Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Politics / Woods A Ford in New York's Future?
Posted by Jeff Woods on Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:26 AM
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Did Jeff Woods just not choose to make these points back when Ford ran here for the Senate?
Maybe he did but witout much emphasis.
I remember posting he was from Memphis and carried the family baggage as well as being black. If nothing else, being black brought him down. Recall "the ad"?
I do like him, but not being a Kennedy or HRC, it's hard to see any hope of a southern carpet bagger succeeding in NY. I think the New Yorkers would be horrified though I suppose he would get more liberal religion pretty damn quick.
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"We always thought Ford was probably unelectable statewide in Tennessee, not because he's black but because he carries too much family baggage."
Stop trying to be politically correct to not offend conservatives, Jeff. You're giving too much credit to Tennessee voters. His race was a bigger issue than his family here in TN.
As political correctness goes, Jeff Woods is the poster boy. He just doesn't know it. I think he fancies himself as a special sort, but he is recognized as virulently politically correct.
The Hudson Valley and Albany, NY area offer spectacular vistas of natural settings. There is also a vast choice of cultural and creative outlets - from Kingston and Woodstock all the way to the Berkshires. There are scant few trailer homes and churches to disturb the idyllic mood. I say go for it.
Jr should mix well w/ the African American reps (fed and local) from the city, if he hasn't already reestablished the connections his pops built. It should be one big "Bougie" fund raising party after another. We're already aware of his skill at border crossing and morphing to charm in rural areas.
If New Yorkers weren't horrified of the centrist HRC, then Jr should not have a problem. If you think he'd have a problem because he's a Southerner you must have never seen him speak. Besides it seems Wall Street types are lining up behind him.
I'd say his biggest problem would be Chuck Schumer.
Pretty concerted smackdown of Ford over at Salon's War Room:
Ford...last ran for office in Tennessee, four years ago. His campaign was characterized mainly by ostentatious Blue Dog gestures like pretending that he didn’t know what the word “cerebral” meant, and shooting an ad in the pews of a church (Script: "I voted for the PATRIOT Act, $5 trillion in defense, and against amnesty for illegals.") Simply put, this guy is going to have a really hard time getting to Gillibrand’s left in time to win a Democratic primary in one of the most liberal states in the country.
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There's something a little tragic about Ford. A congressman’s son, he went to Washington’s ultra-prestigious St. Albans for school, and was obviously groomed for power; he did a radio spot for one of his dad’s campaigns, demanding better schools, better housing and "lower cookie prices." Once he was grown, he was hailed as the up-and-comer to watch. He was elected to Congress at age 26. As a young, handsome centrist Democrat who was considered electable statewide and gave the keynote at the 2000 Democratic convention, he was the best bet for the first black president up until about five years ago. People magazine even named him one of its sexiest men of the year. Now it just seems the nicest thing anyone could do for Ford is tell him when to call it a day.
