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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2007

Tennessee Government and Politics

The expansion of the governors residence continues to generate a great deal of interesting and debate amongbloggers this week. The Tennesseans for Accountability in Government took out an ad in opposition to themeeting hall, but put in the wrong phone number to call according to reports from Jennifer Peebles blog.

The Smell of Desparation (Southern Beale)

You know things are bad for the TN GOP when they have to turn this ridiculous bunker at the governors mansionthing into a statewide, GOP fundraising campaign Seriously, you guys dont have any more important issues toworry about? Things that actually affect real Tennesseans? You know, like healthcare? Jobs? Education?Pollution? Veterans affairs? No? ..The jokes just write themselves. Lee Beaman, the uber-partisan who neversaw a smear campaign he didnt like (that Swift Boat Veterans donation really paid off for you, didnt it?). LeeBeaman, whose wife Kelly formed an "ethics in government" group that strangely was only interested in onepolitician from one (rival) political party. Heh. http://sobeale.blogspot.com/2007/12/smell-of-desperation.htmlTerry Frank (Frankly Speaking):http://terryfrank.net/?p=2899Bill Hobbs: http://billhobbs.com/2007/12/democrat_math.html,http://billhobbs.com/2007/12/bunker_mentality.htmlBob Krumm:http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=1678 Ben Cunningham (Taxing Tennessee): http://taxingtennessee.blogspot.com/2007/12/taxpayer-bucks-for-more-secrets.htmlKay Brooks: http://kaybrooks.blogspot.com/2007/12/tag-youre-it-gov.html ,

http://kaybrooks.blogspot.com/2007/12/money-priorities.html

Mad about the bunker? Dont call this number (Tennessean/Peebles)You might have seen the full-page ad in this mornings Tennesseanfrom the group Tennesseans for Accountabilityin Government, the group formed in opposition to the plans to build an underground meeting hall on the grounds ofthe governors mansion. Surely the people energized on this issue could go on and on all day about the veracity ofthe claims made in the ad. But heres one thing we know is wrong: The phone number listed for Lt. Gov. RonRamsey. The number listed there, 741-2368, is actually the phone number for former Lt. Gov. (now Sen.) JohnWildersoffice. We just got a call from Wilders office to say theyre being flooded with phone calls from people whosaw the ad. The correct number for Ramseys office is 741-4524. http://support.tennessean.com/blogs/?p=5975Rob Robinson (ThinkTrain):http://thinktrain.net/2007/12/12/oops-wrong-lt-gov/

Reaction to Sen. Jerry Coopers resignation continued this week.

It's Only Kinda Illegal (Progressive Nashville)Heres the problem with politicians policing themselves: they make sure the punishment doesnt really fit the crime.State Sen. Jerry Cooper thinks the regulatory board only has the authority to fine him up to 15% of the $95,000 hestole from his campaign and spent on himself. Now, its up to the state Attorney General to decide if hes right.Answer me this: Why is it a lesser crime if a candidate steals from his campaign than if a staffer did it? That stafferwould be in jail. I wouldnt be at all surprised to find out Cooper is rightbecause politicians arent going to writelaws that hurt themselves too much. This absolutely infuriates me. Hey, Republicans (that includes you, Hobbs)

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If youre really outraged about Sen. Cooper because of his actions and not because he has a D after his name,then fix this law so it has teeth! http://liberalvoices.typepad.com/progressive_nashville/2007/12/its-only-kinda.htmlA.C. Kleinheider (Volunteer Voters):http://www.news2wkrn.com/vv/2007/12/13/acts-of-deterrence/Terry Frank (Frankly Speaking):http://terryfrank.net/?p=2908Stacey Campfield (Camp4U):http://lastcar.blogspot.com/2007/12/registry-to-fight-its-own-fine-against.htmlJennifer Peebles:http://support.tennessean.com/blogs/?p=5924Bill Hobbs:http://billhobbs.com/2007/12/the_cooper_loophole.html

Bloggers continue to offer commentary and reaction to proposed changes to the state Open Meetings Law this

week. Blake Fontenays Commercial Appeal blog post was a catalyst for comments and discussion amongbloggers this week. Several bloggers also continued to warn readers about the implications of local governmentabodies voting in favor of the proposed changes.

