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Big change doesn’t happen overnight. That’s a reality that we need to come to grips with. Big, lasting change can take years, decades even, to take hold and gain enough widespread support to become entrenched. There are a lot of reasons real, lasting change takes so long. First and foremost, as I noted yesterday,...
There are a lot of things in this world that require people to have faith. Much of our financial system is grounded on the “full faith and trust” that debts will be repaid. In fact, were it not for this trust, our money would just be nicely decorated bits of paper. In our spiritual...
Yesterday, we pointed out an article that led us to believe there had been a compromise on the State Budget.
Apparently not so much.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that perhaps things are not as amenable...
Humphrey has the scoop. A compromise plan to balance the state budget was presented today by Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle, who said it was the result of bipartisan negotiations involving both the House and Senate. The proposal accepts that none of the major revenue-generating measures proposed by Gov. Phil Bredesen will be enacted....
Tom Humphrey has a report on money raised in the last disclosure period for the candidates seeking the governor’s office.
At just after 1pm, in Nashville, State Senator Jim Kyle announced he was ending his campaign for Governor. We’ll update this post as details emerge. From the blogs View from the Cumberland Kleinheider Sean Braisted Tom Humphrey Knoxviews has a poll you can take for Kim McMillan and Mike McWherter. Left Wing Cracker The...
Chas Sisk sez Kyle gets the nod from one of his former competitors yesterday! Ward Cammack, a Nashville businessman whose bid to be governor never really went anywhere, will give Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle his endorsement in a conference call with reporters this afternoon. A presser released yesterday bills the endorsement as the...
On the Tennessee Democratic Gubernatorial Primary
I had this plan to get all General George S. Patton on the several of you out there that are so very certain that the remaining candidates, Kim McMillan and Mike McWherter, are somehow incapable of winning against “generic Republican 2010”. Partially because I am not, nor never will be Patton, and partially because...
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