TN/PPP: Corker safe in general except if Bredesen were to run

[JohnnyLongtorso]

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_TN_02151118.pdf

Phil Bredesen (D) - 46
Bob Corker (R) - 41

Bob Corker (R) - 50
Jim Cooper (D) - 32

Bob Corker (R) - 55
Harold Ford Jr. (D) - 32

Bob Corker (R) - 52
Bart Gordon (D) - 29

Bob Corker (R) - 53
Al Gore (D) - 38

Bob Corker (R) - 50
Tim McGraw (D) - 28

Corker's approvals - 42/36

Favorables:

Bredesen - 63/19
Cooper - 25/22
Ford - 26/42
Gordon - 20/23
Gore - 40/51
McGraw - 38/16

[Landslide Lyndon]

LOL at Ford.

[Miles]

I wasn't expecting Bredesen to lead. Considering Freudental was trailing Barrasso, I thought Bredesen would trail Corker. Barrasso is a much more popular Senator though.

I 'd expect Bart Gordon would have done better though.

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

Surprising to see Bredesen actually lead.

[Franzl]

Good.

[Badger]

Run, Phil, Run!

[Franzl]

Run, Phil, Run!

That's really the good thing about it. Of the Democrats listed, Bredesen is the only one I like.

So TN is a win-win situation.

[SvenssonRS]

Know what would be a hilarious race? Williams, Jr. vs. McGraw.

[Tender Branson]

Why is there a 20-point spread between the Vanderbilt poll and the PPP poll ?

Vanderbilt had Corker at 63% approval, PPP at 42%.

[Brittain33]

Bredesen as a federal Democrat (and not Tennessee's equivalent of Bloomberg buying a party nomination no one else wanted) is inconceivable. The guy isn't a conservative Democrat, he's a conservative who worked with the Democratic party for this one position.

[Holmes]

Yeah, he wouldn't be a popular Democrat around here. But he's 67 right now, I don't think he'll run.

[Brittain33]

Yeah, he wouldn't be a popular Democrat around here. But he's 67 right now, I don't think he'll run.

I'm anticipating someone objecting about my wanting to purge moderates from the party or somesuch. But that's not what it is. Bredesen is an executive and wanted to be governor, and ran as a Democrat because he could. He just couldn't be a Democratic senator--he wouldn't run and truly wouldn't fit in the Dem caucus, like Gene Taylor crossed with Barry Goldwater. My own views don't even come into play because in TN, the Dem bench is empty.

[Badger]

Yeah, he wouldn't be a popular Democrat around here. But he's 67 right now, I don't think he'll run.

I'm anticipating someone objecting about my wanting to purge moderates from the party or somesuch. But that's not what it is. Bredesen is an executive and wanted to be governor, and ran as a Democrat because he could. He just couldn't be a Democratic senator--he wouldn't run and truly wouldn't fit in the Dem caucus, like Gene Taylor crossed with Barry Goldwater. My own views don't even come into play because in TN, the Dem bench is empty.

Methinks to take a seat in otherwise unwinable TN, the Dem Caucus will welcome him with open arms and let him be a new Ben Nelson to his heart's content.

[Landslide Lyndon]

I don't know how conservative Bredesen is, but to be honest I don't remember him bashing the liberals like Harold Ford, Evan Bayh or Ben Nelson do every chance they get.
Even when he was attacked, when his name was floated as HHS secretary after the Daschle fiasco, he tried to defend and explain his actions as governor, not to dismiss his critics as out-of-touch ideologues.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Corker is vulnerable to a theoretical primary challenge but deflects Bocephus by a 66-13 margin, Marsha Blackburn by 50-30.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Bredesen is Tennesee's Henry. I don't expect him to run.

Also LOL Al Gore.

[Badger]

Bredesen is Tennesee's Henry. I don't expect him to run.

Also LOL Al Gore.

Sad, but probably true.