NY Observer > Tennessee http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/26984/feed Articles from Observer.com en Moan and Groan: Poor Ricci in Chicken-Fried Horror http://www.observer.com/node/36825 With her dark scowls and dour “Don’t tread on me” warning signals, Christina Ricci  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36825#comments Arts & Culture California Christina Ricci Heather Graham Tennessee Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Rex Reed 36825 at http://www.observer.com Come Home With Me, Baby! http://www.observer.com/node/36723 US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man by Charlie LeDuff, The Penguin Press, 242 pag  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36723#comments Arts & Culture Charlie LeDuff Detroit Laura Sessions Stepp Tennessee Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Nona Willis-Aronowitz 36723 at http://www.observer.com Harold Ford http://www.observer.com/node/30592 Maybe the most startling development of the last two weeks of Campaign '06 has been the sudden meltdown of Harold Ford's U.S. Senate prospects in Tennessee.

As near as anyone can tell, it's not really his fault.

In mid-October, polls showed Ford, a five-term congressman from Memphis, pulling ahead of Republican Bob Corker, a not-at-all surprising result given that (a) the national current so strongly favored the Democrats; (b) the glib and telegenic Ford had shrewdly cultivated a red state-friendly image as a church-going, Pelosi-weary, Second Amendment enthusiast; (c) Corker, who failed in a 1994 Senate bid, had run a listless campaign that had put his party's social conservative base to sleep.

Ford's surge created considerable national buzz, since a win would make him the first African-American elected to the Senate from the South - and only the fourth African-American senator since reconstruction. In the last few weeks, though, his numbers have nosedived, and now he lags anywhere from three to 12 points behind Corker.

Ford, who was joined on the stump by Barack Obama over the weekend, claims he's closing the gap, an assertion a recent Gallup poll seemed to support.

But to some observers, the race is already over, thanks to an ugly political truth: In the privacy of the voting booth, racism, however subtle, still exists. Ford, the theory goes, needs to be ahead in the polls heading into Election Day to offset the silent defections he'll suffer when rural white voters - who may have told pollsters they'd vote for the Democratic Senate candidate - actually see Ford's name on the ballot.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/node/30592#comments Politics Barack Obama Bob Corker Tennessee Tom Bradley Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:15:00 -0500 Observer Staff 30592 at http://www.observer.com The Bright Side Of Repudiation http://www.observer.com/node/36202 Stricken with anxiety as the polls continue to indicate a Democratic resurgence, certain Republicans  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36202#comments Harold Ford Jr. Pennsylvania Tennessee Virginia Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Joe Conason 36202 at http://www.observer.com Obama’s Rise Ends Era of Long Waits http://www.observer.com/node/36179 Barack Obama, a month after slyly headlining Tom Harkin’s annual Iowa steak fry, finally ackno  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36179#comments Politics Charles Rangel Donald Payne Harold Ford Jr. Tennessee Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Steve Kornacki 36179 at http://www.observer.com Gore Awakens Sleeping Booty Of '00 Donors http://www.observer.com/node/52743 In suit pants too short and black boots too polished, Al Gore stepped haltingly to the podium of the  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52743#comments Politics Al Gore Hassan Nemazee Tennessee Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Jason Horowitz 52743 at http://www.observer.com On Being a Bad Jew http://www.observer.com/node/33254 One of the great things about blogging is that all the stuff I fulminated about in private over the last few years (not getting assigned to write about it for Mainstream magazines) I now have to put down in cyberspace, and take responsibility for. Sometimes people get angry at me, sometimes I go over the line. But I learn a lot about my ideas, and myself. I make mistakes, and I don't get fired or disciplined. I am truly grateful for this experience. It's made me more intellectually and emotionally mature.

A lot of this process, of course, involves my hot-button relationship with my Jewish roots, and my self-description as an "assimilator." I get active comment on this score, a lot of it judgmental. Frankly, I am even grateful to these people.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/node/33254#comments Andover Joseph Lieberman Neil Kominsky Tennessee Mon, 05 Jun 2006 04:59:53 -0400 Observer Staff 33254 at http://www.observer.com Buñuel Peeps Through Keyholes- A Cubist Vision of Deneuve http://www.observer.com/node/52122 Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour (1967), from a screenplay by Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière, based  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52122#comments Arts & Culture Bettie Page Joseph Kessel Robert Altman Tennessee Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Andrew Sarris 52122 at http://www.observer.com Buñuel Peeps Through Keyholes— A Cubist Vision of Deneuve http://www.observer.com/node/38723 Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour (1967), from a screenplay by Buñuel and Jean-Claude  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38723#comments Arts & Culture Bettie Page Estes Kefauver Notorious Bettie Tennessee Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Andrew Sarris 38723 at http://www.observer.com Instapundit Pauses to Reflect On How the Little Guy Can Win http://www.observer.com/node/52036 In case you don’t know, Glenn Reynolds is the biggest sole proprietor in the political blogosphere  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52036#comments Arts & Culture Glenn Reynolds Instapundit.com Technorati Inc. Tennessee Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Chris Suellentrop 52036 at http://www.observer.com