If Thompson is not the nominee, Tennessee is in play...Hillary ahead of Guiliani and Romney...

[SaveElmer]

If former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson is the Republican nominee in 2008, the Volunteer State is likely to cast its Electoral College votes for the home town boy. A Rasmussen Reports statewide survey finds that Thompson leads Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton by fifteen percentage points (54% to 39%). He leads John Edwards by twenty-one points (56% to 35%) and Barack Obama by thirty points (60% to 30%).

However, if the Republican nominee is Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney, Tennessee’s eleven Electoral votes could conceivably end up in the Democratic column. Clinton has a statistically insignificant two-point edge over Giuliani (46% to 44%) and a six-point lead over Romney (46% to 40%). Clinton also has an edge over Republican hopefuls in three other southern states—Arkansas, Virginia, and Florida. If any Democrat is able to win Southern states in Election 2008, it will be a long night for the GOP.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/tennessee_thompson_leads_clinton_but_clinton_leads_giuliani_romney

[Rydz777]

1. "it will be a long night for the GOP." More likely, it will be a short

night. The Democratic nominee will be declared winner right after the Florida returns come in.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Tennessee is supporting their former senator. Why is NC in play for Edwards? nt

[rinsd]

3. Well it is his home state. Though TN would be sweet in the win column (nt)

[Perky]

4. It is only because the GOP is scattered

Once thy have a nominee it will likely windup being a 55.45 GOP win like most of the south.,

Not any negativity towars Hillary... But there is no GOP machine in place to solidify support. Given a choice between Rudy and Hillary....nominal republicans will vote for Rudy and hold their nose doing so.


The only chance Hillary has in Tennessee is if Bredesen is running for the Senate and that is only if he is comfortable campaigning with her.