The Squeeze Is On
Bill Haslam, it seems, is putting on the squeeze:
Apparently, Bill Haslam now feels that the political situation is such that he and his campaign can begin to close the pincers around his intra-party opposition. It has long been something of an accepted piece of wisdom that Bill Gibbons' presence in the campaign was helping both of Bill Haslam's opponents by taking Shelby County's votes off the table. Memphis and Shelby County are hardly paragons of conservative Republicanism-Shelby County is heavily Democratic-but the sheer size of the population of Shelby County means that it has more Republican Primary voters than any other Tennessee county, including those in traditionally GOP-heavy East Tennessee.
Labels: Local politics, Republican Party, Tennessee politics
posted by Deacon David Oatney @ 5:19 PM
1 Comments:
Hey Dave,
Actually Shelby County probably has the largest # of Republicans of any county due the 3 of people in the county. It's probably about 50/50 R to D.
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