Where will Huckabee stand tomorrow?
Oatney says he’ll still be hanging on:
One thing that can quickly be gleaned from watching the morning shows today is that the pundits really don’t have a clue what is going to happen tonight-and I am not comfortable making predictions about the overall winner, because delegate counts make as much of a difference in the [...]
Knoxville blogger to get national exposure
Big congrats to David Oatney, whose blog will now be featured as part of Newsweek’s blog aggregator:
I’m very pleased to announce that The World will be joining the team of bloggers at the Media Bloggers Association who will be giving our unique perspectives and lending our voices to Newsweek’s online coverage of Campaign 2008 at [...]
Read More..>>Tennesseans opposing abortion had a good day yesterday
So says David Oatney:
The Tennessee State Senate yesterday voted 23-9 to adopt a Constitutional Amendment that states explicitly that nothing in the Tennessee Constitution should be construed to imply that there is a constitutional right to abortion in this State.
Were the amendment to pass, it would allow the Legislature to do what so many other [...]
“Country Club” Republicans lining up behind McCain?
That’s what David Oatney thinks:
I have a tremendous amount of personal respect for Howard Baker-it is hard not to admire the man who did more than anyone else in the modern era to bring the GOP to Statewide electability here. He also served as President Reagan’s Chief of Staff, and there are very few of [...]
East Tennessee blogs New Hampshire
From the Tennessee blogosphere this morning:
VOLuntarily Conservative (who took time away from his brand new baby to blog!) says:
If - and I said if - Romney wins Michigan by a decent margin with McCain second, South Carolina becomes an elimination match for Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee. Only one of those candidates is walking out [...]
Read More..>>Some TN bloggers on Iowa results
Sean Braisted says the results speak to the “power of hope.”
David Oatney says Huckabee owes his win to sweat equity.
Newscoma makes some bold predictions.
Tennessee Guerilla Women says only fools are dancing on Hillary’s grave.
Say Uncle says Obama-Huckabee match-up pits a big government liberal against a big government Evangelical liberal.
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Read More..>>Local blogosphere rings in 2008!
Today, East Tennessee bloggers are talking about saying goodbye to 2007 and ringing in 2008:
From Rich Hailey:
New Beginnings
Somewhere during the last 5+ years of doing this, I started to think it was important. I began to take it very seriously, working hard to research posts, trying to build solid arguments to make a strong case [...]
Lump of coal for Knox County government
Conservative blogger David Oatney points to a commentary from conservative Tennessee Center for Policy Research criticizing Mayor Ragsdale and County Commissioners for the year that was:
This year, no one deserves more to wake up on Christmas Day to a stocking
filled with coal than Knox County’s elected officials, according to Tennessee
Center for Policy Research President Drew [...]
Can Fred Thompson pull it back from the brink?
Oatney says he can.
In weeks’ past, I have been critical of the Fred Thompson campaign (which everyone knows that I support) for not keeping Fred visible in Iowa at a time when he really needs a boost. A good finish in Iowa-third or preferably higher-can keep Fred in the race. As late as this past [...]
Talkin’ about KnoxvilleTalks.com
We’ve had some nice mentions in our first few days live, including shout outs from:
The Tennessean
WBIR-TV in Knoxville (owned, like The Tennessean, by Gannett) has jumped into the blog aggregation business with a new site, KnoxvilleTalks.com. In Nashville, WKRN-TV runs a similar site, NashvilleIsTalking.com.
The basic idea is to have one or two people monitoring local [...]
You can’t always get what you want
David Oatney says local Democrats can’t figure out what it is they want when it comes to appointing new Knox County officials:
For transparency before they were against it
Just when people here in East Tennessee thought the flawed appointment process of January 31 for Knox County’s vacant term-limited offices had been remedied by the ruling [...]
