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• TCPR Spring Internships, will work for......

  
  Truman's Take — Authority: 136
  Suzanne Michel sent a message to the members of Tennessee Center for Policy Research. -------------------- Subject: TCPR Internships Looking for a spring internship? The Tennessee Center for Policy Research is still accepting applications but apply now because there are only a limited number of positions ...
  17 hours ago

• Cut Registry, Not Carriers

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  If Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen wants to cut something, how about the gun permit registry ?: A well-placed source at the State Capitol informed The Examiner over the weekend that as part of his plan to cut the State budget and find additional revenue, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen and Revenue Commissioner ...
  1 day ago

• Question of the Weekend

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  This weeks Nashville court decision about "guns in bars" leads to our question of the weekend for reader response and comment .
  3 days ago

• It Isnt Just Guns In "Bars"

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  The press has never truly understood what guns in bars was really all about : Tennesseans have been left with the impression that this law was about letting people pack heat in Tootsies. While the legislation certainly allowed for that (provided the owners of Tooties didnt object), the purpose wasnt to insure ...
  4 days ago

• How Gibbons Helps GOP Gubernatorial Candidates

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons may not win the Republican nomination for Tennessee Governor, but he is keeping the campaign for the GOP nod competitive, instead of allowing one candidate to run away with it : Despite Zach Wamp wishing that Ron Ramsey would find some reason to drop out (he admitted ...
  5 days ago

• Time to break out the budget axe

  
  Right Minded Online — Authority: 443
  It looks like the state budget may get a close shave next fiscal year. I’m not convinced that things will be as dire as the finance commissioner says they will be. After all, government officials tend to overplay their hand in situations such as this, but it will be interesting to see how Governor Bredesen and the ...
  1 week ago

• Hes With Stupid

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  Governor Phil Bredesen called this past legislative sessions original Republican budget proposal "stupid," yet he is apparently in a dumb-down cycle : During the last legislative session, the Governor delayed presenting a budget until federal stimulus money arrived. When that money did appear on the scene, it ...
  1 week ago

• US gets a D for preterm birth rate

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 643
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., NOV. 17, 2009 -- For the second consecutive year, the United States earned only a "D" on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, demonstrating that more than half a million of our nations newborns didnt get the healthy start they deserved.
  1 week ago

• Governor Whatsisname

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  Tennessee Democrats are grasping at straws over their partys nomination for Governor : One has to feel for the Democrats, because they all know that legislative races notwithstanding, unless something changes drastically with the developing political dynamic in Tennessee the Democratic nominee will be beaten. ...
  1 week ago

• The Speaker

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  There has been much discussion this week about whether or not Speaker Kent Williams should be readmitted to the Republican Party , and the apparent divisions within Republican ranks in the Tennessee House, which leads to our question of the weekend for reader comments .
  1 week ago

• Corker Out On Williams

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  At a time when other non-legislative officials are jockying to get their licks in about whether or not Tennessee House Speaker Kent Williams should be re-enstated to the Republican Party, Bob Corker is staying out of it : While it is becoming increasingly apparent that there is a developing fissure in the ...
  1 week ago

• Mumpower Political Suicide?

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  If Jason Mumpower really wants to be Speaker of the House by 2011, he is not off to the best of starts in that regard : For Jason Mumpower to try and get the members of the House Republican Caucus to sign on to a letter "reprimanding" Tennessee Right to Life for endorsing a candidate that the caucus didnt support ...
  1 week ago

• Why We Are Free

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  On this Veterans Day, dont forget why I am free to be writing to you in this way : As of yet, I cant be locked away for being openly critical of the President, or of Governor Bredesen, or of our Members of Congress or the General Assembly. While I am well aware that there are many people both inside and ...
  1 week ago

• Prodigal Son?

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  Despite what some may say, there is a way for Tennessee House Speaker Kent Williams to get back into the Republican Party : I will doubtless anger some when I say that our doors should never be permanently closed to anyone, including Kent Williams. However, for Williams to be let back into the party, he has to be ...
  2 weeks ago

• Jim Cooper, Conservative Democrat?

  
  hillbillypolitics.com — Authority: 408
  Image via WikipediaEh, not so much. This is Cooper.On November 7, 2009:Nevertheless, the Nashville Democrat planned to vote in favor of the $1.1 trillion package.“My vote is not an endorsement of all the provisions of the bill because I find much of the bill to be deeply flawed,” Cooper said in a written statement ...
  2 weeks ago

• Adrienne Pakis-Gillon

  
  Newscoma — Authority: 534
  Over the weekend, during my weekend in Memphis, I met Adrienne Pakis-Gillon who is the democratic candidate running against Brian Kelsey in District 31.  It was a casual introduction where we talked briefly about the state of politics in the state and I found her to be very passionate and vibrant. After our ...
  2 weeks ago

• Question of the Weekend: A foreshadowing?

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  It has been a good week to be a Republican, and that leads to our question of the weekend . This weeks question of the weekend comes after a week of positive off-year election results for Republicans and a major gubernatorial straw poll in Knoxville .
  2 weeks ago

• Reagan Day

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  Today I give a personal retrospective of last nights Tennessee Conservative Union Reagan Day Dinner : The conversation was going so well that I didnt notice Rep. Frank Niceley trying to get my attention, but Nicole did. He stayed for a few minutes at our table and we talked shop. Jennifer Little took Frank ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bart Gordon on HIGH ALERT after Nov. 3 Election. Lou Ann Zelenik gets my endorsement!

  
  Serr8d's Cutting Edge — Authority: 549
  Yep, my buddy and local Congressional Representative Bart (never met an Al Gore - Nancy Pelosi proposal he couldnt gobble) Gordon is placed on Politicos "Top 10 Democrats on High Alert"...Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) Gordon’s one of a growing list of Democratic lawmakers who are likely to have a serious challenge for ...
  2 weeks ago

• University Waste

  
  The World According to Oatney — Authority: 425
  The University of Tennessee knows no bounds when it comes to the wasting of our money : In a time of deep recession-some would say (as I have in this space) that we are in a depression, the University of Tennessee has conducted itself as though it is immune from the impact of that depression and it is entitled to ...
  2 weeks ago

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