It looks like the Corker campaign battleship has taken a torpedo to the port bow and it's all hands on deck. While Corker desperately tries to patch up the hole with $2 million of his own money, Karl Rove has apparently been dispatched to try to right the ship.

Sources tell us Rove was spotted in Nashville yesterday, presumably en route to Corker's campaign office. Corker's latest "investment" and the invisible hand of Rove taking over the helm suggest big trouble for Corker's campaign. They must be seeing some very troubling numbers. Apparently, Jimmy Haslam and Tom Ingram aren't getting it done so the GOP had to send in The Closer.

Does this mean they think Missouri and Virginia are in the bag so they're repositioning assets, or are they giving up there and making a last stand in Tennessee? Only Bush's Brain knows for sure.

Either way, our sources suggest that the GOP Southern Strategy and Rove's Firewall operations have come down to the Tennessee Senate race and they are pulling out all the stops. One thing we do know for sure is that Democrats must get out the vote to win in Tennessee, especially with Rove in town.

UPDATE: Volunteer Voters says re. Rove visit to Nashville:

Talked to Todd Womack, campaign spokesman for Corker and former Mayor of Chattanooga, a bit ago and he tells me that this is a fabrication.

He has no knowledge of Karl Rove being in Nashville and the man has no role, advisory or otherwise, in the campaign.

UPDATE: From Michael Silence:

We are told that Rove has not been in TN, at least not for the Corker campaign. From Corker campaign political director Todd Womack: Karl Rove has had no advisory role in this campaign and certainly has not been in the state visiting with us. I don’t think he’s been in the state at all” except during the Bush visit.