tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post6657984460334501924..comments2024-03-27T19:01:21.504-06:00Comments on Enik Rising: Running BlackSeth Maskethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178036016555722068noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post-48713408876062732702008-06-23T15:21:00.000-06:002008-06-23T15:21:00.000-06:00I think you're right that the TN 2006 contest was ...I think you're right that the TN 2006 contest was the only one of the four with an explicitly racial component. And that, I think, is a reflection of the closeness of that contest. Using a racist campaign tactic is risky and can backfire -- it was probably only employed because it seemed like Corker was going to lose. In the other contests, why bring the bigotry if you don't have to?<BR/><BR/>Although the great Helms/Gantt matchup was only 18 years ago, it seems like an entirely different world. Gantt pulled 47 percent of the vote against an incumbent, which is pretty impressive for a Democrat considering that Dukakis only garnered 38% in that state two years earlier. I don't know what the expected vote for Gantt would be in 1990, but it couldn't have been a whole lot more than 47.Seth Maskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178036016555722068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post-79518793475200011102008-06-23T08:31:00.000-06:002008-06-23T08:31:00.000-06:00Do you know of the four campaigns whether Ford´s w...Do you know of the four campaigns whether Ford´s was the only one to have an explicitly racial componant? All things being equal there might be no race effect, but in Ford´s case, his opponant ran effective, arguably racist ads. See too: Ron Gant.lidzvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15923931221060578785noreply@blogger.com