No less than a few minutes had passed after word got out that Democrat Rep. Parker Griffith would be switching to the GOP before Erick Erickson of RedState.com had called on him to be defeated in a primary. This is quite simply the stupidest reaction anyone could [...]
The new Republican tactic on health reform:
Given that the GOP has basically been checkmated on health reform, I found myself wondering yesterday why they’re persisting with obstruction tactics. Surely letting the Democrats just pass the bill and then everyone gets to go home for Christmas is better for all [...]
Armey called the GOP “quite capable of serving the cause of liberty.” He said that he and Steele have had conversations about how they can work together on health care reform, though he pushed back on claims that he was the leader of conservative protest movement.
“I’m not audacious [...]
Changing things to a more logical shape would inevitably put more Democrats into Blackburn’s district. Sure, you could probably disperse the Democrats outside of Nashville and Memphis enough to still keep a GOP edge - but politicians tend to prefer comfortable margins rather than close ones.
If [...]
The house that I bought is in Tennessee's 6th District--the one being vacated by Bart Gordon.
So far, there are SIX GOP candidates that have announced since Monday. I've been perusing some campaign sites, and already asked one what they meant when they said they were a "licensed gun owner," since' [...]
The house that I bought is in Tennessee's 6th District--the one being vacated by Bart Gordon.
So far, there are SIX GOP candidates that have announced since Monday. I've been perusing some campaign sites, and already asked one what they meant when they said they were a "licensed gun owner," since' [...]
Kokesh’s appeal has a lot to do with the hard-edged activism that launched his career. He has traded in military fatigues for suits and plaid shirts. “I think people have told him that the one-fisted Black Panther salute might not sell anymore,” said Jesse Benton. His message, [...]
Davidson County Republican Party leaders filed paperwork this week to hold a Republican primary for the highly coveted seat held by current clerk Vic Lineweaver, who attracted a field of competitors after media reports last year revealed he spent considerable time at his Bellevue house during works [...]
From the presser:
State Senator Bill Ketron announced that he is endorsing Jim Tracy for Congress today. Senator Ketron was rumored to be a strong contender for the GOP nomination for the District 6 seat, but he will instead be endorsing what he called “the best possible candidate for the job.”
“Jim [...]
Tracy, 53, declared his candidacy hours after Gordon’s retirement announcement. An insurance agent who lives in Shelbyville, Tracy has served for five years in the state Senate. Tracy said he expects to emphasize his experience as a business owner and a lawmaker while campaigning.
“Being in the state Senate, [...]
After the revelation today that Sen. Jim Tracy voted in a few Democratic primaries, Tom Humphrey gets to wondering:
It’s not unreasonable to speculate, however, that Politico’s Washington-wise Josh Kraushaar, who posted the item, didn’t just happen to drop by the Bedford County Election Commission office and notice Tracy’s voting [...]
What yanks my chain the most is the hypocrisy. Republicans conveniently forget their own rhetoric when it’s time for funding requests. Yet that’s all we hear from these clowns. “Spending is out of control, blah, blah, snore.”
Spending is a big problem for the GOP. They love [...]
The nationals say Wamp’s “bailout problem” is not unique:
While the issue will be wielded against members of both parties throughout the next 11 months, it could be particularly potent in some race-to-the-right GOP primaries. The Time poll showed 71 percent of Republicans and 64 percent of independents opposed to [...]
The 3rd District GOP congressional candidate reminds you to celebrate Jesus’s birthday:
[...]James Chesser, the former head of the Davidson County Libertarian Party is running GOP:
I am proud and humbled to announce my candidacy for the Tennessee State Senate in 2010. We live in a state abundant with distinction, community energy, and international resources. With your support, I will represent [...]
Nice:
As part of its new media strategy, the Republican party launched a new site called GOP.am on Monday. It’s a URL shortener designed to make it easy for conservative web surfers to exchange links to web pages.
Pranksters almost immediately began using the service to link to controversial or ironically [...]
Can you claim both the Baker wing of the TNGOP as well as the tea party movement in your political heritage? It seems like you’d have to be either one or the other.
From the days of the founding of the modern Republican Party in Tennessee by names such as [...]
A CQ report on the race to replace Rep. Bart Gordon:
Tracy had already hired Nashville-area political strategist Mike McCrady, who has worked on Tennessee state legislative races and in the 2008 cycle worked for Florida 22nd district GOP nominee Allen West. McCrady said Monday that internal polling had shown [...]
Some say it’s a bit weak:
The GOP source compared this to the other open Democratic seat in Tennessee, where Rep. John Tanner is retiring and where Dems immediately recruited state Sen. Roy Herron, saying that there isn’t a truly strong Democratic candidate here. “Unlike TN-08 [the Tanner seat], you [...]
Lou Ann Zelenik welcomes the newbies in the GOP race for the Sixth District:
“Our democracy succeeds with more ideas and viewpoints,” Zelenik said. “I have had the great opportunity to meet with and listen to voters across the Sixth District since my entry into the race in October and [...]
Politico reports:
Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) didn’t mention his political predicament in his retirement announcement, but Republican polling in his middle Tennessee district showed that he would have faced one of the toughest races in his career if he stuck around.
A November poll conducted by the GOP firm Public Opinion [...]
