Sharpton now switching to Ford?

Ford may have convinced Al Sharpton to change his mind at MLK event.

"Someone asked the other day how long I have known Harold Ford," Sharpton said. "I’ve known Harold Ford all of his life, just about. His father wrote one of the first checks for me to run for president. And the Ford family. In his congressional career…he has supported and worked with us, and I’m glad he’s here today." Al Sharpton

Ford then delivered a folksy speech about growing up in his Memphis grandmother's house, going to church on Sundays and eating fried chicken that was clearly designed to say to the largely African-American crowd: I'm one of you. He noted MLK was shot and killed during a visit to his hometown.