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By Kleinheider Posted on January 5, 2009 at 1:12 pm

Jeff Woods on the fact that Bill Frist’s withdrawal from the governor’s race only gives us the appearance of a real race for Governor, not an actual one:

Now that Frist is out, the Republican gubernatorial contest is supposed to be wide open, but it’s not that unpredictable. The betting here is that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam will run away with the nomination. He’s bright, telegenic and rich. What else is there to say?

The eager Memphis District Attorney Bill Gibbons–who jumped into the race a full 15 seconds after Frist’s big announcement–and Chattanooga Congressman Zach Wamp will flail away at Haslam, but both will eventually run out of money and lose.

It’ll kill her to sit on the sidelines, but we think Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn will stay out of this one. So will Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey. Neither one could compete with Haslam, and they’ll hear exactly that from plenty of Republicans soon enough.

SEE ALSO: Wamp doesn’t impress Michael Silence much either.

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