political action committee

The FEC newly minted quorum will be giving Rep. Marsha Blackburn hassles now that the governing body can now act on the complaints filed against her — but she does have an ace in hole:

Former Senator Bill Frist’s political action committee has not been as generous with its funds as one might expect for a leader looking to engender good will in a ramp up to a gubernatorial run:

Ilissa Gold notes new endorsements from a new pro-Israel PAC:

From the Free Press:

Former Knox County Clerk Mike Padgett, who is hoping to be U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander’s Democratic opponent in the November Senate race, is big on nuclear energy.

So much that he disagrees with his party’s Senate leader.

From the Tennessee Journal comes news of some interesting campaign tactics:

Jackson Baker chronicles the aftermath of a women’s political action committee’s endorsement of Rep. Steve COhen’s primary opponent:

Bob Tuke, in an appeal for contributions, takes Sen. Lamar Alexander to task for being in the pockets of "big oil".

So whether The Tennessean is falling for April Fools pranks or running government press releases as news stories, there seems to be