Just because Im paranoid doesnt mean theyre not plotting (Blakes Blog)Call me paranoid, but if you ask me, the timing of a sudden increase in protests from elected officials about theopen meetings law seems a bit suspicious. After all, this law was enacted in 1974 and, until this year, I had neverreally heard much complaining about it. Then along came a legislative study panel that was supposed to be lookingat ways to make government more accessible to the public, not less. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, variouselected officials around the state all started talking about how hard its been to do their jobs all these years becausemeeting in public is such a big hassle. The panel ended up recommending a change that would dramaticallyweaken the law, which will possibly be considered by state legislators next year. Then I read todays story about an

orientation session for our new Memphis City Council members. Apparently, the new council members spent a lotof time fretting about how the law would limit them and expressing confusion about what they could or could not do.http://commercialappeal-web.com/blake/2007/12/11/just-because-im-paranoid-doesnt-mean-theyre-not-plotting-against-us/#commentsNewscoma: http://newscoma.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/we-do-not-need-a-solar-eclipse-in-our-government/ ,http://newscoma.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/dont-meet-in-secret-and-your-safe/ Michael Silence (No Silence Here):http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/silence/archives/2007/12/slamming_the_do.shtmlVibinic: http://vibinc.blogspot.com/2007/12/sunshine-in-tennessee.html

Politico offered a list of potential vice-presidential candidates this week, including Gov. Phil Bredesen as a possiblerunning mate for Barak Obama (should Obama get the Democratic nomination). John Rodgers and Adam

Kleinheider offered their reaction to Politicos piece.

Could Phil be Baracks Veep? (Political Animals/Rodgers)The Politicos Roger Simon suggests that Gov. Phil Bredesen is a possibility to serve as Barack Obamas runningmate. Simon says: Phil Bredesen Not a household name, he is now the Democratic governor of Tennessee anda former mayor of Nashville. Bredesen is known for cutting spending when he has to, which is why someRepublicans like him even more than some Democrats do. He also started a successful health care company,which gives him both business credentials and knowledge about an issue that is sure to be important in the generalelection. Bredesen also cut 170,000 Tennesseans from the TennCare rolls, which angered some of his Democraticbase and would be one possible weakness in his chances of being courted. Could Phil Bredesen be BarackObamas running mate? Or, if Obama loses his bid for the nomination, do you see the winner (likely Hillary Clinton)

considering Bredesen? http://politics.nashvillecityblogs.com/?p=377A.C. Kleinheider (Volunteer Voters):http://www.news2wkrn.com/vv/2007/12/11/obamabredesen-08/

State Rep. Jason Mumpower wants to go back to using the balls to draw lottery winners instead of the currentcomputer system. Blogger David Oatney supports the proposal while Progressive Nashville wonders if thelegislature shouldnt be more concerned with having the same standards of accuracy and a paper-trail for stateelections.

If the Tennessee Lottery ran elections (Progressive Nashville)Mistakes happen. Just ask the Tennessee Lottery. The agency has reported that a keystroke error in programmingnew equipment to randomly select numbers for games instead picked numbers that were not so random. Now
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imagine such a thing happening when programming voting machines whose results decide elections. The lottery'sproblem is unfortunate, but fixable. Elections aren't so easy to repair. State House Republican Leader JasonMumpower wants to go backto the lottery's previous system of using numbered balls to select the numbers, sayingthe move is needed to restore confidence in the lottery system. If only the legislature would follow that samethinking in deciding how best to conduct Tennessee's elections. Instead of "black blox" voting machines, we need averifiable paper trail so we know our elections are fair, honest and auditable.http://liberalvoices.typepad.com/progressive_nashville/2007/12/if-the-tennesse.htmlDavid Oatney (World According to Oatney):http://oatneyworld.blogspot.com/2007/12/computers-and-balls.html

Stacey Campfield discussed why the income tax wont become an issue as well as proposed pay raises for somestate employees.

