congressman harold ford

Former Tennessee congressman Harold Ford Jr. and state Democratic Committeewoman Brenda Ables have now condemned the "Obama-connected-to-terrorists" remarks of their fellow Democrats Beecher Frasier (U.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis' chief of staff) and Fred Hobbs*, who is a member of the Tennessee Democratic Party's State Executive Committee.

From WhitesCreek Steve over at TennViews, Tennessee Democratic Party Executive Committee member Fred Hobbs says Obama "...may be terrorist connected for all I can tell. It sounds kind of like he may be."

Wow. With friends like that... Maybe the other Hobbs could use an assistant over at the TNGOP.

Both Bill Hobbs and Sean Braisted note an interesting few graphs in an article about Congressman Lincoln Davis’s refusal to endorse Barack Obama, despite being a

Jeff Woods attempts to explain why Tennessee seems to be impervious to the Democratic wave sweeping the nation:

Democrats are hoping Dixie isn't so solid anymore for Republicans, and Barack Obama sees Southern states as possible November battlegrounds. As USA Today reports:

The office of Senator Bob Corker has today echoed the statements of Barack Obama regarding the Tennessee GOP’s attack

The office of Senator Bob Corker has today echoed the statements of Barack Obama regarding the Tennessee GOP’s attack

Jackson Baker reports that Harold Ford, Jr.’s younger brothers, Jake and Sir Isaac, did not attend his wedding likely because of a very public interfamilial spat over some racial charged comments brother Jake made