The article says Smith.

You keep saying Jones.

she would represent conservative Tennesseans very well in Congress.

but still an informative map. Only two safe Dem seats according to the poster.

http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5752

I wouldn’t mind wobbling those “safe” seats a bit but there are no takers so far and I’m a nobody.

And yes, it is Robin Smith. She is the former State Chair of the Tn GOP. Robin is a Conservative. She knocked heads with Sen. Lamar Alexander a number of times not only during the 2008 Presidential election but also in the 2006 campaign of Harold Ford Jr. Robin isn’t politically correct enough for Lamar’s RINO tastes.

The good news is Robin is running for Zach Wamp’s Congressional seat and the bad news is Zach is running for Governor. I’ve personally nicknamed Wamp ‘Zip Zag Zach’. What ever is politically expedient. Haslam (who is also running for Gov) is a big government, anti-gun (who suddenly got religion when he entered the race in Jan’09 but had been a member of Bloomberg’s anti-gun mayors group) taxer.

Oh and the other bad news is that Lamar Alexander’s minions are now running the Tn State GOP making it another RINO waffling toothless group. It’s very disappointing after having Robin in charge.

I’ve already eliminated supporting Haslam and Wamp for Governor. I am supporting Lt. Gov Ron Ramsey. I wish I could say it’s because everything Ron does I’m in agreement with but he’s a far better candidate than the other 2 choices.

There are also a couple other races which might be interesting and that is Bart Gordon’s seat in District 5(contested GOP primary with 4 or 5 in the race). It looks like 2 of the candidates are viable - Lou Ann Zelnick and Kerry Roberts.

Kent Greenough is taking a whack at Lincoln Davis (District 4 and my district). I was a supporter for Kent back in 2008 and am thrilled he’s trying again. He’s a strong and knowledgeable conservative. But it is also a contested primary and the Democrats always come in and vote for this nut (Don Strong) in the primary. This is a really tough district (24 counties, no large cities, all rural and I don’t even know the number of media markets). Lincoln did make a recent strategic mistake though, he voted in support of Charlie Rangel in retaining his chair of Ways and Means.

Oh and one last thing, Adam Kleinheider of the Nashville Post professes himself to be a libertarian but I’ve yet to hear of him voting for anyone other than a Democrat. And yes, he has admitted who he’s voted for in a few elections. He voted for Harold Ford Jr over Bob Corker and Dem Gov Bredesen over State Senator Jim Bryson (a strong fiscal conservative).

Marsha Blackburn a conservative?

Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR:
Omnibus Appropriations, Special Education, Global AIDS Initiative, Job Training, Unemployment Benefits, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, Agriculture Appropriations, U.S.-Singapore Trade, U.S.-Chile Trade, Supplemental Spending for Iraq & Afghanistan, Prescription Drug Benefit, Child Nutrition Programs, Surface Transportation, Job Training and Worker Services, Agriculture Appropriations, Foreign Aid, Vocational/Technical Training, Supplemental Appropriations, UN “Reforms.” Patriot Act Reauthorization, CAFTA, Katrina Hurricane-relief Appropriations, Head Start Funding, Line-item Rescission, Oman Trade Agreement, Military Tribunals, Electronic Surveillance, Head Start Funding, COPS Funding, Funding the REAL ID Act (National ID), Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, Thought Crimes “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Economic Stimulus, Farm Bill (Veto Override), Warrantless Searches, Employee Verification Program, Body Imaging Screening.

Marsha Blackburn Voted AGAINST:
Ban on UN Contributions, eliminate Millennium Challenge Account, WTO Withdrawal, UN Dues Decrease, Defunding the NAIS, Iran Military Operations defunding Iraq Troop Withdrawal, congress authorization of Iran Military Operations.

Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
See her unconstitutional votes at :
http://tinyurl.com/qhayna
Mickey

Mickey hits every site where Marsha is mentioned to go after her. Marsha is a good conservative but she is by no means perfect. I’m sure she wished she was but then don’t we all. It seems to me that nothing Marsha does pleases Mickey. I’d be thrilled to have Marsha as my Representative instead of Lincoln Davis.

Erick-

I’m just loving your piece on Tennessee. You’ve got most of it right. And Robin can use all the Red State help she can get. She’s the real deal.

Wamp is most assuredly talking the conservative talk. He sounds convincing. But I must say, his record should be closely examined by Red State. As a three-term party chairman with Wamp as my Congressman, I know plenty about his record.

He voted for TARP, was McCain’s pet promoter for the horrible McCain Feingold, voted FOR the Rangel funding when other GOP members voted no, BROKE a pledge to term limit himself, BROKE a pledge not to take PAC money (that’s not really an issue for me, but don’t make a pledge if you don’t intend to keep it), support for PAYGO (http://www.nationalreview.com/nr_comment/staff200404020835.asp),

and then there’s Club for Growth and their amendment tests on outrageous pork spending. Back in 06 (just as one example,) Wamp scored a big ZERO. Harold Ford Jr. got over 60 percent!

I could go on and on, like his vote against earmark reform, his vote for the Democrat price-gouging bill, and on and on. But suffice it to say that before you offer any endorsements, I beg you would do some more research.

By comparison, you may end up finding him the lesser of evils, however, more research is warranted.

When it comes to conservative, I inherently trust Ben Cunningham of Tennessee Tax Revolt. Not too long ago on a post at his site taking Congressman Wamp to task on a vote, Ben stated:

“Congressman Zach Wamp is consistently the most anti-freemarket Republican in the  Tennessee delegation.”

I couldn’t agree more.

I was at that meeting in Cookeville. In fact my friend Sherry was the on one who interrupted Alexander during his speech and the room erupted. It was such a wonderful moment to see Alexander with that look of ‘get me out of here’! It was a great morning/afternoon. My blog post got picked up by Krikorian on National Review and the discussion on Rush about the event about my friend Sherry was awesome. Alexander absolutely hated it. He’s such a wuss and RiNO.

Jim my Democrat Fair Tax friend. You can have Marsha. What is the difference between a tax and spend Republican like Marsha and a tax and spend Democrat like Bart? 500 Billion?
So Marsha will spend less but she is still spending. and spending …. and spending…
I want someone that will represent me by sticking to their oath to the constitituion. Jim, you may not care that your representative votedfor the Bridge to Nowhere, but it is votes like that that add up. She came into office after 2002, ( i voted for her that only time, as she did help with the state incometax) but after her first term I saw that she was just another GOP Stooge. and she has not failed me in that respect.
She is not only the queen of pork, she wants to take our liberty, and our freedoms. just go look at her votes.