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The race for the 9th Congressional district Democratic nomination is, perhaps, the race that I’m watching with more interest than any other. Sure, there are contests with greater impact across the state and the county, but the contest between Congressman Steve Cohen and former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton is epic, as far as I’m...
I woke up late this morning and have had a hard time getting going. I think this may be a common problem for me on Wednesdays. No, I haven’t gone back to look at past Wednesday morning posts or anything, but for some reason I feel that Wednesday is the day that I dread...
Oh wait, this article isn’t from Jay-Z, it’s from JB, Jackson Baker, that is, talking about Harold Ford’s endorsement of Steve Cohen: One has to give credit to former mayor Willie Herenton for even trying to spin President Obama’s endorsement of his congressional opponent, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, as a plus for himself. It’s...
Of course, the Flyer’s Jackson Baker was on top of the situation: The last time former mayor Willie Herenton met with the assembled media in his South Third St. congressional campaign headquarters, he let that “free for all” sprawl for all of an hour and a half and answered every question under the sun....
Yesterday, Jackson Baker reported on the growing list of Memphis Journos that Willie Herenton doesn’t want to moderate a debate between he and Congressman Steve Cohen. From the article: The fact of Birch’s exclusion was first revealed by Cohen in a press conference at WREG Sunday night, scheduled during the hour that the July...
You know, I think the one thing that everyone needs, aside from a share of the obscene stacks of money that one candidate has amassed while the majority of the state suffers through a recession, is a long weekend. I mean, why the heck not? We’ve been working our patooties off and we need...
Why Willie Herenton’s statements should surprise no one, and other observations on the 9th District Congressional race I can’t tell you how many times since his display outside Cohen Headquarters two weeks ago I’ve had people ask me if Willie Herenton is crazy. My usual response, “How the hell should I know, I’ve only...
Jackson Baker’s been around the political block a time or two…or maybe twelve. So when confronted with an angry Willie Herenton at last week’s impromptu press conference right outside the Cohen for Congress headquarters, Jackson took it in stride. From the article: My question for the former mayor at the impromptu press conference he...
Just over two weeks since pulling out of a long scheduled debate a week since his primary opponent Steve Cohen called him a coward for pulling out of said debate, Willie Herenton is making news in front of the Cohen Campaign. Here’s the initial report from WMCTV: Here is video of the entire press...
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
As I noted in yesterday’s Happy Hour, former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton had a presser yesterday. I was only able to listen to a little of it because I was working, but what I heard was interesting, and not entirely untrue. I can’t vouch for the complete accuracy of Herenton’s numbers. The Voter Participating...
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