manifestation

The United States Congress subpoenaed Josh Bolton, Harriet Miers and Karl Rove last summer, calling them to testify about politically motivated firings of U.S. Attorneys, a saga whose strangest manifestation has been the jailing of former Alabama Governor Don Seligman. President Bush ordered his staffers to ignore the subpoenas.

Bill Dries explains the difficulty in fashioning a compromise inbetween the “Tennessee Plan” and the direct election of appellate and supreme court judges in Tennessee:

The way I figure it, I get a free bottle of Jack Daniels every year. Age has a way of diminishing consumption, or at least shifting preferences, meaning I drink far less Jack than I did in my earlier days, but it remains my favorite booze for the occasional celebratory shot.

Council Member Mike Jameson makes a public apology to Bill Purcell 180 degrees different to his criticism of the former Mayor in P.J.

Read in its entirety Tom Humphrey’s weekend column discussing the historical divide between moderate and conservative Republicans in Tennessee and the manifestation of that divide in recent and future legislative races.