August 09, 2006 Politics » Politics Beat

There's a Ford in Their Future! 

by Jackson Baker
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Long before the last votes were being tallied in last Thursday’s elections in Shelby County and the rest of Tennessee, TIME Magazine was shaping up what appears to have been planned originally as a cover article but was shoved inside by the worsening war in Lebanon. Oh well, Harold, can’t have everything! But Rep. Ford would seem to have the national media’s full blessings in his Senate race. To see the four-page TIME article, go here. To read about a Harold-Ford-Lovefest participated in by Ann Coulter (yes, that Ann Coulter), go here. And for the Flyer’s take on this, on the Charter Commission results, and on misprisions in the 9th district race, go to “Political Beat, ” here.

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