As a Corner reader wrote me moments ago, he’s southern, black, relatively moderate and attractive.

Also, I wonder if the Democrats are going to play “base-ball” again this year. That was the game in 2000 and, while they won the popular vote, it didn’t give them a win. With the increased polorization of the electorate and the growth in pro-Bush states, it’s possible the Democrats could win an even BIGGER popular victory this year and still lose. The Dems have to be asking themselves “Who helps us win in the right states?”

Not many black candidates fit that role, not even Congressman Ford who couldn’t even deliver Tennessee.