don sundquist

A new blog has popped up on the scene claiming that Don Sundquist is backing Republican Mike Faulk against independent state Senator Mike Williams in order to punish Williams for his opposition

I have to agree with Progressive Nashville and Aunt B. about Tennessee GOP head Robin Smith.

Patricia Ann Pierce of Harriman, director of the Opportunity Development Center at Vanderbilt University, was appointed today by Governor Phil Bredesen to serve on Tennessee’s Human Rights Commision.

Governor Phil Bredesen and First Lady Andrea Conte hosted their first dinner party in the almost fully renovated Executive Residence inviting over former governors or their progeny for a look at how the place is shaping up:

Reading this post (Volunteer Voters » "Don Sundquist Couldn’t Navigate From Scooter’s House To MBA?") at Volunteer Voters reminded me of a funny comment by Steve Gill this a.m., commenting on the folks at the Romney fundraiser in Nashville (Blackburn, Beavers among others). Gill said (not verbatim, I was driving):

"McCain has Don Sundquist's endorsement--what

Ken Whitehouse breaks the news:

Meanwhile, as that call was taking place, a much longer list was dropped off by a volunteer for John McCain of all the prominent Tennesseans who are now backing him.

The Donkey’s Mouth attempts to poison conservative opinion against the Lieutenant Governor’s openness to using the state’s rainy day fund to resolve budget shortfalls by comparing Ramsey to former Governor Don Sundquist:

Where do they go now?

Commenter FreddieMac flips the script and sugggests that Republican support for removing the sales tax on food placates the anti-tax base of the party while really serving the interests of the pro-income tax elite of the party:

Republican governors Winfield Dunn, Lamar Alexander, and Don Sundquist were income tax lovers. In fact, Dunn was advising BIG (Loser) Jim Bryson