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Initial comments

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Will someone please put up the Rasmussen Report poll from October 25? --KnoxvilleMoose 15:45, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done! But I had to link RCP. CJC47 18:08, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Great, that works for now. The Rasmussen link should be available eventually. · j e r s y k o talk · 18:10, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Will there really be Tennesee US Senate elections for three cycles in a row? Which class is Frist in? Chadlupkes 02:14, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you are referring to that box thing at the bottom, that was a mistake that has been fixed. 2002-2006-2008-2012 is the appropriate sequence. Frist is Class 1, by the way. Danthemankhan 03:32, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Superbowl party

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We talked about this in March of 2006. How is this a discovery now, in October?--Scribner 04:08, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The blog cited was the New York Times' politics blog written by a respected reporter. On top of that, the blog post referenced a newspaper source for the claim cited in our article (i.e. that TN TV stations are now airing a different RNC ad in its place). I initially used the NYT cite instead of the newspaper cite because the latter's URL was unweildy. Nonetheless, I replaced the information and the cite. Everything else in the subsection is now cited to an undoubtedly reliable source; the only part that was cited to the NYT blog was that one sentence. · j e r s y k o talk · 13:32, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This: "In another ad, the RNC noted that Ford filmed a campaign ad in a church" and the new ad, "shaky" we may want to include. Two TN TV stations aren't running the new RNC ad. They're awaiting verification of claims that seem false...I suspect we'll have a source for that today. Glad to see you've moved the section over here.--Scribner 14:04, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I liked your change to the first sentence in the subsection, it's a better lead-in. We'll see if media attention continues to focus on the ads. The first RNC ad seems to have gotten (limited) attention only because of the "bimbo" ad (by the way, where did you find these ad names?), so I'm ok with not mentioning it here for now. And you're probably right about the "shaky" ad, it seems destined to follow the path of the "bimbo" ad, though we should wait for sources to see if it gets national attention, of course. · j e r s y k o talk · 14:10, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The ad "code names" were on MSNBC. I know that you know that Corker could have had the ad pulled. Tony Snow is quoted as saying as much. It's speculative. This will all come out in the debate.--Scribner 14:29, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Juicy, I'm looking forward to it. · j e r s y k o talk · 15:03, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Here's the "shaky" source and proof the "bimbo" ad was still running last night: [1]--Scribner 15:08, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question

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Am I the only one that sees that predominant is a bit unclear? I think that saying that these papers are the major newspapers for their respective cities would not only be more clear, but more accurate. Stealthound 17:51, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that on the external link section, only links to endorsements by Ford are listed. Is that intentional or are there simply no newspapers that suppot Corker?71.0.166.90 02:41, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Check the article text--there's a subsection titled "endorsements" that includes prominent endorsements for both candidates. I'm not sure why Ford's are reproduced in the external links section, since they're already in the article text. I'll remove them. · j e r s y k o talk · 03:00, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Polls and full disclosure

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Should there be some notation of polls with ties to parties such as Hamilton-Beattie and Benenson Strat? For instance, Real Clear Politics puts a little (R) or (D) after them on their site. CJC47 19:28, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not a bad idea; I thought Beneson looked like an outlier. Also, note: No matter what the stated day is on it, the last Rasmussen poll could not have come out on November 2, as it is currently November 1 and I can link to it.

Chattanooga paper endorsements

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I added a paragraph about the Chattanooga paper endorsements since the newspaper maintains two separate editorial pages and staff, and just adding the endorsement to both paragraphs without explanation could be confusing. I removed the paper reference and external link to Ford's blog from Ford's paragraph, and added links directly to the paper's archives. Here's another link with a list of all the endorsements and the way the newspaper defines its two pages in its titles: http://www.timesfreepress.com/absolutenm/templates/election2006data.aspx?articleid=1018&zoneid=69 Flowanda 18:58, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ford Family Political Dynasty

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How come there is no discussion here of the Ford Families Political Scandals and the effect the ongoing (during the elections)investigations and convictions his uncles for political corruption, the disputed election of his aunt, and a history of Ford Family Power in Memphis TN and a mistrust of the Family in the rest of Tennessee? How come no one from Tennessee points this out?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tennessee_Waltz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ford_(politician) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ford_Sr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophelia_Ford http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/03/10/family_ties_could_bind_a_political_advancement/ http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2004/1423/t_cover.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2006/senate/tn_ford.html

It is very telling that no one in the national media ever really understood the Ford family position in TN Politics. Very powerful in Memphis, viewed with mistrust every where else in Tennessee. The real story is not that he lost, the real story is that he very nearly won, and I don't think the TV ad had as much influence on the election as the Ford family history did.

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