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Corker targets Metro's 'collar' counties in neck-and-neck race
On a breezy late September evening, in an open-air hangar at a private residence here, the Republican politician says he's getting accustomed to "contrasting" himself with the Democrat he's up against in the U.S. Senate seat. Talking to 100 or so supporters who paid $50 per couple for barbecue sandwiches and to hear him speak, Bob Corker tells them, "I'm getting used to it and
I kind of enjoy it a little bit, to be honest." He promises to be nice. As the former mayor of Chattanooga segues into the part of his stump speech where he points out differences between himself and U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr., he talks about his early career as a builder. And for several at the fundraiser in this Wilson County suburb of Nashville, Robert Phillip Corker Jr.'s life story as a small-time construction worker who amassed a real estate empire is why they plan to support him. "He's a businessman," said John Baugh, 43, a businessman and farmer in Lebanon. "He has been under pressure making a payroll. That's hard to do." Posted by: Fred 2006-10-04 |
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