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To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (752667)	10/28/2006 12:48:10 PM
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Tennessee Ad Tumble October 28, 2006, 11:22 am By Kate Phillips thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com Under pressure, Terry Nelson, one of Wal-Mart Store’s political advisers and the head of the group that created the “come-hither” blonde ad against Congressman Harold Ford Jr., resigned his post with the company on Friday. The Times’ Michael Barbaro broke the story Friday night. Mr. Nelson, political director for the Bush campaign in 2004 and now an adviser to Senator John McCain, said in a resignation letter that the company had asked him to leave. Pressure had been building in recent days, with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and WakeUpWal-Mart, a group opposed to the company’s labor policies, demanding that Mr. Nelson be let go because of the controversial ad. Mr. Nelson had been running the separate political unit used by the Republican National Committee to manage the independent expenditure ads that caused such a ruckus this past week. Ken Mehlman, head of the R.N.C., said earlier this week that while he did not agree that the ad had racial overtones, the ad would be pulled. The Associated Press interviewed Mr. Nelson about the matter. Mr. Nelson said Wal-Mart had “come under political pressure from liberal special interest groups” as well as labor unions. “It’s unfortunate that this pressure has had an impact on Wal-Mart.” He added: “There was no intention to offend anybody and it’s unfortunate if people took offense. That was certainly not what people planned for or hoped for.” Mr. Ford and Bob Corker, the Republican Senate candidate in Tennessee, are set to debate tonight. Should be quite raucous, given the past week’s events. UPDATE: The Ford-Corker debate will be rebroadcast at 10 p.m. eastern time on C-SPAN.