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Are we thinking things through? I think about that sometimes. In politics, in life in general and in our day-to-day lives. It’s simple to get into the outrage game when it comes to all of these things, but the question that keeps coming back to me is if collectively we are taking steps to...
Jeff Yarbro won the Davidson County Democratic Straw Poll last night by almost twice as many votes over incumbent Douglas Henry. It has been interesting to watch the young candidate in the last few months. He has word of mouth, he has raised a great deal of money online and the cool kids like...
One thing that you feisty little scamps may not know is that while Herr Ross is in Memphis, I am in the state’s capitol this week. For those of you who might be intrigued, there was an A.C. Kleinheider sighting last night. No, NO, not Mayor A C Wharton, but the political blogger. He...
Buried in a story in the Commercial Appeal yesterday that was wrought with various confusing items from former Mayor Willie Herenton, we read the quote ” to hell with all the bloggers.” I had to really take some time to chew on that one from Herenton. On one hand, it’s probably good to see...
If any politician in any county in this state sat down in a coffee shop, a juke joint or asked a person in Wal-Mart/Box City of your choice, the one thing that I believe the average citizen would say is that Tennessee needs jobs. Ross pointed Aunt B.’s post out in Morning Coffee earlier,...
Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin says yes: We weren’t doing things. We were doing them the same old way and it wasn’t making a difference. So, we changed the way we did things. It’s like a big aircraft carrier. It just wouldn’t turn. But I think it’s turning. We changed some things on the...
On a Monday morning, there just isn’t enough Monday coffee. Trust me on this one, campers. More than 6,000 students from this state are going to participate in National History Day on March 1. Those are really decent numbers and as we could go with the obvious quote about history repeating itself, let’s go...
The state has played divide-and-conquer for many years, pitting rural against urban communities, Memphis against Nashville, East TN against West TN, etc. ~Gordon Bonnyman Conversations about The Med earlier this week between all of us here at Speak to Power brought up a conversation about the Western Division and how we are perceived in...
It’s Friday. I think what we say in the South is ’nuff said or ’bout dang time. Let’s grab a cuppa and look around Tennessee overnight. Former Commercial Appeal cartoonist Bill Day was honored yesterday at the National Press Foundation Awards and Mediaverse has the story. The devil is in the details and Whites...
The Political Popularity Contest
Politics, for all practical purposes, is a popularity contest. Elected officials try to find a pulse of what they think their constituents want and cater to that. Right now, it is my opinion if you get out of the capitol for at least 15 minutes, it’s pretty obvious that a lot of folks are...
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