Progressive Politics from Memphis
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PAC’d
Kleinheider links to a post from the Knoxville News Sentinel detailing the lengths the State Republican members have gone to, to build the newly minted majority they will enjoy in the next session through the use of leadership PAC’s. I have my own personal, moral and ethical views on leadership PAC’s, as I’m sure most…
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A Message From an Anonymous Blogger
Chairman Sasser: It’s been a tough couple of days for Democrats here in Tennessee. We lost the State House and Senate. Our US Senate candidate was soundly trounced. Our Presidential candidate lost the state by a greater margin than John Kerry in 2004. I’ve pointed all the fingers I’m going to point on this thing,…
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We Need to Make it a Right Now Project
Several Days ago Kos wrote this post:TN-Pres: Worse than Kerry. Kos made a call for Tennessee to be a long-term project. I think it needs to be a “Right Now” project. I’m half a world away from Tennessee right now (Hawai’I, I feel your crocodile tears), and haven’t had a chance to look deeper into…
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Results Thread
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It’s the Accountability, Stupid
Tomorrow is election day, though you could argue election day has been happening here in Tennessee for weeks, and no matter who wins or loses, there are going to be some general conditions, particularly here in Shelby County, that won’t change one bit. The biggest thing is access to information about our representatives in City…
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Wherein I Reconsider my Career Choices and Other Options
I don’t write about myself a lot. This is due to a lot of things, but today I’m feeling introspective, so, as with Newscoma’s Annoying Autobiographical Pauses, if you don’t want to read me writing about me, enjoy these stories about former Darwin Award winners. I’m a 36 year old college drop out. I left…