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Category: TNDP

  • Thinking About the Chair

    Tuesday, November 9, 2010, the day of his birthday, TNDP Chair Chip Forrester asked the members of the TNDP Executive Committee to elect him chair once again. The timing of the Chairā€™s appeal may seem indelicate. Just one week has passed since the most devastating election cycle in history, and just hours before the letter…

  • This is Not Another One of Those Stupid End of the Year Lists

    ā€¦ but I am glad that this year is finally almost over. In all seriousness, this year has been just plain crappy for just about everyone I know. The economy has sucked, the political dialogue has been shrill, and everyone, whether they recognize it or not, is worse off for the wear. Iā€™m not positive…

  • Bill Clinton at TNDP Jackson Day

    Iā€™m sure several others have written about Jackson Day in Nashville already. To be perfectly honest, when I got home I started capturing video of the event and havenā€™t stopped since. Iā€™ve never been to a state level political event this large. There were some 3000 people in attendance to see keynote speakers Vice-President Gore…

  • TNDP Summit Wrap-Up

    I just got home from the TNDP Summit in Monteagle, and I have to say, Iā€™m completely blown away. Iā€™ve been to my fair share of political events but this was something completely different. I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever left a state or local political function of any sort with the feeling hope in my…

  • TNDP.org Membership Update

    Here are the TNDP.org membership stats for this week… Total Members – 617 Davidson – 136 – 22% Knox – 82 – 13% Shelby – 43 – 7% Rutherford – 30 – 5% Hamilton – 24 – 4% Shelby Co. people, you’re really disappointing me. Since my last update TNDP.org has added 85 members, 8…

  • What Happens When the Soldiers Still Want to Fight the War?

    This is the news report that broke yesterday regarding the ā€œbrokeredā€ deal between several of the stateā€™s elected officials and the TNDP Chair, Chip Forrester. Some have claimed that this makes Forrester a figurehead. In yesterdayā€™s conference call, Forrester indicated that the arrangement is not substantially different from last yearā€™s situation. The difference is that…