Tennessee Democrat sees Hillary threat

My home state of Tennessee (a red state) has a Democrat governor, Phil Bredesen. And from what I understand, he's pretty popular there. He's not a liberal, because like most other Southern Democrats, he understands that modern liberalism is a failed philosophy that has no traction in the South (due to Southerners' love for God, country, military, and Bill of Rights...and willingness to express that love). Heck, I have family members that voted for him two years ago...and few people in my family ever vote for a Democrat!

Anyway, he was recently quoted by a London paper as saying something less than flattering about Her Highness (not the Queen of England, but the Queen of New York...Shrillary Clinton). According to the article:

Southern Democrats are growing increasingly restless over the prospect of having Hillary Clinton head their party's presidential ticket in 2008 - and at least one of them is speaking out.

"I sure hope there are other people who would step forward," Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen told the London Times over the weekend. "People love [Clinton] or they hate her, and I don't know in the end how all that plays out."

While surveys conducted by Northeastern pollsters continue to show that Clinton is her party's odds-on presidential favorite, Bredesen said the voters he knows are "kind of dissatisfied" with all the current Democratic 2008 prospects.

The column does go on to say that he backpedaled just a bit when he got back to the states (and no doubt caught hell from the national party elite). He said he wasn't disparaging her...just pooh-poohing her chances in 2008.

Bredesen himself may have eyes on 2008. He's up for re-election in '06, and though it's way too early and things could change, he looks in good shape to be re-elected. If he is, he would get serious consideration for president in '08 (since, unlike the last politician from Tennessee who ran for President, he would actually win his home state and compete in other Southern states).

That is, of course, unless the national party thinks for the second presidential election in a row that it would be a good idea to recruit a haughty, effete New England liberal like Shrillary. After all, Kerry told us in early 2004 that Dems don't need the South to win the Presidency (despite the fact that no Dem has ever been elected without at least one Southern state). DNC elites may agree. Time will tell. Never underestimate the stupidity of the Democratic Party.