Daily Dose for November 02, 2006

Daily Dose

Don't Forget to Early Vote -- Today is the last day to early vote in the Senate race. The Knoxville News-Sentinel has some more on expected turnout and early voting numbers.

Bob Corker Breaks Millionaire's Clause -- With just a few days to go before the election, Bob Corker has dumped $1.3M of his own money into his campaign coffers. That triggers the McCain-Feingold "Millionaire's Clause" which increase Ford's individual contributor limit. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has spent more than $4.7 million in independent expenditures in Tennessee - and Corker said he was donating to his own campaign to "balance the deck." The Tennessean has a story today outlining the more than $10M independent expenditures in the race.

Ford Scuttles Kerry Comments in Clarksville -- Harold Ford, Jr. told veterans in Clarksville yesterday that John Kerry was wrong to say what he said, but that didn't change the problems in Iraq. Ford was joined by retired General Wesley Clark in Clarksville at a veterans rally. More here.

Clinton Event Attracts 4,000 -- A rally in Memphis for Harold Ford, Jr. attracted nearly 4,000 supporters. All the major newspapers picked up on the event, in which Clinton said: "If Harold Ford wins on Tuesday, it won't mean a victory of race, but a victory of going beyond race." More here and here. In Knoxville, Corker told supporters he had been to Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton's office more than Harold Ford, Jr., because Junior spends all his time in Washington. Ironically, Herenton was among the politicans at the Ford rally.

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