Lt. Governor Ramsey Thinks Rep. Davis Should Let It Go
Posted on August 13, 2008 at 8:01 amNo matter how it happened, it happened, and Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey thinks David Davis should recognize the reality that he lost his bid for a second term in the First Congressional District:
Davis blamed crossover Democrats on Friday for helping Roe to a 486-vote victory in last Thursday’s GOP primary. On Monday, Davis claimed there were “voting irregularities” in the primary and said he had hired a national law firm to see whether he can legally challenge the primary election.
Davis also cited a Tennessee law that prohibits crossover voting “unless you intend to have loyalty to that party.”
Ramsey, however, said he has reminded Davis that Tennessee has an open primary system.
“You declare the way you are voting when you walk into a voting booth,” the Blountville Republican said. “It would be very hard to prove that there was concerted effort to get Democrats to vote in a Republican primary or vice versa. Even if you could prove that, I don’t see it’s illegal.”
A Bold Charge
Posted on August 6, 2008 at 10:07 amSenator Mike Williams’ shill blogger alleges he knows at least one of the reasons the Senator voted for John Wilder, instead of Republican Ron Ramsey, for Speaker in 2005:
The disembodied voice on the other end of the line says, “Mike, this is Jeff Hagood. I just wanted you to know I won’t be running against you. But there’s something else you should know. Ron Ramsey (then Senate Republican Caucus Chair whose primary task is preservation of Senate Republican incumbent seats) and Bob Davis (then Tennessee State Republican Party Chairman whose bylaws at the time prohibited involvement by party officers or officials in primaries) came to me and asked me to run against you. I wasn’t the one who came up with the idea. But I want you to know that I will not be running against you.”
You’ve got two seconds to figure it out. Gee, why didn’t Mike Williams commit to vote for Ron Ramsey for Speaker when Ramsey came to him in January 2005 and said, “Mike, I guess it’s a little bit too late to ask for your vote.”
UPDATE: Contacted by Post Politics Deputy Chief Of Staff to the Lt. Governor, Lance Frizzell, said that charges that Ramsey had recruited an opponent for Williams were “not true.”
Mike Faulk’s Campaign Fianace Director
Posted on August 1, 2008 at 7:33 amAngelia is quite upset that Republican candidate for the 4th District state Senate seat of Mike Williams, Mike Faulk, beat her to the punch by revealing his daughter’s role in his campaign:
This allowed him to get the news out before someone else could give it a spin, which annoyed me. Really, really annoyed me.
In fact, I’ve been mad about it the whole week long.
See, I had already gone through the trouble of downloading Faulk’s campaign finance reports, bought a new calculator to add things up and spent time surfing around the Arkansas Secretary of State website, so I could post about how Faulk gives himself a reimbursement for mileage to rival that of a longhaul trucker, how he’d paid his daughter’s Arkansas corporation, KLF AND COMPANY, almost 10k in consulting fees (well, if you deduct her $1000 donation to dear ol’ dad, technically it would be less) and how some of the names on Faulk’s campaign donor report are people whom, I suspect, are still wearing their “I Heart the State Income Tax” t-shirts.
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Bad For Business
Posted on July 29, 2008 at 10:22 amJeff Woods has a few thoughts about Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey’s speech at the TNGOP’s Statemen’s dinner over the weekend:
So what happens if Republicans are running the show? Well, Ramsey says, at a minimum the legislature will never enact any of those nasty “Job Killer Bills” that the state Chamber of Commerce opposes each year. In this year’s session, he says, the Democratic-run House passed all of them, but the Senate saved the day by refusing to go along.
One of those bills would have given unemployment benefits to women who have to leave work because their husbands have beaten them up. That kind of thing only creates a bad business climate. We owe a lot to those Senate Republicans.
Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey At The Statesmen’s Dinner
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Senator Thelma Harper Abandons Senator Kurita
Posted on July 24, 2008 at 6:57 amSenator Thelma Harper comes out full bore against the woman who made Republican Ron Ramsey Speaker of the Senate:
Harper addressed the audience with the kind of fire that has made her one of the most powerful senators to ever represent Tennessee. but the sadness in her voice could also be heard every time she mentioned the name of the current senator Rosalind Kurita.
It was Thelma Harper who some time ago came to Clarksville to lend her support to a young up and coming candidate from Montgomery County. It was Thelma Harper who walked these same streets with Kurita and it was Thelma Harper who welcomed her with opened arms when she arrived for her first day on Capitol Hill. Senator Harper, the first African American woman elected to the Tennessee State Senate, knew how it felt to not only to be a minority but also what it meant to be one of the few women senators serving her state and country on capitol hill.
On this night, Thelma Harper told a story of how Rosalind Kurita crossed party lines and cast a vote giving the Republican Party control the Tennessee state senate. It was a speech about trust, a word Senator Harper repeated several times during her emotional speech.
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The 2010 Gubernatorial Race: It’s On
Posted on April 26, 2008 at 4:06 pmKen Whitehouse once again brings you the breaking news and, because its the weekend, he’s gonna let you at it for free. Former Democratic Majority Leader Kim McMillan has announced that she is forming an exploratory committee for the 2010 governors race:
In a statement released to NashvillePost.com regarding the formation of an exploratory committee, McMillan said, “The people of Tennessee want good jobs, close to home. We want to send our kids to first-rate schools and we want to have safe neighborhoods. I think these expectations are reasonable. I’ve spent much of my life in leadership and public service. I believe I have the experience, the perspective, and the desire to move Tennessee forward.”
For more go to NashvillePost.com.
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Harold And Kumari Escape From The Rigidity Of The Traditional News Format
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 7:20 amWSMV State House reporter Cara Kumari has started a blog. In one of her first posting she discusses a Capitol Hill Thursday tradition:
On Thursdays, both chambers usually have a morning session. Afterwards, both Lt. Governor Ramsey and House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh hold news conferences to update the media on the progress each chamber is making through the year. Speaker Naifeh often invites the majority leader, committee chairs and any other House Democrats who wants to mention something to the media. With both news conferences, it’s also a good time to ask about anything else you are working on.
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