If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had gotten his way, Republican Senate incumbent Lamar Alexander would have had stiff competition this year from Tennessee's Democratic governor. Phil Bredesen said no to that, but he makes no secret of having had national ambitions.
Governor sees GOP lagging in electoral prowess nationwide; cites tight 2012 race in North Carolina as warning to overconfident Tennessee Republicans; Fincher proclaims a GOP version of the social gospel.
