fund raisers

It looks like the media and political bloggers of Tennessee have all forgotten the distinction between "the government" and political parties, as they complain today that the Tennessee Republican Party is being hypocritical because it champions "open and transparent" gov

Wasn't it just this week that GOP flack Bill Hobbs was bitching over the piss-poor turnout for Carly Fiorina’s little press conference for John McCain?

William H. Hobbs elucidates on the topic of political fund raisers, and thinks they are by design supposed to be closed to the press:

The names Randy Camp, Jean Anne Rogers, and Jim Hawkins top the list of Senate fund raisers in their respective efforts to replace retiring former Lieutenant Governor John Wilder and oust incumbent Republican senators Jim Tracy and Diane Black.  With a significant fundraising advantage over Re

Bill Hobbs comes right back at Barack Obama after the candidate called his party out on Good Morning America:

Barack, really now, you can't have it both ways. You can't send your wife out on the campaign trail to give campaign speeches and do fund-raisers on your behalf and then complain that she gets a little criticism.

Speaking of the City Paper, Clint Brewer has an editorial out focusing on the state of the Tennessee Democrats, and particularly their party building efforts:

The city where I live has an ordinance against modifying motorcycle exhaust systems from manufacturer’s original. I’m not positive, but I think this is one of those “look the other way” ordinances.