The Humble Libertarian thinks GOP money-man Lee Beaman may have something to do with the move to oust Matt Collins from Davidson County GOP:
I’m especially interested to know because part of the controversy over Matt Collins is his public refusal to shake hands with bailout voter, Zach Wamp. [...]
Zach Wamp was just wondering:
We must control spending and quit this reckless borrowing. President Obama had to reassure our largest foreign lender, the Chinese government, on his administration’s plans for the deficit and how health care spending will impact it. China wants evidence that we have a plan to [...]
Zach Wamp on getting kids excited about learning:
Improving education, Wamp said, is not as difficult a problem as some would have the public believe, Wamp said. “It’s not all about money. Early childhood reading is the key,” he said.
Wamp said students need to be plugging into classes they’ll need [...]
David Oatney thinks Bill Gibbons gubernatorial candidacy is healthy:
Despite Zach Wamp wishing that Ron Ramsey would find some reason to drop out (he admitted as much to Rob Huddleston and myself at the Statesman’s Dinner this year when he told us that he thought Ramsey was going to have [...]
Dr. Bill Stacy, the former Chancellor the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, endorses Zach Wamp.
[...]You always want to be mentioned along with Zach Wamp, Ron Ramsey and Bill Haslam as a major contender for the nomination but then when it comes time to release your info to major newspapers around the state SouthComm gets the high hat. Alright then.
Shelby County District Attorney General Bill [...]
From Charles Maldonado’s excellent piece on the Haslam campaign in Middle Tennessee:
“Listen, no one is going to out-conservative us,” Ingram says. “Mayor Haslam supports the Second Amendment, he’s pro-life, he is pro-small-government. He’s against raising taxes. The other campaigns simply can’t out-conservative us.”
Ingram says the perception that Haslam [...]
From Erik Schelzig:
Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle of Memphis touts his labor support - blue foam hammers reading “Carpenters for Kyle” were handed out at the Chattanooga event - as a key fundraising source. He downplayed the announcement last week that Republican Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam has added another [...]
Rep. Zach Wamp has put his John Hancock to a legal brief opposing those who don’t want “In God, We Trust” and the Pledge of Alliance in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
[...]Bill Haslam coming to Memphis (per a media advisory):
Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, a Republican candidate for governor, will hold a press availability in Memphis on Thursday, November 19, 2009. As state budget hearings continue this week, Haslam will talk about the important role fiscal management plays within state government. [...]
The gubernatorial candidate gets out the grassroots:
The county chairs, coordinators and leadership teams in the 51 counties that Rep. Wamp announced today should account for more than 82 percent of the likely Republican primary vote in the August 2010 primary based on recent statewide primary elections, he said.
“All these things don’t really matter in the big scheme of things,” said Wamp “Most often they’re a matter of how many tables a candidate buys, or how many tickets a candidate buys to an event.” The Chattanoogan said a “scientific survey” would give a better [...]
Rex Noseworthy notes a misstep by those branding gubernatorial candidate Zach Wamp:
The 2010 gubernatorial campaign of GOP Congressman Zach Wamp seems to be doing pretty well on those fronts, but his handlers might want to be careful about how they brand their candidate.
An invitation to a Wamp fundraiser in [...]
From the Commercial Appeal:
More time was spent on the issue of gun rights than any other, with Wamp and Haslam sparring over whether Haslam was to the left of Tennessee Democrats on gun laws. Haslam countering by saying gun-rights activists call Knoxville as gun-friendly as it could be given [...]
From a press release:
Today, Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam reported that his gubernatorial campaign has received more than 6,000 contributions, and has raised another $1,000,000 in contributions since the June 30th report which stated that Haslam had received $3,890,137 from the January to June reporting period.
Results from a friendly:
A team of Bill Haslam supporters finished 12th, Maggart said, just ahead of a team including Tennessee Firearms Association President Brian Harris.
[...]More on the comparison between the 2006 Senate race and the 2010 Governor’s race:
Ramsey, who also carries the title of lieutenant governor, said his experience in the General Assembly gives him an advantage over candidates who served only in Congress. Wamp said in a recent interview that he has [...]
Candidates swear they’re not going out like Van Hilleary and Ed Bryant:
Both dismiss suggestions that they could experience a repeat of the 2006 GOP primary for an open U.S. Senate seat in which the two candidates split the conservative vote and were easily defeated by former Chattanooga Mayor Bob [...]
From the Chattanoogan:
Freedom is passed down from one generation to the next by the American patriots who were willing to stand between a threat and our civilian population. It is essential that we preserve their first-hand recollections and share with our children the stories of these true heroes to [...]
Rep. Wamp said his polling shows he is “the strongest in the Chattanooga media market of any candidate in any media market on either side, Republican or Democrat.”
But in May, two of Rep. Wamp’s biggest local supporters in his congressional campaigns, Scott L. “Scottie” Probasco Jr. and [...]
Sean Braisted notes he couldn’t do the reverse if he was a Democrat — not in Tennessee anyway.
[...]Gretchen Wilson will host a fundraiser for the gubernatorial candidate on December 5th. (Via Royer)
[...]David Oatney thinks that gubernatorial candidate made a mistake attending a fundraiser in Sumner County hosted by a Democrat instead of a Reagan Day dinner out in Knoxville
Since Thursday, it has emerged that Haslam’s other commitment was a fundraising reception hosted by Democratic fundraiser David “Ace” Harrington. Harrington has [...]
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