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Daily Dose for August 01, 2006
Daily Dose
Corker Launches One More Negative Ad -- The Chattanoogan has the script of the new Bob Corker ads - and mentions a version of the ad is playing in Memphis without reference in Van Hilleary, a move that might show voters in the Memphis media market view the Senate race as largely a two-man contest between native son Ed Bryant and Corker. Meanwhile, Bryant says the race is largely turning into "an integrity issue of campaigns here, of who did what to whom." WVLT a Knoxville-based TV station, notes that's an ironic statement from Bryant, who was the first to go negative against Corker. Meanwhile, Corker picked up another endorsement. Chiding Bryant and Hilleary, the Mountain Press says:
No matter how hard the three try to distance themselves from each other, the fact is they all reflect traditional conservative points of view. But none of the three has the variety of experience that Bob Corker does...His opponents, former U.S. Reps. Van Hilleary and Ed Bryant, have had trouble separating themselves from Corker, so they have resorted to attacks, both personal and political. That's a strategy you usually see in a contested Democratic primary election. It's been a nasty campaign. The stakes are high.
Corker defends his ads in the City Paper - and Bryant reveals he has removed a claim in one his ads that Corker didn't pay income taxes after criticism from the nonpartisan FactCheck.org. "I would hope my action stands in stark contrast to that of Bob Corker who deliberately, and falsely, accused me of voting to raise my own pay in one ad," Bryant said. More from the News-Sentinel.
EV Light Means Election Day Turnout High -- Early voting numbers being light, Hamilton Co. is expecting high turnout on Thursday at polling stations throughout Chattanooga. High election day turnout across the state would compensate for the low turnout experienced statewide. More on turnout and early voting from the Chattanooga Times Free Press and Memphis Commercial Appeal, where Shelby Co. officials are worried there might not be enough voting machines to service the long-lines expected.
Paying Not To Get Paid -- The Memphis Commercial Appeal profiles three candidates for the Memphis Charter Commission, a group charged with reviewing the city's governing document and recommending possible charter revisions to voters, who have raised tens of thousands of dollars for their campaigns for the unpaid position.
Cooley Getting 'Good Guy' Award -- Deputy Governor and chief political architect for the Governor, Dave Cooley is among the recepients of the annual "Good Guy" at the 14th Annual Good Guys Awards, for men who have "shown extraordinary support for women's issues and the promotion of women in the workplace." The Good Guys are put on by the Nashville Women's Political Caucus.
