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Rob Huddleston comments on the recent controversy:

The TDP say they received the letter through a simple Tennessee Public Records request. Fair enough.

The Tennessee Republican Party welcomes Volkswagen to Tennessee:

David Fowler of the Family Action Council of Tennessee explores the absurdity that is the way Tennessee picks its appellate judges in his most recent email message, headlined, The Campaign You Never Saw for the Person You Never Heard Of.

Bill Hobbs has an excellent post today on our very own pro-life legislators who may have figured out a way to prevent taxpayer money from going to Planned Parenthood.

Steve Sailer comments on a report on the gambling habits of the Presidential candidates:

John McCain, no surprise, loves to roll the dice in casinos, while Barack Obama played poker every Wednesday night in Springfield with other legislators and lobbyists. Most nights Obama won.

Well, Eric Stansell already had an uphill battle against Mike Stewart's large financial advantage, now it appears that Stewart has an important constituency (especially in a low-turnout Democratic primary) in his pocket. Both the Communication Workers of America and the Education Association PAC have endorsed the Waller Lansden attorney.

At approximately 10:00 a.m. this morning, Paul House was released from Lois M. Deberry Special Needs Facility. An anonymous donor provided Joyce House, Paul's mother, with the bail money in order for Paul to be released into the custody of his mother.

Not everything is pork says the TNGOP spokesman on his personal blog:

James Butler digs into pork and political payoffs in the Tennessee state budget in a piece at ClarksvilleOnline.com headlined The true cost of pork spending.

Corruption also rears its ugly head in Tennessee, at least last year. Rep.

BAGHDAD – I’m bewildered by the criticism I’ve been hearing about a recent agreement between the Iraqi government and four multi-national oil companies.