someone at his level cannot do so, then the DNC needs to recruit better candidates who can.

"And, I really don't expect Ford to be elevated to Mount Rushmore status, but the fact that a black man is competing in the Tennessee Senate race (and could win it) speaks for itself."

So long as he's willing to vote the expedient way on extra-Constitutional laws, without even taking a stab at explaining to the folks back home why their values demand that he stand up for the Constitution, miss a few extra days on the campaign trail, and participate in at least a one-day filibuster?

- Dave