The return of the I.T.? (Camp4U/Campfield)Many people are speculating on the possible return of an Income Tax proposal. I for one do not think that form oftax increase will be in the mix again any time soon. The last time an income tax was brought forward many of theincome tax legislative supporters were run out of Nashville on a rail. The only legislators who supported an incometax and survived were from districts full of people who would not pay an income tax any way because many of themdid not have jobs. The thought of that form of taxation above many others made Tennesseans blood boil.Tennesseans hated the idea of punishing people for being hard working and industrious. By the time the vote wastaken hard working people were ready to go after IT supporters. When the dust settled, Republicans picked upseveral new seats from Democrat and moderates who supported IT. The Republican governor who supported it

was replaced by a Democrat. http://lastcar.blogspot.com/2007/12/return-of-it.html

Shortage? What shortage? (Camp4U/Campfield)Phil has his staff giving out permanent pay raises to their staff. Some get as much as a 55% raise. With the actualamount raised in the realm of $60,000.00 Tom Humphries has all the details. As many people warned last year,growing large permanent programs will lead to shortages when the economy slows. Then unless cuts are made (arare occurrence in the legislature) taxes go up. The numbers show that we have already overspent our children'sfuturebut the pay offs continue.http://lastcar.blogspot.com/2007/12/shortage-what-shortage.html

News of state revenue projection and collections made headlines this week. One of the first to react to the newswas David Oatney.

He was warned (World According to Oatney/Oatney)Governor Phil Bredesen is now warning State agencies and that revenue may fall short in the coming year becausetax collections are not where he thought they would be:The papers aren't saying this (and do not expect them to,most of the press in this State is on very friendly terms with the Governor) but Bredesen was warned that his newspending prerogatives in the most recent budget could end up leaving the State with a budget shortfall. He was toldthat his multiple new tax proposals and wasteful spending would lead toa shortfall of revenue. Now the inevitableshortfall that he was warned would occur if he did not change course has come to pass, and Bredesen is having aboo-hoo session in front of the press. He's saying "we're going to be short this year but I'll make sure it is okay." Atone point he said "I'm not breaking into a sweat or anything."http://oatneyworld.blogspot.com/2007/12/he-was-warned.html

ORNL reported that it was the target of an attack by hackers this week. Local blogger Russ McBee was one of thevisitors who could have had his personal information stolen by the hackers. McBee discusses the potential for thefand laments the amount of time it took for someone at ORNL to inform him that his personal information could havebeen stolen.

ORNL data theft and me (Russ McBee/McBee)Earlier this week,it was reportedthat hackers had compromised a database inside Oak Ridge National Laboratory;this database contained personal data on all visitors to ORNL from 1990 through 2004. The names, dates of birth,Social Security numbers, and addresses of all those visitors had been stolen by thieves. I was one of those visitors.The database was stolen through a targeted phishing attack: I visited ORNL numerous times during that fifteen-year time frame, mostly to conduct training for Lab personnel. Of all the places I've given out personal information,
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ORNL is the last one I would have thought could result in the theft of that data. Although the data was stolen onOctober 29, I just received notification of the theft a couple of days ago, after the story first broke in the media. Thatgave the thieves five full weeks to do whatever they wanted with that data before I was notifiedhttp://russmcbee.com/archive/2007/12/09/ornl-data-theft-and-me.aspx

The City Papers Rex Noseworthy speculated that Andy Bryd was a contender to challenge Lamar Alexander innext years Senate race.

A Byrd In The Hand (Volunteer Voters/Kleinheider)The Nashville City Papers Rex Noseworthy throws out this morning (albeit misspelled) a name that has quietlybeen ringing out among those interested in the 2008 United States Senate Race in Tennessee, or more to thepoint, the lack thereof. After Mike McWherter closed up shopon his exploratory bid for the seat, Phil Bredesen, tomuch acclaim, handicapped the race and saying that the young McWherter had made a good choice assertingalmost unequivocally that Lamar Alexander was a skilled politician who could not be beaten. Following thosestatements, Bob Tuke, the former Democratic Chairman and only other established name considering the racebacked out. This left only political neophyte and attorney Kevin Dohertyas the only reported name interested in theseat. With no name and no money, a path to victory for Doherty would be hard to map out.http://www.news2wkrn.com/vv/2007/12/10/a-byrd-in-the-hand-a-new-potential-alexander-challenger-name-floated/

Several blogs in west Tennessee offered live blog coverage of the murder trial of Calvin Jenks.

