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The First Major Political Operation In The 2010 GOP Gubernatorial Primary?

By Kleinheider Posted on April 21, 2008 at 12:51 pm

Is Tom Leatherwood’s challenge of Marsha Blackburn not really a challenge to her incumbency but instead an attempt by someone to dirty her up so she eschews a run for Governor in 2010? Mr. Turnbow sure thinks so:

I’ve been around politics long enough to recognize when something doesn’t pass the smell test and this Tom Leatherwood challenge doesn’t come close to doing that in my opinion. I think someone like a certain ex US Senator or a certain Mayor or Congressman from over in the east state is behind this Leatherwood challenge of Marsha.

Their motives are simple, since everyone knows Marsha is looking at the Governors race they went out and found a well known politician in a county that any Republican has to win in the primary if they want to win the nomination for a statewide office. Their best hope would be that he defeats Marsha but the more realistic hope would be to try to force Marsha to lash out sometime this summer against the well known Shelby County GOPer Leatherwood and hope it turns off a sizable number of GOPers in the vote rich Shelby County area. To the point where they will refuse to support her for Governor in two years in the GOP primary.

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3 Responses to “The First Major Political Operation In The 2010 GOP Gubernatorial Primary?”

  1. mickey writes
    April 21st, 2008 2:36 pm

    I disagree, Many Many West TN Republicans are tired of Marsha Blackburn and welcome Mr. Leatherwood’s entry into the race. He may or may not be conservative, but he ain’t Marsha.

  2. syn writes
    April 22nd, 2008 12:50 pm

    Perhaps it’s because I live in NYC and am female however I find Marsha Blackburn’s public rejection of idiotic identity politics(specifically the case of wailing feminist whining about sexism and job title) hopeful.

    At least she is not a nosy, uptight Nanny like Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

  3. Tom Leatherwood: Nobody’s Puppet : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
    April 23rd, 2008 11:04 am

    […] candidate for Congress in the 7th District Tom Leatherwood writes in to put to bed any rumors or speculation that his campaign is about dirtying up Marsha Blackburn for a future run for Governor at the behest […]

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