Redistricting Is Here
The Tennessee House and Senate redistricting
plans have arrived:
The real changes appear to be coming in the Tennessee House of
Representatives, especially for those of us in East Tennessee. What
amounts to three new districts will be created in Knox County, including
(if the map
is correct) an 89th District in West Knox County. We won't ask for
details on how 89 is consecutive with 13 through 19. Representative
Frank Niceley (R-Strawberry Plains) won't represent any part of
Knox County anymore, but he will have around 2/3rds of Jefferson and
roughly the northern third of Sevier County as his new 17th District.
Labels: Congress, Conservatism, Elections, Federal politics, Local politics, Presidential Election, Radio show
Wow...
Sometimes that is the only word that comes to mind when the
impossible becomes political reality:
There are times when watching a political result that all you can say
is "wow." Last night's Iowa Caucuses were such a moment. This writer
prays his wife will forgive him for being up until after 4:00am awaiting
the final result. We've been up all night to await election outcomes
before, but I can't recall the last time I was up all night awaiting an
outcome during primary and caucus season.
When the final result came in, even though the numbers showed former
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at the top literally by just a few
votes, it is former Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania) who can be
the one to claim victory. Within a matter of a month, he came from
around 3% of the vote to effectively tie at the top of the caucus
margins.
Labels: Conservatism, Elections, Federal politics, Local politics, Presidential Election, Republican Party, Tennessee politics
Occupy the Rose Parade?
Is nothing
sacred to these people?:
Another group of Occupy protesters are set to make utter fools of themselves
before a national and worldwide audience. The annual Tournament of
Roses Parade is scheduled to get underway this morning in Pasadena,
California. The annual spectacle features floats made of roses, a
beautiful Rose Queen, and ends the day with the oldest college football
bowl game in existence, the Rose Bowl. It isn't remotely a political
place or a political event, indeed many of the floats and attractions in
the parade are geared toward children. That doesn't seem to matter to
the publicity hounds of Occupy. Rather than organize their own event,
they are going to sponge off of the hard work of the Tournament of Roses
organizers in what they are calling "Occupy the Rose Parade," where the
intend to display a giant octopus at the end of the parade route.
Labels: Democrats, Duh, Federal politics, News Media, Political correctness, Tennessee politics
