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Tennessee state Senator Andy Berke kicked off his campaign for reelection to the 10th District seat this evening at Chattanooga's Bessie Smith Hall.

Joe Lance attends a political event put on by the only recently incumbent Sen. Andy Berke:

“Eisenhower Republican” former Rep. Jim Leach speaks from the podium at the Democratic National COnvention:

If Mark Halperin is right, and John McCain chooses Mitt Romney as his running-mate; and if Barack Obama meanwhile happens to pick a centrist purple- or red-stater, then Obama could end up doing what President Bill Clinton did in 1992, but without the help of Ross Perot.

Ed Cromer reports:

Jeff Cassman, after pointing out that the Tennessee GOP really shouldn’t be held responsible for comments made by the head of the Tennessee Federation Of Republican Women, reveals

Jonathan Martin reports:

John McCain’s campaign is returning about $50,000 raised by a Jordanian man, some of which came from individuals who were not even supporters of the GOP nominee.

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The Brainstem doesn’t seem all that optimistic about the chances of the Democratic Party holding on to the Governor’s mansion in 2010:

Our options for a Democratic candidate for Governor just got a wee bit smaller after Bill Purcell announced he'd become Director of Harvard's Institute of Politics.