Wow. I saw a lot of tweets about this last night, but didn't get to see it til this morning. Big mistake for Harold Ford.
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I'm not opposed to primaries, especially for candidates who are appointed, like Ford's primary opponent, Kirsten Gillibrand. Senate seats aren't owned, they have to be earned. Ford is making it easy. Still wondering if another Democrat will sense the same opportunity that Ford did and jump into the NY Democratic primary. The White House kept at least one good contender, Rep. Steve Israel, out last year. I just don't think the White House has that kind of political power this year. Remember, the White House also tried to push Governor Paterson out of his race to no avail.
