howard baker

From the Associated Press:

“From my understanding, he has been asked to take a look at the potential candidates for vice president, look at their background,” said former Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee, for whom Culvahouse was a top aide in the 1970s.

Senator Lamar Alexander defends John McCain’s Veep Vetter, Arthur Culvahouse:

A request for comment from the McCain campaign directly was not answered.

The man who many assumed may very well be the last white man, and who likely will be the last white Republican, to hold Tennessee’s Ninth District Congressional seat has died:

Warning: If you don’t want the name of the guy running your Veep search team leaked, you might not want to embarrass a guy behind the scene by making calls to scuttle

Warning: If you don’t want the name of the guy running your Veep search leaked, you might not want to embarrass a guy behind the scene by making calls to scuttle the

Lamar Alexander shares his admiration of Sen. Ted Kennedy:

If William Howard Hobbs' definition of an anti-semite is someone who supports a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, does this mean that Howard Baker's endorsement of John McCain means that anti-semites are backing him?

Ron McMahan, editor of the Knoxville Journal in the '80s, passed away Tuesday morning.

Ron was editor during the paper's Gannett ownership, then bought it himself. He was a throwback, old-school newsman who also served as Howard Baker's press secretary during the Watergate years.

He told the best stories of anybody. I wish he'd written a book.

Ron was a big, gruff guy who could sometimes be absolutely infuriating, but working for him was a privilege for which I will al

Michael Silence shares some sad news:

Ron McMahan, the former press secretary to Sen. Howard Baker and former publisher of the Knoxville Journal, died early this morning. He was a living example of rough and tumble journalism and a good friend. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Wanda and the rest of his family and friends.