Tennessee

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Is Harold Ford built for the road ahead?
The DLC proves it's living in the past by picking the failed senatorial candidate as its new chairman.
Yes, Democrats do need the South!
Tom Schaller may think the Democrats can whistle past Dixie and still win, but that's a recipe for disaster.
History and Heath Shuler
Pundit poppycock: The "rise" of the socially conservative Democrat.
Can the Dems still take the Senate?
Maybe -- but they have to win Montana, Missouri and Virginia.
Replaying GOP racism
Ken Mehlman's cynical effort to inflame white bigotry in Tennessee is no different from what the Republicans did in their infamous 1988 "Willie Horton" ad.
How would Jesus vote?
Tennessee Democrat Harold Ford Jr. goes after the GOP's faithful base in the state with the most white evangelicals in the nation. Polls show his campaign is resonating in the pews.
My car is antiabortion too!
Federal appeals court rules Tennessee can issue "Choose Life" license plates.
GOP product launch
Preening presidential hopefuls gather in a very early test of the best man to defeat the dreaded Hillary Clinton in 2008.
Joe Conason's Journal
Now Rumsfeld has Newt Gingrich railing against the State Department. It's time for Powell to resign.
Reactions to Trent Lott's fall
Jill Nelson, Todd Gitlin and others react to the Senate majority leader's resignation and the apparent ascension of Sen. Bill Frist.
Gore, Fox and the Boss
Did Al and Tipper twist arms for Springsteen tix? Or is the conservative network dishing up a little disinformation?
Can Al Gore go home again?
The former vice president tries to reconnect with the home state that deserted him, amid criticisms he's "still caviar, not catfish."
The last integrationist?
A Memphis attorney is using a 1963 desegregation lawsuit to block expansion of suburban schools and get a better deal for inner-city black students.
Oh, dem dry bones!
Al Gore prays for rain before an audience of black voters in his home state.
Hoedown before the showdown
Billy Ray Cyrus and Tony Bennett come out to help Al Gore carry his home state.
Fatal mistake
In a outrageous example of police incompetence, cops burst into the wrong home during a drug raid and kill an elderly African-American man.
Doubt on death row
Despite a partisan tie vote, Tennessee convict Philip Workman faces execution, while the country faces new facts about the death penalty.
Table dancing for tickets
A teenage boy in Tennessee dresses in his mother's underwear to win a concert contest.
The chemical knife
Will Tennessee be the next state to approve castration for sex offenders?
The godfather from Dallas ends the party
By throwing Jesse Ventura's followers out of the Reform Party, Ross Perot's faction destroyed its chances of affecting this year's elections.
Carpetbagger Bowl
All hail the first champion of the Age of Franchise Free Agency!
A match made in Graceland
He wore white patent leather shoes and I still married him.
Shooting babies
I was a Wal-Mart photo peddler.
The vice president's stiff comedy
Al Gore's problem is not that he lacks a sense of humor -- he's just not showing it.
Letters to the Editor
Is it time for a female vice president? Plus: Get that spam out of my mailbox; "Millionaire" contestant gives Philbin the thumbs-up.
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