DeMarCaTionVille

For the first time since the Reconstruction, the Republican Party has taken control of the Tennessee General Assembly – top to bottom, house to senate, the whole bicameral enchilada. (Go ahead. Take a moment. Laugh or Cry. Whatever suits you.) Personally, I think there’s a damn good reason why state political history is what it [...]

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I doubt many voters will be fooled by this article, but it did make me laugh.
Still, someone should tell Ramsey it’s October 20th… not April 1st.
Best line:
“I know people think money influences how you vote. But honestly, in my opinion, it’s 180 degrees from there,” he said. “If you know me, you can read a [...]

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(*Fairly Unbalanced Alert: The radio advertisement featured here has been heavily edited in order to take the candidate’s words out of context and regroup them – thereby making the candidate say whatever I want him to say. Translation: technology downloaded from the internet grants me powers similar to that of Ron Ramsey, the Haslams [...]

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Times-News reports that Democratic attorney Bruce Shine and Republican Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey entertained Kingsport Rotarians on Wednesday with a behind-the-scenes look at things you didn’t see on television at this year’s national political conventions.
Shine has apparently been to seven conventions dating back to 1952 when he was a page for former Tennessee U.S. Sen. [...]

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Last week, Mike Williams skipped into town with Governor Phil Bredesen. The pair stopped by the Hale Springs Inn to officially announce a transportation enhancement grant in the amount of $168,000 for phase two of the Inn restoration project. (Jeff Bobo’s video report on the visit is here.)
The Governor, who has endorsed Williams, [...]

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I’m a bit baffled by this Kurita controversy. I understand that Barnes is in, Kurita is out. And “crossover” voting (oh, you can bet your sweet fanny there were Ron Ramsey-loving Republicans crossing over) served as some basis for the challenge. However, we’ve already discussed this and decided “bona fide” and “allegiance [...]

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Immediately following the AP report that a conservative political action committee (aka Gregory and `ems politickin’ money) is shifting its attention away from Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, my Ron Ramsey Approval Rating increased by 80%.
According to the report:
Jim Holcomb, a former state senator and treasurer of the Tennessee Conservative PAC, tells The Associated [...]

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WTF?
The [internal] memo, which examines the “party raiding” conducted by Northeast Tennessee Democrats in aiding Roe’s narrow victory, was done for well-known GOP donor and Davis campaign supporter John Gregory by the Warrenton, Va.-based HoltzmanVogel law firm.
For the record, this article means we’re going to continue to debate Tennessee Primaries.  And if Ron Ramsey [...]

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According to the Times-News, Ron Ramsey doesn’t think Davis should challenge the primary results.
I agree – but I wonder what Ramsey thinks about Raymond Finney’s recount?
Just guessing here – but the since last thing the Lt. Governor needs is another Senator unwilling to view Democrats as the spawn of Satan, which they aren’t (Naifeh just [...]

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Much ado has been made over Marsha Blackburn shelling out campaign dough to her daughter for whatever work her daughter performed on behalf of the campaign. Perhaps hoping to avoid the same political pitfall, Mike Faulk announced last week his daughter, Katherine, would be serving as his campaign Finance Director.
This allowed [...]

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