Tennessee Conservative Union Prez On The Gubernatorial Candidates

By Kleinheider Posted on November 6, 2009 at 3:43 pm

From Rick Locker:

Its chairman, Lloyd Daugherty, said today that despite Ramsey’s straw-poll win, “It’s my sense that conservatives have not consolidated behind one candidate yet. I think it’s up for grabs. I think it had a lot do with Ramsey becoming a known quantity with regard to state issues.”

Daugherty said it indicates conservatives are still mixed over Haslam, partly because his father, Knoxville businessman Jim Haslam, is a major financier of moderate Republicans.

“I think with conservatives, he’s got to prove he’s his own man. Most people think he’s done a good job as mayor but I don’t think anybody can say he’s governed as a conservative but more as a businessman. I think his strength is not of philosophy but of style, and people just like the guy,” he said.

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