Nothing screams "What's wrong with Tennessee Democrats?" like Blue-Dog-when-convenient Harold Ford, Jr. running in a blue state

I tried to tell folks in 2006 that Harold Ford, Jr. was not worth wasting a vote on. The wisdom of that decision has been confirmed over and over again, no less by recent news that Ford is shedding his red-state image to run for a U.S. Senate seat in New York.

Harold Ford, Jr. is one of the most unprincipled, cynical politicians in a landscape packed with unscrupulous people. However, mimicking Republicans in the name of winning elections is many times considered a virtue in red-state Tennessee.