According to my friend and our 14th District State Representative Parkey Strader (pictured here) the word in Nashville today is that there will be another Democrat defection from the party of Bob Tuke and Howard Dean.
Why can’t we get a member of the Tennessee Republican Party to challenge Governor Phil Bredesen? It is obvious the members of his own party are so thrilled with their Governor that they are checking out.
Hamilton County Commissioner Curtis Adams left the Democrat party in March of 2005. Several Democrats were indicted in the Tennessee Waltz investigation, State Senator Don McLeary on Thursday 2/2/2006 joined the Republican Party. Giving the Republicans a 18-15 majority.
On the Ophelia Ford issue, Republican State Senator Don McLeary on Thursday said “The ballot box is the backbone of our democratic society, and if we cannot run it right, then I felt we needed a new election,”
On his decision to become a Republican McLeary said “The decision that I have made has been hard, but one my heart tells me is right,”
With another defection the Republican majority will gain a 19-14 majority.
Even Knox County Democrat Chairman Jim Gray is encouraging the members of the Knox County Democrat Party to vote Republican, as reported here.
Do you think the tenor of the state has shifted so right that the yellow dogs have decided to switch over?
I grew up in west Tennessee, and almost everyone was a Democrat. I moved back a few weeks ago, and now the state is a “red” one.
Interesting…
Nancy, it appears that the democrats and liberals are fed up with their parties action.
They are fed up with Bob Tuke attacking an innocent State Represntative Beth Harwell, and conducting himself as anything other than a gentleman when dealing with a female legislator.
The Democrats in Knox County are fed up with a Jim Gray that spews left wing liberalism and then encourages them to vote Republican.
Its a great time to be a Republican in Tennessee.
With all of these defections, there is no reason why we cannot produce a candidate to beat Bredesen. We shall all have failed the people of Tennessee and (I daresay) God Almighty if we fail to do so.