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Morning Coffee – Has It Really Been THAT LONG? Edition
Yes, it really has been that long. It’s been a crazy month for both Trace and I. Election Day is just around the corner, and between our schedules and the demands those schedules have placed on us, we...
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Morning Coffee – You Put Your Left Foot In Edition
That IS what it's all aboutDuring our long break, I’ve had some time to think about what’s going on with all the dissatisfaction from voters out there. For over a year we’ve been hearing about the Tea...
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Morning Coffee – Register to Vote Edition
Today is the last day you can register to vote for the upcoming November elections. If you haven’t registered yet, you can download the form here and mail it to your county election commission. The...
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The Aftermath of August
Was Your Vote Counted? Who Knows! Election day is just a week away, and campaigns all over the state are ramping up their efforts to get voters to the polls. This isn’t unusual, in fact it happens...
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Where Do We Go From Here?
In the wake of the massive losses both in the state and federal legislative branches last night, Tennessee Democrats might ask themselves, Where do we go from here? That, my friends, is the question of...
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Morning Coffee – Mock Trial Edition
Much to the dismay of my free time, back in the Spring I decided to audition for the University of Memphis Mock Trial Team. This afternoon, after having access to this year’s case for just over 2...
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Morning Coffee – Speaker Fight
Casada and Harwell in Battle for the gavelJust because the elections are over doesn’t mean all is lost for political junkies like myself. Even though my junkiness hasn’t been expressed to it’s fullest...
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Morning Coffee – The Tale of Two Returns Edition UPDATED
Keith Olberman and Conan O'Brien are back on the airFor reasons I’m not so sure about, I’ve been looking at the media page on HuffPo a lot over the past several days. In the process of doing this, I...
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Morning Coffee – Post-Turkey Day Edition
Gobble, Gobble...Now that the holiday that officially sanctions gluttony is over, we can get down to really important things, like buying stuff for Christmas. Retailers are licking their chops as we...
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Morning Coffee – Sharpen Your Pitchforks Edition
Yeah, I know. You probably thought the pitchfork sharpening season ended with the November 2nd elections. I don’t think you could have been more wrong. We live in a 24/7/365 pitchfork readiness...
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Morning Coffee – Something in the Air Edition
I don’t really have a lot to say this morning. I think I said myself out yesterday. Speaking of yesterday, the “sense of the commission” resolution on consolidation passed 6-3-1. Two commissioners...
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Morning Coffee – Surrender? No Surrender? Edition
This may be the end of MCS as we know it, and I'm fine with that.In this season of giving, I’ve decided that a current events version of “The Night Before Christmas” is in order. To that end, I offer...
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Morning Coffee – Presenting Your New Republican Overlords – Pre-Legislative...
The future of the state lies in these thumbs <shiver>Image Credit: Squalto-rantThe upcoming session of the Tennessee General Assembly begins in just 15 days. Between now and then there will...
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Medicaid Expansion: $55m lost
This is OUR money going to OTHER statesI’ve written a fair amount about Medicaid Expansion over at my personal blog and the impact on regular folks here in Tennessee. Over the weekend, Tom Humphrey...
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First, they came for your lunch break…
Who needs lunch anyway?National Republicans feel that passing new laws isn’t important, unless they repeal on old one. Apparently, one Tennessee Republican is getting that message…and it may leave you...
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Medicaid Expansion: It’s all about politics…
Some more news on the Medicaid Expansion front yesterday. State Sen. Lowe Finney (D-Jackson) informed us in a release yesterday that Gov. Haslam’s decision to not expand Medicaid in Tennessee will cost...
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Voucher bill in the driver’s seat
Who would vouchers harm in this picture? All of them.The state legislature has been in session for over a week, and as anyone who’s been following state politics for a while knows…that means its time...
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Uncle Sugar! and the liberal libido limiting machine
I sure hope he’s just telling a fishing story…Ok, so look…I know Trace already covered this yesterday, but its just so hilarious I can’t help myself. See, I lived in Arkansas for much of the time that...
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Medicaid Expansion and the “Not My Deal” caucus
Money down the drainTwenty-Four days and $60,000,000 dollars later, Tennesseans and the medical professionals that serve them are still suffering the ill effects of the State government’s inaction on...
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Sunday Brunch – #HashtagEdition
Coming to a State Capitol Near You! Some big news Saturday… The White House announced that President Barack Obama would be making a stop in Nashville, Thursday, January 30th. Details of the visit...
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Opportunity Hamstrung
Not much chance of getting out of poverty in the southClick to see the full map. Friday, Knoxviews mentioned an ongoing study on the equality of opportunity in the United States. The results shouldn’t...
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Press Release: Johnnie Turner Joins NAACP in Opposition to Vouchers
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Rep. Johnnie Turner (D-Memphis) is speaking out against efforts to take money away from public schools to spend on private vouchers. “I strongly believe that private school vouchers...
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Vouchers are no “golden ticket”
There’s always a catch to every golden ticket Its “National School Choice Week” the press release reads, and they loaded up busses from Southland Mall in Whitehaven this morning to take people to...
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Whine and groceries
So very trueI’m going to tell you a secret. I hate Wine in Grocery stores. I don’t hate the idea. I love the idea. I hate the amount of oxygen Wine in Grocery Stores sucks out of the “room”. The...
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PRESS RELEASE: Welcome Rally for President Obama
Press Release from the Tennessee Democratic County Chairs Association Our President is coming to visit Nashville! Join us at a welcome rally for President Obama! We all know that not everyone will get...
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What you won’t hear in Gov. Haslam’s “State of the State” address
For Haslam…a lot is better left unsaid.Tonight, Gov. Haslam will deliver his “State of the State” address. I expect it will go a lot like last year’s address, keying in on education and fiscal...
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Analysis: TN State of the State #TNSOTS2014
Unicorns and daisies in stunning monochrome®So last night Gov. Bill Haslam delivered his 4th State of the State address of his term. It was the same kind of “long on promises and short on details”...
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Beaver’s “Obamascare” bill would cost billions
State Sen. Mae Beavers, R-Mt. Juliet In her zeal to scuttle Obamacare, State Sen. Mae Beavers has introduced an already constitutionally suspect bill that would make enforcement, participation, and...
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Haslam terrified of democratic process
Terrified of business and workers working togetherAs workers at the Chattanooga VW plant prepare to for a vote that would decide whether or not the UAW could represent them in the plant, Gov. Haslam is...
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Bully Bill Battle
Definitions are not the enemy.As session lumbers on, most of the goofy distraction bills have either been passed, or passed up. Its time to take a look at some of the things we missed while we were...
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