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Tennessee law prohibits local governments from taking any action with respect to the mortgage lending industry, even in these times of woe and want.

Ilissa Gold wonders what may end up being the result of a Republican controlled redistricting process:

NYTIMES:

The Republicans are now a 'regional' party.

NYTIMES:

The Republicans are now a 'regional' party.

Because I’m not sure I would. R. Neal thinks in the case of an electoral college tie that the Tennessee delegation would cast its lot with Obama in the House of Representatives:

In the highly unlikely event of an electoral tie, the 12th Amendment provides for the House of Representatives to select the president. Each state gets one vote, decided by a vote among its delegation. Because Tennessee has five Democratic Representatives v. four Republicans, Tennessee's vote would presumably go to Obama.

How close is Barack Obama to the corrupt community organizing group, ACORN?  Here is Obama at last December’s Heartland Democratic Presidential Forum, a gathering of community organizers hosted by the Center for Community Change, an ACORN ally.  The first gentleman is Deepak Bhargava, the Executive Director of the CCC

By a vote of 263-171.

A majority of GOPers again opposed the plan. Ninety one House Republicans voted for it, and 108 voted against, again casting doubt on McCain’s ability to rally members of his own party behind a measure that he suggested was necessary to rescue the Republic from doom.

Marsha Blackburn votes against one of her signature issues:

The sales tax deduction has long been an important issue to Brentwood Republican Marsha Blackburn. But she voted against the bill today, along with East Tennesseans Zach Wamp and David Davis. The rest of the state’s delegation voted for the measure.