Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Consolidation Conundrum
When I moved to Memphis some three and a half years ago I had little knowledge of the communities that lie on the outskirts of the city proper, but within the confines of Shelby County. Arlington, Bartlett, Germantown, Lakeland…to me they were all just “Memphis”. I’ve spent a good long time thinking about these “Burbs”…
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Snakes on a Campaign…The Huckabee Enigma
Ok, I know it’s a strange headline, but bear with me for a second. Huckabee won last night, and as I’ve been saying for more than a year now, Mike Huckabee is the most competitive candidate on the Republican side of the campaign. When thinking about such things, I go to people who have been…
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About Last Night…
Please don’t tell your parents. Ok, so about last night’s liveblogging experience…let me say it was awesome. I notice that I get meaner the more I write so I’ll try to make it brief. 1. Congrats to Obama and Huckabee – You both are change agents for your respective parties, and change won big last…
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Live Blogging the Iowa Caucuses from Drinking Liberally Memphis – UPDATED!
Since firedoglake got so much press from Live Blogging the Scooter Libby thing, I though I would jump on the bandwagon and liveblog the Iowa Caucus from the Memphis meeting of Drinking Liberally. Updates in “Reverse Chronological®” order…per Steve Jones (see the 7:55 update) Update 9:18 PM: Has 9ui11ani lost his mind? He like the…
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It’s a Crazy Way to Select a Candidate
So, you’ve read my predictions, you’ve probably been following the candidates. We’re a month away from the primary here in Tennessee, and you’re probably asking yourself, “What does it matter, Iowa and New Hampshire will decide it”. And you have a point. Iowa and New Hampshire, two of the whitest states in the union, whose…
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Iowa Ca-cusses
Okay, so here’s what’s going to happen tonight, no matter what the blowhards on the Teevee say. Republicans In 8 and a half short hours, Mike Huckabee will be caucused as the first Republican winner in Iowa. This will be followed by some serious grave spinning by our founding fathers, and a collective “Oh Crap”…