Commercial Appeal digs up some treasure

The Commercial Appeal digs for data in the most recent FEC filings of Bob Corker and Harold Ford, Jr.--in a Wednesday article, and there were at least three things are apparent from the reports: the Lefty Hollywood/NY axis is really pulling for Ford, Jr.; this ain't your father's Democrat Party; and Ford, Jr. has been blowing through the campaign cash, spending as much as Corker even though he was running unopposed for the Dem nomination.

"The Center also noted that, as of August, Ford had received 63 percent of his contributions from out of state, compared with Corker's 6 percent. Of the top 10 Zip codes contributing to the campaigns, all 10 of Corker's were in Tennessee, while four of Ford's were in New York City."

"Corker also received a contribution from David E. Kefauver, son of the late U.S. Sen. Estes Kefauver, a Democrat who represented Tennessee until he died in office in 1963. The son, a retired veterinarian, said his father would probably be a Republican if he were alive now."