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It was a rough night here in Shelby County. Not one single county wide Democrat won. Some of the races were closer than others, but in the end, Republicans carried the day. I’m still processing everything. I want to see more detail, so I can analyze what happened. What’s crazy to me is that...
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...
The problem with writing a post about Happy Hour on your lunch break is the cruel reality that you’re still half a day away from Happy Hour. Then there are things that happen between the time I’m writing this and when it’s going to post, like, oh I dunno, the 3pm presser with Willie...
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...
There are some pretty high stakes happening in the 8th District right now with the retirement of long-time congressman, John Tanner, who has served 11-terms in Washington. I wrote yesterday about the insane amount of mailers that certain areas were getting. In Obion County, mailers come daily. In perusing them, Ron Kirkland and George...
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....
As Steve wrote about yesterday, we have a busy week going on. He’s back in school in a new semester and I’m helping out Michael Silence at No Silence Here as well as doing the day job as well as several freelance projects. The collision of virtual and real worlds are never fun, but...
Strange Signs
There are a lot of things I don’t understand, and this picture is one of them. How does someone support the most liberal member of the Tennessee delegation to Congress, and two Republicans who are anything but liberals? I won’t rush to judgement. For all I know these folks are personal friends of all...
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