We keep hearing rumors. Rumors of who might jump in the race and save the day for both sides. Neither have who they might consider their ideal candidate.
On the Democrat side Mr. Ideal is clearly a cross between Clinton or JFK, but the current crop falls well short. The only reason Hillary is taken seriously is her marriage to an ideal. On the right, well, it was no coincidence the first Republican debate was held at the Reagan Library and the candidates kept dropping the Gipper's name, to no avail.
So we have these wild cards lurking. The names most mentioned are Al Gore and Fred Thompson.
Imagine it, two Tennesseans running for the big show. It would be like a subway series, except Nashville doesn't have subways. Maybe an I-65 series.
Both might try to "out-Volunteer" or "out southern" each other but nobody could get away with cracking southern jokes since it would equally offend both. Thompson might pick a northeasterner as running mate to help with the yankee vote while Gore would certainly choose Obama.
One thing would be assured, Tennessee would have it's first president since Andrew Johnson got there through the side door in 1865. Never know, maybe Charlie was right!
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