Sunday, February 21, 2010
Media Rock Star: Harold Ford Jr. Edition -- Or, I Spent $19,000, and All I Got Was This Lousy Former Congressman
Posted by Jim Ridley on Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 6:37 AM
Like Jay-Z and Lady Gaga, Harold Ford, Jr. has a tour rider. The former Tennessee congressman, who is now trying to carpetbag his way to a Senate seat in New York, banks about $20,000 when he gives speeches booked by the Greater Talent Network agency. According to the below contract for an appearance Wednesday at a Missouri college, Ford demands that when his limo driver picks him up, the chauffeur must be carrying a sign reading "H.F.." Presumably, if the Democrat's name was spelled out, hordes of fans/groupies would be alerted to his impending arrival and swarm him (something that has bedeviled the Jonas Brothers).But seriously, don't even think about offering him shellfish. h/t: Patrick Rodgers, superstar.
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Yeah. But in New York politics, handsome is of less than no account. What does count is clout. It can be packaged in any number of forms. Could be family wealth greasing the skids. Averill Harriman's family for instance. Or, an impenetrable power base: like as unto Michael Bloomberg. Then there are colossal political fortresses. Charles Schumer could be included among them. Al Sharpton drools at the thought of siphoning away some of Charlie's ethnic power base. Poor Al just doesn't have enough juice to do it though, yet. Remains to be seen what will happen in the future.
To make a long story short, poor Harold is out in the elements. He looks good. He's created a good story. But when the fat lady sings he will be rejected and forgotten. Folks in the Big Apple wont even remember his name.
Poof. Gone.
