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October 5, 2008
This week in Tennessee politics
Here's a short list of events, notable and otherwise, for voters in the Volunteer state this week to peruse:
Voter Registration Deadline
Do not miss this; and don't let any of your friends miss it either. Registration forms must be postmarked or hand-delivered by 4:00 p.m. Monday, October 6. If you have been registered, but have had a name or address change, you must update your registration. If you have not registered, then get on with it.
Second Presidential Debate
A "town hall style" debate between the Democratic and Republican nominees for President is set to occur Tuesday evening, October 7, on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville. With Senator John McCain almost sure to win Tennessee's eleven electoral votes, we are somewhat lucky to have this amount of attention during the campaign. I applied for, and did not receive, media credentials to cover this debate as an independent blogger. Oh, well. Maybe next time. (Note: I am an independent, and a blogger, but I endorsed Senator Barack Obama earlier this year. I am under no illusions about how that may affect readers' perceptions of the site's content.)
TennesseeTicket Live! One Night Only!
One rather unforeseen outcome of my aforementioned endorsement in this year's presidential race is an invitation as a guest speaker in a local university's journalism course on politics and media. It seems that one of my former history professors saw a quote from this blog in The New Republic online, and he checked out the site, and then connected me with the journalism department. I'm honored to be asked to speak about the intersections among blogs, traditional media, and politicians.
About Blogs , Elections , Political News | By joe lance | 9:44 PM
Comments
I really wish I could have joined you all at Southern today. I have so much appreciated your insights here and would love to have heard more of your analysis on the presidential election. A conference in Columbus took me out of town for a few days. Thanks for coming to talk to our students--I'm sure it was a fun discussion.
Posted by: Lisa Clark Diller at October 7, 2008 6:58 PM