Progressive Politics from Memphis

Last week the TN ledge sent HB1874/SB1264 to the Governor for a signature. The bill specifically prohibits any person convicted of a felony in their capacity as an elected official from running for office. I call it the John Ford Bill. Since the whole Tennessee Waltz thing hit, and the Ed Ford/Rickey Peete thing landed,…

I would like to take this opportunity to defend Vic Snyder from my dear friends LWC and Freedonian. As a former constituent of AR-02, I have seen the leadership and vision of Congressman Snyder first hand. Vic is a great representative. He’s not flashy, he’s not sexy, but he’s solid. There are a lot of…

Just flew into DC this morning, after a good night of chatting with my liberal pals. I’ve been to DC more times than I can count for work in the 10 years that I’ve been doing events, but I’ve never had the time to get out into the city and REALLY look around. Today, I…

I am perplexed. When’s the last time we had an ugly President? Taft? He wasn’t pretty, but had a commanding presence. Johnson? Not pretty, but he had moxie…until they messed up Vietnam and he got tired (realized he couldn’t win). Nixon? He looked weird all right, but how weird for 1968? Not all that weird.…

Due to the overwhelming response I received from my last post on leadership (/snark, but seriously, thanks for the email mention Cracker), I thought I would continue to riff on that leadership theme. See, to my way of thinking, there are two ways to deal with a problem; react or anticipate. Both have their plusses…

Leadership is:Having a clear vision for the futureKnowing how to articulate that visionKnowing how to motivate the stakeholders in your (community, business, or other organization) to support that visionBuilding consensusCompromiseSpeaking to the people, not at themRecognizing when you’re wrongRecognizing when your right, but perceived wrongKnowing what that is, and how to manage the differenceBeing flexible…