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Regardless of what her views on foreign policy may have been before her elevation, the McCain campaign is clearly intent on getting the Governor of Alaska up to speed on “the program”:

The beginnings of the race were evident at the major party national conventions these past two weeks:

Ken Whitehouse reminds us that the popularity of the McCain/Palin ticket in Tennessee can actually be bad news for Republicans in the state:

From the Pesky Fly:

[A]t this morning’s breakfast meeting former Senate Majority leader Bill Frist said this election won’t be won on issues but personality.

The former Senate Majority Leader gets a run through in preparation for his Thursday night speech to the Republican National Convention:

Something we already knew:

U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., said today he expects to run for governor of Tennessee in 2010 if former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist does not enter the race.

Erik Schelzig on the U.S. Democratic primary:

Neither Democrat has managed to drum up much campaign cash or public attention, and yet they both argue that Alexander is out of touch with Tennesseans and ripe to be picked off.

His VolPAC blog has the details:

Clint Brewer throws out the possibility:

Cooper may be the only Democrat who could really give former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist a run for his money, literally, in 2010’s gubernatorial contest.

From the Bob Smietana:

“He doesn’t have the same affinity with evangelicals that President Bush does,” said former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who spoke Thursday at the Lipscomb conference.