Even before U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn entered the race for Tennessee’s Republican gubernatorial nomination, connected political observers said it was her race to lose.
In the past two and a half weeks, after a series of embarrassing missteps, some have started to whisper it looks like Blackburn is trying to do just that.
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“It’s still hers to lose, but the last two weeks have been the kind of thing that can create momentum for a candidate. And once you get momentum, it’s hard to turn that around,” said veteran Republican commentator Steve Gill, publisher of the conservative news site Tristardaily.com
