phil bredesen

Gov. Phil Bredesen, taking time out from budget cutting, is criticizing superdelegates who haven't made up their minds yet.

"For a lot of people, it’s a lot easier to hide in the weeds here until the convention comes around," he tells Politico.

Ben Smith has some notes from Phil Bredesen:

I also spoke to Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen yesterday, who's callled for a "superdelegate convention" of some kind in early June, and who still thinks there's a risk that the campaign drags on through the summer.

Mike has this:

In language usually reserved for military engagements or tragedies like Virginia Tech, first lady Andrea Conte amps up the rhetoric for us Tennessee hayseeds who don’t believe spending millions on an underground party bunker is really a wise investment of Tennessee taxdollars.  

By THEO EMERY and COLBY SLEDGE • Staff Writer (Tennessean) • May 7, 2008

The state will trim its payroll by over two thousand state employees because of budget cuts, and hopes to avoid layoffs by offering buyout packages, Gov. Phil Bredesen said Wednesday.

Tom Humphrey breaks down the proposals the Governor outlined in his press conference today at the Capitol:

Gov. Phil Bredesen is proposing elimination of 2,011 state government jobs, roughly 5 percent of the executive branch work force.

See Phil Bredesen outline his budget recommendation live right now.

WSMV Reporter Cara Kumari is liveblogging the address.

Governor Phil Bredesen has sent a letter to Senator Randy McNally requesting the withdrawal of a bill which would authorize police to take away a motor’s drivers li