On the Texas Teens (Media Verse)Deliberations of the jury are due to resume any minute now. Just before 10PM last night they rewatched thedashboard video of the shooting. The defense attorney asked that the tape be stopped just before the part wherethe citizen who found Jenks' body arrived. Was that shown in the trial part? I seem to recall it was. Not sure whythe defense attorney wouldn't want it seen, other than the emotional pull on jurors during deliberations. Anyway, thetape was stopped and it wasn't shown. Then the jury was sent home for the night.http://mediaverse-memphis.blogspot.com/2007/12/on-texas-teens-jury-and-verdict.htmlWREG Live Blog: http://trooperjenks.wordpress.com/WMC Live Blog:http://talkingmemphis.com/calvinjenkstrial/

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean appointed a 40-member task force to look at ways to raise graduation rates in Nashvilleschools. Progressive Nashville looked at the mayors new taskforce as well as several initiatives the mayor ispromoting to help keep his campaign promise to improve Nashville schools.

Will talk turn into action (Progressive Nashville)Two new initiatives were announced yesterday intended to help the quality of education in Nashville. Both seem tolack focus and that raises the question of whether they will produce any real results. The first comes from MayorKarl Dean who hasproposed a 40-member task force to reduce the drop-out rate in schools. The City Paper says"four subcommittees of the project will each focus on one of the key factors research has shown to contribute tostudents dropping out of school: chronic poor academic performance, student risk factors, lack of family or parental

support, and community risk factors." It is to report in June. The second came from the Metro board of educationwhich will create a new community task force with its members made up of appointees selected by boardmembers. Since Marsha Warden chairs the school board, her appointee will serve as chair of the task force. Theconcepts is based on a similar idea from Austin, Texas. The task force has been given no agenda.http://liberalvoices.typepad.com/progressive_nashville/2007/12/will-talk-turn.html

National Politics

Republican presidential candidates held their final debate before the Iowa Caucuses Wednesday afternoon. BobKrumm looked at how the debates are preparing the candidates for what theyll face should they win the nominationand, beyond that, get elected to the Oval Office. Sharon Cobb wondered why the debates were during the middle
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of the work day when fewer voters could tune in.

Forging steel with friendly fire (Bob Krumm)Right after the Tim Russert debat last month, Democrats were critical of Democratic critics who had the audacity topoint out how Republicans would attack Hillary Clinton. The attitude was best summed by a writer at the liberalblog, firedoglake: [N]ever repeat the talking points by which your opponents beat up on your own party . . .Republicans dont adhere to such niceties, hence the recent criticism coming from the right of Mike Huckabee forgay and Mormon bashing. Nor have I heard of any counter-criticism saying that Republicans shouldnt repeat

Democratic talking points. Only one of these two parties is preparing its candidates for what they will face in ageneral election. http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=1687Sharon Cobb:http://sharoncobb.blogspot.com/2007/12/i-hope-democrat-debate-today-isnt-ask.html

News that Mike Huckabee has experienced a surge in the polls generated a lot of interest among bloggers thisweek. It also have bloggers offering their analysis of Huckabees political career and campaign as well as looking atthe impact of Huckabees new-found popularity on other Republican candidates.

Huck: Kneecapping Mitt and Rudy for Fred and John (Bob Krumm)Is it possible that Mike Huckabees recent surge is actually good news for Fred Thompson and John McCain? WhatHuckabee has succeeded in accomplishing is pulling support away from the two long-established GOPfrontrunners Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney. Ironically, thats probably not good news for any of those threeRepublican contenders. If, Huckabee can be taken down a notchas seems quite likely given that his extremeviews on a whole host of issues will now gain greater audience with increased attentionand also given that itseasier to gain a fresh vote than it is to re-gain a vote once lostit is quite possible that in the last few weeks beforeIowa, Fred Thompson and John McCain are the two candidates best positioned to gain from late-breakingchanges. http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=1682Matthew Continetti (Campaign Standard):http://www.weeklystandard.com/Weblogs/CampaignStandard/default.asp#3469Phil Ayres (Tennessee Talk):http://tennesseetalk.com/?p=575Sean Braistead (Music City Bloggers): http://www.musiccitybloggers.com/2007/12/10/huckabee-crazy-or-stupid/#commentsStephen Brainbridge (Punditry):http://www.stephenbainbridge.com/punditry/comments/personal_presidential_elimination_process_the_case_of_mi

