edited by: Kate,
Tennessee Editor
That’s what Rep. Stacey Campfield is hearing:
It is starting to come out now that Haslam skipped the Tennessee Conservative Union dinner to be at a fundraiser hosted by long time Democrat fundraiser David “Ace” Harrington whose next fundraiser is for Democrat Joann Graves. Not what the hard Republican party [...]
David Oatney reports from the Tennessee Conservative Union’s Reagan Day:
Haslam sent people and bought tables, but a conservative event in his own hometown was not good enough for him to be there and actively stump for himself. Bill Dunn is one of the few reputable conservatives openly supporting Haslam [...]
From Rick Locker:
Its chairman, Lloyd Daugherty, said today that despite Ramsey’s straw-poll win, “It’s my sense that conservatives have not consolidated behind one candidate yet. I think it’s up for grabs. I think it had a lot do with Ramsey becoming a known quantity with regard to state issues.”
Daugherty [...]
“Action” Andy Sher on the absences from Knoxville’s Reagan Day:
Tennessee Conservative Union Chairman Lloyd Daugherty said Mr. Haslam “had some kind of conflict or at least he said he did.”
Mr. Daugherty said the Haslam campaign just last week decided to be one of the dinner’s sponsors.
“I know they want [...]
From Georgiana Vines:
Ramsey and three other major Republican candidates for governor are expected at the annual Reagan Day dinner sponsored by the Tennessee Conservative Union at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Crowne Plaza. The others are Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp and Shelby County District [...]
