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December 29, 2005
News and Announcements
First of all, if you want a good wrap-up of the latest state civics stories, drop by Adam Groves' Simply I.
There's also the latest Tennessee Highway Patrol fiasco.
Jay Bush of Blogging for Bryant has a good post on the Senate race. I definitely don't agree with all of it, but it's a well-done entry, and is based on a typically adept Frank Talk (again, not that all points are agreed upon here). What's interesting to me is that now we're seeing the Republicans become serious about the threat posed by Congressman Junior. Each GOP candidate is framing comments with an "I'm the one to beat Ford" context (duh, Joe, it's a primary).
If someone took the time to plot Tennessee voter values on a graph, I assess Bob Corker as being the US Senate candidate closest to the resulting rightward-tilting bell curve's peak. I believe that his appeal has the breadth to not only capture the most votes, but to also result in the highest number of Tennesseans feeling like they're adequately represented. Mix in the man's high energy and unstoppable drive, and we get what looks like a winning combination. However, Ford's D.C.-insider backers will do their best to make sure that their chosen one picks up the seat, and that's why it's important to ensure that the person chosen to oppose him can indeed win. Nathan Moore appears to agree.
Closer to home, there will be some changes to this blog as of the first of the year. The name will change, the look may get updated a bit (and you can probably tell that I'm tinkering even now), and it may even be mentioned in a couple of major regional publications. Apologies are offered up front to all those who'll update their blogrolls to reflect the new name after it's unfurled. 2006 is going to be such a good year to blog.
Bob Corker for Senate , Elections , Site News | By joe lance | 01:31 PM