Schumer to Harold Ford Jr.: 'You Are One Great Candidate'

Chucky Schumer sure loved him some Harold Ford Jr. just a few years ago. So did Barack Obama. Now, however, Ford wants to run against Chucky's sockpuppet, and the Democrat machine wants no part of him.

Ah, good times.

President Obama and Sen. Chuck Schumer were for Harold Ford Jr. before they were against him.

In 2006, both men - who were senators at the time - heaped praise on Ford Jr., then a Tennessee congressman seeking to join them in the Club of 100 in his home state.

Politics for the betterment of everyoen is "the kind of politics Harold Ford exemplifies, and that's why I'm here today," Obama said at an event, according to the Associated Press.

"We've got a spirit of hope in the campaign of a young man who represents everything about the future of America right here in Tennessee," Obama said at another point, according to the Tennessean.

There was more.

"You are one great candidate," Schumer told Ford during the '06 race, according to the Los Angeles Times.

And Congressional Quarterly quoted schumer saying he was a "great fundraiser and has a national following."

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