Governor sees GOP lagging in electoral prowess nationwide; cites tight 2012 race in North Carolina as warning to overconfident Tennessee Republicans; Fincher proclaims a GOP version of the social gospel.
"It's just me and Obama." That's 9th District
congressman Steve Cohen on the subject of his involvements in this fall's
general election campaigns. The subject came up because of what Cohen called his "courtesy" visit to a weekend fundraiser for U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander at the home of
University of Memphis basketball coach John Calipari.
Willie Herenton was in a candid mood last Thursday night when, after
arriving late at a fundraiser at downtown's Joysmith Studio for his friend,
Shelby County Commissioner Deidre Malone, he let himself go a little with a
handful of attendees.
Governor sees GOP lagging in electoral prowess nationwide; cites tight 2012 race in North Carolina as warning to overconfident Tennessee Republicans; Fincher proclaims a GOP version of the social gospel.