The New Vernacular » Bredesen/Feingold ‘08?

Monday, January 24th, 2005 at 1:16 pm | In Politics |

Phil Bredesen is the Governor of Tennessee and from what Glenn Reynolds writes, it seems like he might be the best shot the Dems have at getting an electable candidate. I’m still hoping the Feingold will run, I can’t think of anyone better to honestly represent America.

Bredesen’s secret is no secret at all: It’s respect. He doesn’t view rural people, or southerners, with the thinly disguised contempt that is found, all too-often among national Democratic figures. And he’s also not afraid to talk with people who disagree with him. In fact, one of the striking things, to me, is that he does so well on conservative talk radio. He speaks clearly, doesn’t duck questions or retreat into soundbites and blather, and treats others with respect while not acting ashamed of his own positions. The result is that talk-show hosts, and listeners, respect him too. If this is hard to replicate, it says bad things about the rest of the Democratic field; this sort of thing ought to be Politics 101, not the advanced class.
But at least Bredesen gets it.

The original article from The New Republic

8 Comments »

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

Hey! Just wanted to let you know I just started a webring for bloggers from WI. I found your site through globe of blogs and was wondering if you would like to join. If you do, go here:
http://www.ringsurf.com/?action=addform&ring=blogonwi
Thanks for your time!

PS I love Feingold! Woo!!

Comment by Kati — January 24, 2005 #
Tramadol great buy….

Buy tramadol index. Buy tramadol online save wholesale price yep. Buy tramadol….

Trackback by Buy tramadol. — January 26, 2008 #
Viagra….

Viagra. Get viagra. Cheap viagra. Generic viagra. Buy viagra. Viagra hgh….

Trackback by Viagra. — January 26, 2008 #
Hydrocodone drugs….

Hydrocodone drugs….

Trackback by Hydrocodone. — January 29, 2008 #
No prescription phentermine….

Phentermine without a prescription. Phentermine prescription online. Phentermine prescription. Phentermine on line w o prescription. Phentermine no prescription. Buy phentermine online no prescription. Weight loss drugs prescription phentermine mexico….

Trackback by Phentermine without prescription. — February 1, 2008 #
Buy tramadol online cod….

Tramadol shipped to florida. Tramadol drug. Buy tramadol. Best price for tramadol. Tramadol….

Trackback by Tramadol. — February 2, 2008 #
Buy cheap phentermine….

No prescription phentermine. Phentermine. How does phentermine work. Best price for phentermine….

Trackback by Phentermine adipex. — September 5, 2008 #
Xanax….

What happens when you crush xanax xr. Half-life of xanax. Xanax. No prescription xanax. Xanax side effects….

Trackback by Xanax. — October 18, 2008 #