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Daily Dose for July 28, 2008
Bits of Rove
Bits of Rove -- Sandra Clark has two bits of Karl Rove's speech to the TN Statemen's Dinner this past Saturday. That's the dinner the media wasn't invited to, despite calls from the event's chair Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam for the event to be open to the public. Apparently Rove praised the generosity of GOP Pres nominee John McCain for adopting a baby from Africa. That despite a widely reported story that Rove had been the architect behind a smear campaign during the 2000 GOP primary in SC accusing McCain of having a black love child. Rove also praised TN for not having a state income tax, comments which must have been tough for Don Sundquist, who was in the crowd. More from the event here
Toll Roads Explored in Memphis -- A bridge in Memphis could be the project that gets recommended by TDOT as a part of toll road. Unlike other toll projects, the Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization adopted a resolution favoring the initiative, and the Memphis Regional Chamber has been a strong supporter. The bridge would releave traffic on the two other bridges in Memphis - the 35-year-old Hernando DeSoto Bridge and the 59-year-old Memphis & Arkansas Bridge has exceeded 100,000 vehicles in recent years.
Sound Bites Reframed to Diversity in Cohen's Race -- The race for Congress in the 9th District will be decided by the Democratic primary, where white Congressman Steve Cohen faces a serious challenge from black exec Nikki Tinker. This year, apparently campaign advisors for Tinker are suggesting that the sound bites in favor of her candidacy call for "diversity" in TN's Congressional delegation, rather than blatantly pointing to race as an issue. Memphis Poli Sci Professor Larry Moore on race being an issue in last year's campaign: "That looked nasty nationwide ... Nobody wants to be seen doing that again." More here. More here on the national consulting firms involved.