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Fred Thompson liberated? (Toby Harnden)Greetings from Johnston, Iowa and an incredibly cramped debate press room. Ive been pretty tough though, Ithink, fair and borne out by events on the Fred Thompson campaign. But, credit where credits due, he turned inan assured performance in todays debate substantive, straightforward, witty and highlighting the absurdity ofdebate formats. Which made me wonder has he thrown in the towel, subconsciously at least, and realised hesnot going to make it? As Dean Barnett puts it Fred came to play.http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/foreign/tobyharnden/dec07/fred_thompson.htmYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUn8GSbUl_4&eurl=http://volunteervoters.com/Jeff Woods (Pith in the Wind):http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/pitw/2007/12/fred_leads_debate_revolt.php

Only Thing The Democrat Iowa Caucus Will Predict Is Who Won't Be Pres (Cobb)It's bad enough that us politicos didn't get a break from Senate season to Presidential season. But for those of uswho are Democrats, it's really aggravating. I mean, all that time and money and effort for what? To find out whowon't win the Presidential race Winning Iowa seems more like a curse. In a contested race, the Democrat Iowacaucus winner has never gone on to win the general election. Ever. (see below) From David Speakman: Here is abreakdown of the winners of all the Iowa caucuses since 1972, when it first moved to become first in the nation:http://sharoncobb.blogspot.com/2007/12/if-pattern-holds-only-thing-democrat.html#comments

Right Wing Sparkle speculates on what it would look like if John Edwards won the Democratic nomination.
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President Edwards? (Right Wing Sparkle)The one scenario no one is talking about. Hillary has her venom set on Obama, but what if, in all the fray, Edwardsends up with momentum? Maybe Democrats will see Hillary for what she is, a manipulating corrupt politicalmachine, but honestly feel that Obama cannot win the general election because of lack of experience and pastindiscretions? Edwards is saying all the things the left want to hear. He has been through the process before andhe is handsome and charismatic and is from the south. Don't underestimate this man. I see him getting thenomination before Obama (although I honestly don't see anyone taking this from Hillary) Imagine Romney andEdwards being the nominees. The hair jokes. The Ken jokes. The two best looking men to ever run for Presidentagainst each other.http://rightwingsparkle.blogspot.com/2007/12/president-edwards.html

Around the Blogosphere

Whos In Charge Of The New Media Hot Sheet? (Volunteer Voters/Kleinheider)I batted a few emails back and forth this afternoon with the Governors Communications man, Bob Corney,regarding the new Bredesen Administration blog tracking service the New Media Hot Sheet set to debut thisThursday. The truth is this debut, like many an online product, is simply the 2.0 version of the release. The NewMedia Hot Sheet, which Corney tells me is based on Slate Magazines Todays Blogs feature, has been in beta forthe last few weeks being tested and tweaked by a select group of less than a dozen or so subscribers. In oneemail, Mr. Corney laid this little bombshell in my lap:So who is this experienced blogger tasked as architect ofthe Administrations blogging aggregation service? None other than one Michael Hickerson, better known as BigOrange Michael in the sphere, an employee in theOffice of Finance and Administration.http://www.news2wkrn.com/vv/2007/12/10/orange-you-curious-whos-in-charge-of-the-new-media-hot-sheet/#commentsSean Braistead (Music City Bloggers): http://www.musiccitybloggers.com/2007/12/10/the-governors-office-takes-notice-of-blogs/Michael Silence (No Silence Here):http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/silence/archives/2007/12/tn_government_t.shtml

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