In 2006, Harold Ford was about 50,000 votes short ( 50.71% to 47.99%) of capturing a Senate seat in Tennessee.

Less than four years later Ford is now gunning for Kristen Gillibrand’s Senate seat — in NEW YORK. (Queue the Pace Picante Sauce outrage )

Gillibrand is shifting her positions to deal with the transition from a conservative district to a more liberal federal position, and Ford is doing the same thing — moving from relatively more conservative Tennessee to more liberal New York.

I think there is a common string between Harold Ford’s repositioning for a Senate race and Angela McGlowan’s jump into the Mississippi congressional race — the political-lobbyist complex.  As opposed to retreating into the private or non-profit sector in an attempt to accomplish stated political goals, these two essentially cash in as lobbyists and “analysts” on news programs, and in Ford’s case a Merrill Lynch job where he appears to do nothing but draw a salary.

Worse yet, it appears Ford actually chose to file his taxes in Tennessee to avoid paying New York rates.

When it comes to his shadow run for Senate, Harold Fordis a New Yorker through and through. When it comes to paying taxes, though, he’s still a Tennessean — he’s never filed a New York return. Gawker

Who is Harold Ford Fooling?

Black conservative Angela McGlowan announced her run for the congressional first district of Mississippi in the Republican primary June 1, 2010.  After digging around a bit it seems that McGlowan has made a significant push to be involved in the “Tea party” movement.

I have serious doubts about the McGlowan’s actual impact in the Republican primary, while Nunnelee has a web site and has been actively promoting himself for some time, McGlowan has no campaign website. McGlowan’s personal web site is still focused on her role as Fox commentator and author — mainly as a “landing page, ” as opposed to a fully developed web site, while her professional business web site has a “coming soon page.”  Looks can be deceiving, many sites keep sites under wraps until a “big bang” public announcement; however, given that announcement passed…

I’m unimpressed given her resources.

Angela McGlowan, a conservative commentator on Fox News, plans to run in the Republican Primary for a Congressional House seat in northern Mississippi. The congressional district is the first congressional district of Mississippi, which comprises Southaven, Grenada, Tupelo, Columbus, and Corinth.  The seat is currently held by Travis Childers a Democrat, and a member of the “fiscally conservative” “blue dog” coalition of House Democrats.  It appears there are two other challengers in the Republican June 1st, 2010 primary looking to challenge Childers.

Angela McGlowan’s web site states she is a Fox News Analyst, political activist and best selling author.

http://www.angelamcglowan.com/