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John McCain is the king of inconsistency, changing his position and sucking up to whoever he thinks will get him a vote.
*McCain supported the drilling moratorium; now he’s against it.
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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.

Sean Braisted, the notable progressive blogger, takes a shine to the Hillary Clinton supporting, Southern Appalachian Conservative Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate:

Yesterday I had a chance to meet Mike Padgett at the Tin Roof along with some others, including Illisa Gold. We talked for a few minutes about various issues, but the topic we spoke most in depth about was our nation's energy policy.

Sean Braisted, after listening to a presentation given by Congressman Jim Cooper, notes the correlation between our system of government and our economic problems:

Late last night, Joe Lance posted comments made by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Padgett earlier that morning at Wally’s Restaurant in Chattanooga on the importance of nuclear power as a solution to our energy crisis as well as the need for a place to deposit the waste yielded by the process.

Mike Padgett gets a li'l ballsy:

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Padgett is apparently not afraid to take maverick stances and buck his own party when he needs to.

I visited one of the city's hottest political elbow-rubbing spots this morning, as local Democrats hosted U.S. Senate candidate Mike Padgett at Wally's Restaurant on McCallie. The comfort-food mainstay provided an informal setting for a candid conversation between the former Knox County Clerk and the small number gathered to meet him.

UPDATE: please see a clarifying statement, released by the campaign in response to part of this report, at Post Politics. I will post video of Thursday's remarks as soon as I am able.

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