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Tennessee Democratic Money Ready To Pull A Cartman

By Kleinheider Posted on January 21, 2009 at 8:48 am

Woods gets into the chatter on the race to replace Gray Sasser as head of the TNDP:

“The money people are on Charles Robert’s side,” one insider tells Pith. “Seriously, if Chip gets the chairmanship, they’re pulling out. They’re done with the party. I think you’d see the governor’s office bail out and the congressionals bail out. So I don’t know where Chip would get his money, I really don’t.”

Forrester jumped into the race early–the day after the Nov. 4 election–and appeared to have locked down a majority of the committee. He is the party treasurer and himself has belonged to the committee since 1988.

But many party leaders see Forrester, 54, as a flake. He wears a bow tie, although he’s promised to drop it if he wins. Beyond matters of image, he pissed off many Democrats by challenging Bob Clement for Congress in the party primary in 1992.

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12 Responses to “Tennessee Democratic Money Ready To Pull A Cartman”

  1. Matthew Hurtt writes
    January 21st, 2009 9:21 am

    “He wears a bow tie…”

    Seriously… that’s the concern? A bow tie?

    Bart Gordon wears a bow tie on occasion. Why don’t the Dems drop him?

    - Matthew

  2. Andy Axel writes
    January 21st, 2009 9:41 am

    Typical. Let Bredesen get his way, or pout pout pout pout pout pout pout.

  3. LeftWingCracker writes
    January 21st, 2009 9:42 am

    That explains Harrison’s inane comments on this site, he’s a fat-cat who will leave. Good riddance.

  4. Ben writes
    January 21st, 2009 9:45 am

    Where do I sign up with Chip? Heh.

  5. In The Chips writes
    January 21st, 2009 9:47 am

    Not to worry. If Chip wins, they can just void the election and hand victory to the loser.

  6. benintn writes
    January 21st, 2009 10:23 am

    Bone might very well be the better and “less flaky” candidate. But the problem is this - Bone has done NOTHING to reassure the public at large that he stands for anything resembling accountability, openness, responsiveness, or accessibility. Public servants should serve the public publicly.

  7. Reality writes
    January 21st, 2009 10:38 am

    Have they asked who Kent Williams is supporting?

  8. Reality Bites writes
    January 21st, 2009 10:49 am

    The “public at large”? Is the “public at large” paying any attention to the race for a state party chairmanship. I doubt it. And what has this Chip done? He sends out letters promising party insiders the moon and the stars if they elect him. Has anyone asked him how he plans to fulfill all of these promises to all of these different people?

  9. Joe writes
    January 21st, 2009 11:05 am

    “Not to worry. If Chip wins, they can just void the election and hand victory to the loser.”

    You win. ACK can close the comments on this one. :)

  10. Ben writes
    January 21st, 2009 11:18 am

    I like it when people backing CRB complain about party insiders…

  11. Reality Bites writes
    January 21st, 2009 11:24 am

    Forrester has been on the executive committee for over 20 years. You don’t get to be much more of an insider than that. Let’s see how many of these promises he keeps if he gets elected. He hasn’t done anything for the grassroots in his two decades as a party insider. What makes you think he’ll change now?

  12. sue justice writes
    January 23rd, 2009 9:00 pm

    if the crb folks had paid attention the last 18 months, they might get this. too bad they were clinging to their old topdown tower of power! looks like it’s leaning pretty badly!

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