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Developments in the race for Speaker as reported by Andy Sher:

From the desk of Robin Smith:

The bailout is going to fall on the Democrats, as predicted:

The Tennessee Republican Party has released a new web ad focusing on the

The Bredesen administration's favorite state trooper/political fixer, Lt.

Tom Humphrey examines two contested Republican primaries for state legislature and the extent to which the races can be framed as moderate versus conservative:

When tough choices come up some people are always ready to increase taxes instead of cut waste. Here is a perfect example.

The TNGOP sent out this presser in response to the Govs threat to end the sales tax holiday.

Republican Leaders take Bredesen to task for saying he would eliminate sales tax holiday

Lee and I took part in some media training this weekend at Cinemark Tinseltown this weekend.  What?  Is watching a movie really training?   

Well, if Revenue Commissioner Reagan Farr can call song and dance skits training, I’ll call watching a movie training.

Evangelicals aren’t surrendering yet on the abortion issue in the state legislature, even though their resolution failed in a House subcommittee last week.

The Tennessee Family Action Council’s David Fowler is telling Republican lawmakers who voted for Jimmy Naifeh as House speaker to urge Naifeh to resurrect the resolution and allow a floor vote on it.

The City Paper’s Rex Noseworthy contributes to the continuation of speculation about the security of Bill Hobbs’ future at the Tennessee Republican Party in his Monday morning column: