T. Sharp on Twitter (@newscoma) Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)The bottom line is the tea parties were a grassroots issue. And now, not so much, because there is a difference between holding a sign in protest and paying nearly$549 for a rubber chicken dinner just like every other single political event in the nation. It ceased to be different in that respect. The...
In his final address to the Tennessee General Assembly, the thrust of Phil Bredesen’s State of the State speech came down to the budget. Bredesen’s had previously given a July 1 deadline for a balanced budget to both houses and in last night’s speech, he didn’t let up. From Andy Sher The governor is...
There are a lot of different voices in the state of Tennessee regarding the direction of the Democratic Party in this state. As Martin Luther King Jr. said “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” As online conversations regarding politics becomes more prominent due to blogs, social...