There are 25 items listed on the political radar. Of these 25 "headlines" there are 2 maybe 3 "headlines" that could be viewed as positive for Republicans. Apparently Republicans have nothing positive happening anywhere in the US. Even when a House GOPer is intellectually honest about Foley and others it is written as all GOPers should be investigated for criminal activity.
Nice balance. Continually leaning to one side will severely injure your spine.

Give me a break. What is wrong with attending a Playboy Party. Seriously...Okay, so there might be some pretty girls or maybe you see some skin. Lets talk about real problems and get beyond this crap for the sake of our country.

Good for Mr. Ford. The Repugs for years have been lecturing and legislating how we should live moral, Christian lives.

I think they should start at home first by looking in the mirror....hypocrites!

It's true, so I really don't see a problem with what he said and what the big headline is about.

Way to go Rep. Harold Ford (D-TN) !!!

OK, let's see, we have a 30-something single man partying with babes (all legal adults) who get paid to take their clothes off. Then we have a 50-ish single man (who we now know is gay--or so he says), propositioning 16-year-old boys. Quite a difference, I'd say.

And boy, if I could switch lives with one of them...LOL!

This whole warped sense of values started at least back during the Clinton years when the Republicans decided it would be politically advantageous to label themseles as the family value party after they realized they could not attack Clinton on the state of the nation. After 6 yeras of wrapping themselves with the flag and trying to present themselves as the moral light in the darkness of immorality, the GOP have turned out to be disgustigly vile, ranging from Iraq to Katrina and now this.

Aww Chris, what's the matter? Upset that your party is ruining the country to such an extent that even the corporate-whore media can't cover for ya anymore?

Somebody call a WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAmbulance!

Just count your lucky stars that the story about Abramoff's e-mail showing that he knew *in 2002* about the "upcoming war in Iraq" hasn't blown up in your faces. Yet. (I can hope.)

Here's another story you can count your lucky stars the media hasn't (won't) seize on: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/capitol/index.html

Happy reading!

This whole warped sense of values started at least back during the Clinton years when the Republicans decided it would be politically advantageous to label themseles as the family value party after they realized they could not attack Clinton on the state of the nation. After 6 yeras of wrapping themselves with the flag and trying to present themselves as the moral light in the darkness of immorality, the GOP have turned out to be disgustigly vile, ranging from Iraq to Katrina and now this.

It is time for the Democrats to give the G.O.P.(Reapers) some of their own medicine. I want them to say... What hit me? That was a Ford, baby! Give them Hell Mr. Ford!

Hey Chris - there IS nothing positive coming out of GOP right now.

If Harold Ford, a handsome, well-to-do, intelligent, and successful (across the board) YOUNG MAN, had not ever attended a party with beautiful, single, available, and of-age women, I would be deeply worried about him. Thank God FORD is NORMAL. Have at it Harold.
And now that we know you can prioritize your conjones and your patriotism, we would love to have you in the UNITED STATES SENATE.
You've got my vote.

It is an act of complete desperation for the GOP to run such an ad against Ford. You would think the GOP would have enough sense to move as far away as possible from an ad of that type in light of their own ship sinking from the weight of Foley, Hastert, and company.

Denouncing Ford for appearing at a Playboy party is a great way for the Republicans to appeal to their base. Many rank-and-file Republicans don't have a problem with Playboy parties, but they do have a problem with the idea of a black man around a lot of half-naked white women. If Ford were white, it wouldn't be as much of a big deal. But painting Ford as a small-p playboy is part of RACIAL, and not "moral" politics. It is an appeal to the "black satyr" archetype.

This is a fact of racial politics in this country that is often glossed over. The Republicans are the party of racists.

I just came back from a Harold Ford Jr. rally. He brought that up about the ladies, and everyone just laughed. He said in a very awwshucks kind of way. I like ladies. He also made a comment about being a few shade lighter than most of us. This in a small West Tn. rural town. The crowd being 90% or more of whites. We all got a laugh. If Rep. Ford, jr. dont win the race, I will be very surprised. He got the whole crowd going and kept us right there. He recieved many standing O. Go Harold Ford !!!

Saddly, these kinds of attacks seem to represent the biggest problem confronting Harold Ford Jr's run for the senate... the attacks and the disillusionment that the Republican Party has some kind of monopoly on the higher moral ground.

These pseudo-snitty attacks have no sustenance whatsoever and reaffirm their complete disregard for common decency. It is such a quietly momentous moment when a true leader, the Harold Ford Jr variety, will only dignify such an asinine comment with a "God Bless 'Um."

It’s a lovely, discreet performance that derives its power from restraint, rather than retaliation.

Hell, I'd vote for Ford in a flash! Me: Middle-aged single white man. Playboy Bunnies? Nothing more American than that. Let's party!

Hey, Chris!
Your only recourse for positive spin will continue to be FoxNews. The rest of the media has finally figured it out. By the way. Did those 2 or 3 positive news items actually appear on FoxNews? Sorry I missed them.

A single man, partying with single adult women, I wish I was at that party! Go Ford.

Uhhh .. people this was race coded. Ford was at a party with available white playmates.

Corker has been pulling this a lot.