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“Projecting Political Power” in Rocky Top
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Tuesday, 12 October 2010 08:33

The Knoxville News-Sentinel discusses why Republicans are in such great shape in Tennessee:

… The 107th General Assembly, which will be collectively chosen on the same day, will be projecting political power for the next decade.

For that reason, Republican and Democratic organizations in Washington as well as Nashville are paying as much attention – if not more – to a handful of legislative contests in Tennessee’s small towns and big cities …

As a practical political matter, there is no chance Democrats can regain control of the Senate …

In the House … Democrats thus have more challenged seats to defend than do Republicans. Further, 2010 is widely seen as a banner year for Republicans because of perceived voter discontent with President Obama and the Democrat-controlled U.S. Congress.

Republicans are trying to tap into that sentiment in the legislative races. The state Republican Party, for example, has erected a billboard in Morristown that features side-by-side pictures of Obama and Larry Mullins, the Democratic nominee for the 10th House District.

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TN: Using Redistricting to Play Hardball
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 12:11

From Knoxville News:

“When we sent the United States Senate a resolution (urging some action be taken), they read that resolution,” he said. “Now they don’t even read them. They just pitch them.”

Washington has grown ever more irresponsible and inattentive to state government interests, he said, and has done so on a bipartisan basis.

“One party is just about as sorry as the other up there (in Washington). It’d be about a tossup,” he said.

To change the situation, Niceley said, legislatures need to play political “hard ball.”
“The future of the free world is at stake,” he said. “The ball needs to be hard.”

Legislators should annually agree on a list to be sent Congress outlining “what they should do and what they shouldn’t do,” he said.

“The state Legislature has a right to re-district (U.S. House districts) every two years, if we want to,” he said. “We need to start that…. (showing each congressman) a picture of your (re-districted) map if you don’t pay attention.”

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