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  • Tennessee Needs An Army of Rural Organizers

    Tennessee Needs An Army of Rural Organizers

    Its been eight years since Tennessee made the transformation from a purple state to a solidly red state. Now, nearly all the Democrats in the General Assembly hail from urban areas. To win back Tennessee we have to start competing in rural districts. That means building an army of rural organizers.

  • Thanks Obama!

    Thanks Obama!

    Next week, our country will inaugurate its 45th President.  While that event is both sad and terrifying, hopefully the next four years will show us just how good we’ve had it the past eight, so some crazy shit like this doesn’t happen again for a really long time. I don’t know about you, but I’m…

  • Dogs and Ponies and Fundraisers, Oh My!

    Yesterday, the State Government put out a release about the Governor’s budget tour. Here’s a sample: Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced that portions of the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 budget hearings will take place outside of Nashville so that citizens in East and West Tennessee have an opportunity to attend. Hearings will be held in…

  • Third Way Scared to Death of Any Third Way Other Than Their Third Way

    This one comes from the Establishment Group that seeks to pretend like its not part of the establishment department. Third Way, the moderate, moderation kinda liking “think tank” is advising the Democratic party to steer clear of the Occupy Wall Street movement reports Jason Linkins for HuffPo. Seems the middle of the roaders have found…

  • Playing Offense

    We as a progressive movement are losing the argument. On issue after issue, we’re playing defense. – Sen. Al Franken (D) – MN (video of his full comments can be found below, as well as a link to the full text) There’s this old saying that defense wins championships. That may be true, but that…

  • Did the Gov’s Race Just Heat Up or Cool Down?

    So as has been widely reported Harold Ford Jr. is not running for Gov.. What does this mean for TN democratic politics and what does it mean for the race as a whole? Let’s take a look. 3 people have really totally “declared” on the Democratic side; Kim McMillan of Clarksville, Ward Cammack of Nashville,…