The Tennessee senate race

[pjohns]

Tennessee is a very red state; so it is rather difficult for me (a Tennessean) to imagine that it might elect a Democrat to the US Senate. (Currently, the state is represented by two Republicans: Lamar Alexander, and the retiring Bob Corker.)

Yet the Democrat, Phil Bredesen, is currently ahead of his Republican Rival, Marsha Blackburn. (RealClear Politics shows his lead as an average of 4.5 points. However, even that mat be a bit misleading: It figures in a poll taken in mid-April. Apparently the only recent poll--taken by Emerson, in mid-July--has Bredesen up by six points.)

Someone has described Bredesen as the only Democrat who might have a chance in this race. That is because Tennessee often elects Democrats to the governorship--just not often to the US Senate. And Bredesen was governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. (As regarding his re-election, in 2006, Bredesen garnered more than two-thirds of the vote.)

I sincerely hope that he does not win his race for the US Senate. Right now, however, things do not appear to be going that well for Marsha Blackburn.

Thoughts?

[Lummy]

4.5 points can evaporate in a week.

[nathanbforrest45]

He was an excellent governor and was much more fiscally responsible than 95% of any of the politicians on the scene. If he were a Republican I would vote for him in a heartbeat. The problem is that state politics and federal politics are two entirely different animals. While the governor he could so fairly much what he wanted. If he were a Democratic Senator he would be obligated to follow the party line and do what the leadership wanted him to do or face dire consequences. It would be a monumental mistake to believe that just because he was a conservative Democrat in Nashville he would be the same in Washington.

If he changed his party affiliation he would be a shoe in and a much better Senator for Tennessee than either of the two bozos currently in office.

[Tahuyaman]

If he were a Democratic Senator he would be obligated to follow the party line and do what the leadership wanted him to do or face dire consequences.

There have been several Senators in the past who did not simply follow the party line. I think we need those people in office.

[nathanbforrest45]

There have been several Senators in the past who did not simply follow the party line. I think we need those people in office.


Good luck in finding them.

[El Guapo]

https://www.conservativereview.com/scorecard/

Lamar Alexander:

Conservative Score: 19% F

Bob Corker:

Conservative Score: 51% F


Red state, indeed. :rolleyes:

[Tahuyaman]

Good luck in finding them.
They are out there on both sides.

[Green Arrow]

I would have voted for Bredesen in a heartbeat if I still lived there. Blackburn is pondscum.

[nathanbforrest45]

https://www.conservativereview.com/scorecard/

Lamar Alexander:

Conservative Score: 19% F

Bob Corker:

Conservative Score: 51% F


Red state, indeed. :rolleyes:


Corker showed great promise as a candidate. Alexander has always been a Rino

[pjohns]

The problem is that state politics and federal politics are two entirely different animals. While the governor he could so fairly much what he wanted. If he were a Democratic Senator he would be obligated to follow the party line and do what the leadership wanted him to do or face dire consequences.

Very true.

Of course, if I were a politician, I would face those "dire consequences." That is because I am exceedingly independent; so I simply would not tow "the party line"--for either party.

In fact, I truly wish that both parties might be abolished--entirely.



It would be a monumental mistake to believe that just because he was a conservative Democrat in Nashville he would be the same in Washington.

Good point.

[Jeb!]

Evan Bayh, another popular Democrat governor who disappeared from the public eye for a long time, had a much larger lead than Phil Bredesen did at this point in 2016, but he lost easily because his left-wing positions were exposed. Tennessee is definitely lean Republican.

[Sergeant Gleed]

There have been several Senators in the past who did not simply follow the party line. I think we need those people in office.


You mean like John McCain?

[Tahuyaman]

You mean like John McCain?

I was thinking mostly about former Senator's Henry Jackson and Sam Nunn. Nunn and Jackson stood on principles. McCain's motivation is to gain the adoration of the media.

[countryboy]

Tennessee is a very red state; so it is rather difficult for me (a Tennessean) to imagine that it might elect a Democrat to the US Senate. (Currently, the state is represented by two Republicans: Lamar Alexander, and the retiring Bob Corker.)

Yet the Democrat, Phil Bredesen, is currently ahead of his Republican Rival, Marsha Blackburn. (RealClear Politics shows his lead as an average of 4.5 points. However, even that mat be a bit misleading: It figures in a poll taken in mid-April. Apparently the only recent poll--taken by Emerson, in mid-July--has Bredesen up by six points.)

Someone has described Bredesen as the only Democrat who might have a chance in this race. That is because Tennessee often elects Democrats to the governorship--just not often to the US Senate. And Bredesen was governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. (As regarding his re-election, in 2006, Bredesen garnered more than two-thirds of the vote.)

I sincerely hope that he does not win his race for the US Senate. Right now, however, things do not appear to be going that well for Marsha Blackburn.

Thoughts?

Corker and Alexander are basically democrats, so it's not difficult to imagine them being replaced by democrats.

[countryboy]

Corker showed great promise as a candidate. Alexander has always been a Rino

Lol, in other words, Corker lied to get elected.

[Green Arrow]

Lol, in other words, Corker lied to get elected.

What lie did he tell?

[countryboy]

What lie did he tell?

He ran as a Republican. He also voted against repealing Obama care, after promising otherwise.

[Green Arrow]

He ran as a Republican. He also voted against repealing Obama care, after promising otherwise.

How is running as a Republican telling a lie, when he’s been a Republican all his life?