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Daily Dose for October 12, 2006
Daily Dose
More Senate Snippets -- More for the Senate race -
- As reported here yesterday, Governor Phil Bredesen has created an ad in support of Harold Ford, Jr. Now, popular former Senator Fred Thompson has created an ad for Corker which is dubbed a "documentary style" ad - it runs for a full 60 seconds, twice the length of a normal political ad.
- Harold Ford, Jr.'s campaign continues to lob bombs at Bob Corker. This time the Chattanooga Times Free Press picks up a Ford press release on a risky pension investment when Corker was mayor of Chattanooga. Turns out Corker had a prior business relationship with a company he encouraged the city to invest some of its pension dollars.
- Not to say Ford doesn't have problems too. The Commercial Appeal today reports that Harold Ford, Jr. took a paid trip funded by one of his father's lobbying clients, Pegasus Airwave. Pegasus officials paid $1,169 to fly Ford Jr. to Miami and an additional $809 for his lodging so that he could attend a Christmas party. Corker raised issues during the debate on Ford's father's role in lobbying him for Fannie Mae.
- Turnout Low in East Tennessee? A "bug" item in today's Knoxville-based MetroPulse says the Corker campaign is disappointed with projected turnout in upper East Tennessee - the most Republican part of the state. Senator Frist and 1st Congressional candidate David Davis held a rally with Corker in Kingsport yesterday.
- Speaking of the MetroPulse, the alt-rag endorsed Ford, including a scathing column by conservative columnist Frank Cagle wherein he calls Corker "establishment to the core" and encourages conservatives not to vote for Corker.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel has more on the GOP fundraising letter that Dems claim contains an altered photo of Harold Ford, Jr. to make him look more black.
- Knoxville TV station WBIR issued an on-the-air apology for not including any supporters of Republican Bob Corker in a post-debate analysis following this week's debate in Chattanooga.
- Both AARP and BusinessTN Magazine have interesting surveys on candidate positions on seniors and business issues respectively.
Sen. Kurita Calls for Elected AG -- State Senator Rosalind Kurita renewed her call for the state to elect an Attorney General. She noted that since Paul Summers’ retirement at the end of September, an interim, Solicitor General Michael Moore, has been serving as Attorney General. Moore was appointed by Summers who was chosen by the five members of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
GOP Returns 1Point Contribution -- In a story that blogger Bill Hobbs has been following, the State Republican Party returned a $1,000 contribution from 1Point Solutions, a company currently under investigation for funneling money to avoid bankrupcty, and called on Democrats to do the same. The principal of the company Barry Stokes is still listed as a prominent supporter of Governor Phil Bredesen's reelection campaign and a major contributor to the Tennessee Democratic Party.
Ballot Referendum Oops -- Nashville officials failed to program the last two paragraphs of a ballot intiative that will go before voters in November that would freeze property taxes for elderly citizens. State Election Coordinator Brook Thompson said Wednesday that it's too late to reprogram electronic voting machines across the state with the complete text of the amendment. So three steps will be taken to ensure voters know exactly what they're voting on: publish the complete amendment in major newspapers, post complete copies of it alongside the sample ballots displayed in all voting precincts, and post paper copies on all voting machines.
