Survivor Series
Lamar Alexander, continuing his run of bellicose metaphors, says he's going to win this Senate race Colin Powell-style, shock and awe style.
Failure to flaunt
The Dean reports that candidates failed to report 181 PAC and corporate contributions:
House Republican Chairman Glen Casada, sponsor of a bill that critics say would undermine the present law, was found to have two unreported $1,000 contributions from political action committees. House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Turner, who staunchly opposed the bill, had more unreported donations than anyone on the list — 18 totaling $19,875.
When metaphors go wrong
So Lamar Alexander keeps comparing this Obamacare thing to Iran-Contra:
Host Greta Van Susteren took pains not to quibble with the senator, though she couldn’t help herself from pointing out one detail.
“I would say Iran-Contra involved deaths. It’s a little bit different than here, umm,” she said.
Ah, yes, the deaths thing. That does seem significant.
At least twice in the nearly five-minute interview, Van Susteren suggested the Iran-Contra scandal stemmed from the fact that Oliver North had sold arms secretly to the Islamic Republic of Iran and used the money to fund fighters in Central America linked to death squads.
But Alexander didn’t back away from the comparison.
“The principle’s the same,” he insisted.
Scary campus liberals
Stacey Campfield thinks there should be balance of the political views of speakers on college campuses. Or something.
The skids for BRT funding?
Rep. Cooper isn't so sure federal money is going to be there for the bus rapid transit project Mayor Karl Dean wants to build. And there's a new opposition group.
“I think his view is that right now with sequestration going on, and until we strike some sort of grand bargain on the deficit, there’s just not a whole lot of extra money floating around out there for projects like this,” Hill said.
That seems bad
The head of Ft. Campbell's harassment and sexual assault prevention program was relieved of his duties...because he violated an order of protection.
Twist of Kane
Is Kane the wrestler going to challenge Lamar the senator?
From Reason:
Still pure rumor mill for now, but sources close to the one-time World Heavyweight Champion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstar (among many other wrestling honors) who goes by the name "Kane" tell me that Glenn Jacobs (Kane's legal name) is "open to the possibility of considering a primary campaign against Sen. Lamar Alexander" for the Tennessee Senate seat Lamar! has held since 2003.
Sign says
Two notes from today's bill signings: ignition interlocks are now required for first-time DUI offenders and the Hall and food tax cuts are now law.
Connect the dots lalalala
It's sweeps, so here's a Phil Williams story about fishy state bidding.
- ALEX B FRUIN INHERITANCE TRUST; CANDACE F STEFANSIC INHERITANCE TRUST; CANDANCE F STEFANSIC INHERITANCE TRUST; FRUIN, ALEX B TRUSTEE; FRUIN ALEX B INHERITANCE TRUST; STEFANSIC, CANDACE F TRUSTEE; STEFANSIC CANDACE F INHERITANCE TRUST; STEFANSIC CANDANCE F INHERITANCE TRUST
- ROSS, BRIDGETT D
- COOKE, ETHEN LANYARD TRUSTEE; COOKE, ETHEN LEWIS ESTATE
- JACOBS, JESSICA ALEXANDRA; JACOBS, ERIKA BESS




