Winner: Eddie Mannis, who battled through efforts by the county Republican Party to throw him off the ballot or beat him at the ballot box. The House Majority Leader contributed …
Winners and upsets
It’s not surprising that Bill Hagerty beat Manny Sethi for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate. Hagerty apparently had led polling all the way. But the race was tightening, …
Predicting a Sethi win; giving Oster the edge
Eddie Mannis is running against Gina Oster, but he’s also running against the Republican Party. That’s odd since he is running in the Republican primary for the state House. Mannis …
See Spot run and other tales from the campaign trail
When a serious candidate for U.S. Senate insults his audience by speaking in 3-word soundbites … blah, blah, blah. Pause for applause. Blah, blah, blah. Pause. Then I’ll match his …
It’s time to rethink self-government
There was one thing the Founding Fathers hated and feared the most and it was what we now call “populism.” They structured the federal government in such a way that …
Is Trump era bringing end to the Howard Baker Party?
What do these gentlemen have in common: Howard Baker, Winfield Dunn, Lamar Alexander, Fred Thompson, Don Sundquist, Bob Corker and Bill Haslam?
They are Republicans who won statewide races in Tennessee …
Manny against the Machine
It is a tangled tale; let’s try and sort it out. How does the cocktail party caucus retain control of the Republican political machine in the Age of Trump?
The Republican …
How much is enough for a rainy day?
When Victor Ashe came into office as mayor in 1988 the city’s rainy day fund was $5 million and the city had to borrow money to meet payroll. When Knoxville’s …
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