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In this season of giving, I’ve decided that a current events version of “The Night Before Christmas” is in order. To that end, I offer the following… Twas the week before Christmas and all through the County, Leaders in the east were assessing their bounty, The Legislature won by the right wing with care,...
For reasons I’m not so sure about, I’ve been looking at the media page on HuffPo a lot over the past several days. In the process of doing this, I realized that last night marked the return of Conan O’Brien to late-night television after a long and winding journey. I don’t really watch late-night...
Just because the elections are over doesn’t mean all is lost for political junkies like myself. Even though my junkiness hasn’t been expressed to it’s fullest potential as of late, nothing gets my motor running quite like a power struggle, and that’s exactly what we seem to have in the wake of the Republican...
During our long break, I’ve had some time to think about what’s going on with all the dissatisfaction from voters out there. For over a year we’ve been hearing about the Tea Party and whatnot, as if that’s the only political movement that’s energized in the nation. Certainly there’s some evidence out there that...
Looks like we’re going to have a full on investigation into what happened on election day in Shelby County. Shelby County DA Bill Gibbons asked the TBI to look into “criminal” violations. Congressman Steve Cohen has also sent a letter to the USDOJ to ask for an investigation of the issue. Last night, over...
From WKRN: Several state Republican lawmakers are planning a trip to Phoenix later this month to present the resolution they passed in support of Arizona’s controversial new immigration law. Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen told News 2 he wished they weren’t taking the trip and also said, “I don’t think it puts Tennessee in the...
As promised here are my impressions from the annual TNDP Jackson Day event that was held Friday night at Belmont University. First of all, I want to congratulate the volunteers and staff of the TNDP for again exceeding expectations. After last year’s event I was wondering how they would manage to reach that high...
In a move that many likely find surprising, Governor Phil Bredesen has commuted the death sentence of Gaile Owens. Here’s the Nashville City Paper with the coverage: Calling the case “complex and emotional,” the governor cited the “extraordinary” sentence rendered in the case and the fact that Owens had accepted a conditional plea agreement...
I understand why Captain Kona is upset about this sign in his neighborhood. Thankfully, my little neck of the woods here in super liberal midtown Memphis doesn’t normally see that many signs by Republicans. The few that do have Republican signs up in my neighborhood are usually for Haslam, which is about as comforting...
The Shelby County Election Outlook
Shelby County has two more elections this year (hopefully) and after the dismal turnout in the May 5th election, and voter fatigue in general, how Big Shelby turns out in August and November could have a huge impact on the future of the state. I understand that most folks don’t care much about the...
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