Jake Ford for Bob Corker

Something dawned on me today...Jake Ford's run as an independent in Memphis could cost his brother Harold the election. Think about it for a second, does anyone honestly think a long protracted race between the Democratic nominee and an "independent Democrat" is not going to get messy? By November, issues such as race and nepotism will be at the forefront of a political race like this, and people are going to be polarized into Pro-Ford and Pro-Cohen camps.

Even if HFJ stays out of this race, anyone with half a brain will realize that at best, Harold Sr/Jr approve of Jake's candidacy. At worst, they orchestrated it to make sure someone from the "Ford Machine" kept that seat in case their favored candidates didn't win the primary. Jake was an "in case $h!t happens" candidate, and as such his candidacy will create a lot of ill will (to add onto the ill will that already exists) towards the Ford family.

So here's the message to Jake: If you want to see the words "Senator Harold Ford Jr.", drop out and back the Democrat, like many of Ford's liberal critics have agreed to do. Harold, if he wins, will do so by the skin of his teeth, and he is going to need especially high turnout in Memphis to counter Corker's showing in East Tennessee. There are liberal third party options out there for the Senate, and supporters* of Steve Cohen, if push comes to shove, might turn to them.

*Updated to add the word supporters...somehow got deleted out of original post.