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Nashville is the breeding ground for Democratic leadership in the state.
The person we elect will determine which wing of the party is dominate for the next four to eight years. That includes the 2010 governor's race and 2012 presidential and senate contests.
by R o o k on Fri Aug 03, 2007 at 09:15:53 AM PDT
vote yesterday. Everything I do for the most part is in Davidson though, so I have a strong interest in who wins this thing.
My only problem with Dean is his "I'm gonna shut down all the adult businesses is Nashville" campaign promise.
I'm not saying Dean is, I'm just saying this one part of his campaign is "republican-like". I don't believe a politician should be telling people how they should live their lives.
I liked Briley, but he's out. And since I can't vote, I guess I really don't need to be convinced or persuaded one way or the other.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." -- Galileo Galilei
by Dittoz on Fri Aug 03, 2007 at 09:33:42 AM PDT
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Dean has campaigned to shut down all massage parlors and adult businesses that serve as houses of prostitution, but I've never heard him say he wants to close all adult businesses. I could be wrong - if so, please let me know the source.
I can tell you as metro legal director he was tough on prostitution but declared legal adult businesses off limits:
But many adult businesses are protected ''just as long as an adult entertainment business is not engaged in prostitution activity or breaking any laws,'' Metro Law Director Karl Dean said.
Tennessean
by R o o k on Fri Aug 03, 2007 at 09:44:50 AM PDT
concerned me.
Tom Lee, a strategist in Dean's campaign, said Dean would be able to appeal to diverse swaths of voters from the Briley, Dozier and Gentry camps. "There are lots of supporters of all those candidates who believe the city is moving in the right direction," Lee said. "That's our message to those voters: There's a home for you in this campaign." Lee said Dean would appeal to Briley supporters who are concerned about the environment; to Gentry backers who believe in Nashville's diversity and that "this is a city where everybody has an opportunity to do well and succeed and have a say"; and to Dozier voters who would appreciate Dean's work to close down adult businesses. "There aren't enough 'liberal' voters in this city to elect anyone," Lee said. "Karl is very conservative in many of the ways in which he conducts himself."
Tom Lee, a strategist in Dean's campaign, said Dean would be able to appeal to diverse swaths of voters from the Briley, Dozier and Gentry camps.
"There are lots of supporters of all those candidates who believe the city is moving in the right direction," Lee said. "That's our message to those voters: There's a home for you in this campaign."
Lee said Dean would appeal to Briley supporters who are concerned about the environment; to Gentry backers who believe in Nashville's diversity and that "this is a city where everybody has an opportunity to do well and succeed and have a say"; and to Dozier voters who would appreciate Dean's work to close down adult businesses.
"There aren't enough 'liberal' voters in this city to elect anyone," Lee said. "Karl is very conservative in many of the ways in which he conducts himself."
The way I read it, is he is saying because there aren't enough liberal voters in this city, we're going to swing over and play to the republican side.
by Dittoz on Fri Aug 03, 2007 at 09:52:48 AM PDT
This is all about not letting your opponent define you. Clement wants to paint Dean as only appealing to liberals. Dean's not going to let Clement get away with that.
This analysis is great if you want to see what Clement is up to and what the Dean campaign was responding to in that Tennessean quote.
Last night, Clement said, "Karl Dean is just out of step with the people of Nashville."
(By the way, how bizarre is it to attack your opponent by name in a victory speech? And can you call it a "victory" speech when he came in second?)
The Dean Campaign has to counter this kind of attack quickly before Clement can define Dean as an out-of-touch lefty and scare moderates away.
by R o o k on Fri Aug 03, 2007 at 10:35:01 AM PDT
wide narrow
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