So, after hemming and hawing, Cari Wade Gervin scooped the state last night when she broke the story that 74-year-old former governor Phil Bredesen was entering the Democratic Primary for US Senate to replace Bob Corker.
I am all for primaries because they help us sort things out, well, USUALLY they do, any way. I had been a little worried about James Mackler, the Nashville attorney who has been running for a while now. However, I met him this past weekend and came away with the idea that he can be elected and can get people to the polls who have not been voting, which is the REAL Democratic issue. He is 44 years old and can fire people up.
Bredesen put out this video today filled with both-siderist BS. He talks about reaching across the aisle (AHAHAHAHAHAH) and talks about what he accomplished as governor while conveniently failing to note that he only did that because he had a DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED Legislature to pass good legislation.
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WILL GET EXCITED ABOUT HIS CANDIDACY WAS ALREADY GOING TO VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT NO MATTER WHAT.
Whenever I hear that "BUT HE CARRIED 95 COUNTIES IN 2006!" crap, I feel compelled to point out that 2006 was a Democratic Wave year and he was running against someone the GOP wasn't even supporting. Also, I feel compelled to mention THAT IT IS NOT 2006 ANY MORE PEOPLE, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!!!
Will I vote for him if he is the only thing preventing Marsha Blackburn's victory? Yes, but I won't excited about it, and neither will anyone else who doesn't have a 6-figure income. By the way, he won't flip any "reasonable" Republicans because they were all run out of the GOP a long time ago.
Everything he says in that video sounds Clintonesque, and that just does not work anymore. Unless and until our party figures that out, we are doomed to failure.
For heaven's sakes, give us a chance to win and go help JAMES MACKLER!
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