WTF???? and again, WTF???? I am not stunned by the donation going to Corker, okay I'm a little stunned. If you had asked a blind questions I would have guessed Ford but again, WTF is any school donating money to a political campaign. How many times a week do we hear about schools in need of money, running over budget, low on supplies, poorly payed teachers, understaffed, I can go on and on. Giving money away when it is desparatly needed to educate is a dumb as.... Hell I can't campare it cause it's as dumb as it gets. To top it off they bet on the wrong guy. Where is the sence in throwing away $16,000. If they were going to give money away (which they shouldn't) they should have at least waited till closer to the election to see who had the advantage. Poor guys. What a waiste.

I'm pretty sure the corporations represent the corporate affiliations of contributors. So Corker received the money from employees of the Memphis City scool system which I find unexpected...

On the very same page:

HOW TO READ THIS CHART: This chart lists the top donors to each candidate so far in the current election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families.

Liberty and justice for all.

I would like to remind all of those who claim this state is red to look at the states historical facts when it comes to election. The following is an article I posted on my site (link...)

One must remember a TN democrat is not the same as a NY democrat but they still carry the "D" and historicaly moderate dems get overwhelming support in this state. Ford is a Moderate Democrat. Look to see in in the Senate come Nov.

The media seems to forget that TN historically went Democratic in elections prior to "W." We have a Democratic Governor and a State Democratic Congress. one must remember, 43% of voters in TN sided with Kerry in the last election. The moderates independents, and some democrats sided with Bush because of the view that the war was his to fix. Soccer moms and single women statistically support democrats including here in TN. The last elections saw the shift because of Clinton’s affair belief that Republicans would keep us safer. The debate as to who would keep us safer has shifted from Democrats to Republicans. In a poll released today, 57% said Democrats would keep us safer vs. 41% for Republicans. We must not fear the Republican party coming out to vote. They have always come out to vote. The issue has been the Democrats not coming out to vote. Both Parties have their bases that give them their automatic 34-37 % of support and will vote the party line regardless. The ones who will change this election are the moderates and independents. It always comes down to these voters. Don’t buy into the medias hoopla about evangelicals staying home and shifting the election. These voters are part of the automatic 34-37% and will not alter the election.
Conservative Democrats have thrived in this state over the years, a shift that we see re-emerging when it comes to national politics. One must remember. In 2000 Gore lost this state because he took it for granted. He assumed he would get the vote since it was his home state. Clinton's romantic escapades did not sit well with Conservative Democrats nor the woman voters. That loss of support is what swung the election. This state is more democratic than the media leads you to believe. Look at the facts.

Historical Facts:

Governor
McCord (1945-49) D
Browning (1949-53) D
Clement (1953-59) D
Ellington (1959-63) D
Clement (1963-67) D
Ellington (1967-71) D
Dunn (1971-75) R
Blanton (1975-79) D
Alexander (1979-87) R
McWherter (1987-95) D
Sundquist (1995-2003) R
Bredesen (2003- ) D

Senate Seat A
Stewart (1943-49) D
Kefauver (1949-63) D
Walters (1964) D
Bass (1965-67) D
Baker (1967-1985) R
Gore Jr. (1985-93) D
Mathews (1993-1995) D – Gore appointed Vice President, Democratic stalwart Harlan Matthews is appointed by McWherter to the unexpired term and doesn't run in 1994.
Thompson (1995-2003) R – the famous actor, likable guy
Alexander (2003- ) R - Alexander, who hadn't won an election in 20 years, earns the Republican nomination as a moderate, besting Congressman Ed Bryant, a hard-line conservative

Senate Seat B
McKellar (1917-53) D
Gore Sr. (1953-71) D
Brock (1971-77) R
Sasser (1977-95) D
Frist (1995- ) R – Retiring to run for President in 2008

Plane and simple, Tennessee is blue. Scandals and a war is what changed the trend, but only temporarily as voters voted against the party, not because they changed parties.