Seems we jumped the gun yesterday and Republican candidate Bob Corker did end up appearing on CNBC's "Kudlow And Company," though he didn't actually debate Dem opponent Harold Ford on the program. Without a direct debate no fireworks flared between the canddiate, but a comment of Ford's did spark our attention -- apparently he believes describing someone as liberal is tantamount to "name calling." More after the jump.
Suffering from a late entry and low funds, gubernatorial candidate Jim Bryson (R) hopes that his strong anti-illegal immigration stance will bring out Tennessee voters unhappy about immigration and the changing ethnic composition of Tennessee. He appeared yesterday at a press conference with Heather Steffek, a young woman from Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, whose parents were killed on June 8 in a car crash in which the driver of the other car was an illegal immigrant, Gustavo Reyes Garcia. Bryson argued that this case proves that illegal immigration requires closer cooperation between local, state, and federal authorities: police had arrested Garcia seventeen times since 1997 without flagging his legal status. Bryson’s opponent, incumbent Governor Phil Bredesen (D) has said in the past that he believes immigration to be a national issue.
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