TN-Gov: Karl Dean running, Mark Green out

[KingSweden]

This is probably as good of a get as Dems can get here.

Now to see if they can get the Ol' Indian Outlaw to jump in for Senate... I won't hold my breath

[KingSweden]

This is probably as good of a get as Dems can get here.

Now to see if they can get the Ol' Indian Outlaw to jump in for Senate... I won't hold my breath

Tim McGraw.

Who's first big hit is the idiotic but supremely catchy "Indian Outlaw."

I saw him in concert in Spokane about 18 months ago, as a sidenote. I've never been in proximity to that concentration of testorone in my life, and I played football and was in a fraternity. Also, the stereotypes about female behavior at concerts is 100% true

[KingSweden]

This is probably as good of a get as Dems can get here.

Now to see if they can get the Ol' Indian Outlaw to jump in for Senate... I won't hold my breath

Tim McGraw.

Who's first big hit is the idiotic but supremely catchy "Indian Outlaw."

I saw him in concert in Spokane about 18 months ago, as a sidenote. I've never been in proximity to that concentration of testorone in my life, and I played football and was in a fraternity. Also, the stereotypes about female behavior at concerts is 100% true

I think there might be something like that about country music concerts, haha.

Re: masculinity and testosterone: a lot of people close to me were shocked to learn that I voted for Clinton given my redneck-ish tendencies, and like you, was big into football and baseball in high school and a fraternity at Mizzou (but not at Cornell). Though a lot of my old fraternity brothers who were otherwise pretty Republican voted for Clinton or Johnson, too, so I guess I'm not too big of an outlier.

What frat were you in? I was a Theta Chi for my freshman year, dropped the frat afterwards

[KingSweden]

This is probably as good of a get as Dems can get here.

Now to see if they can get the Ol' Indian Outlaw to jump in for Senate... I won't hold my breath

Tim McGraw can't beat Corker (or Haslam if Corker steps aside), no way. Senate races are way too partisan these days.

Probably not... but that'd be one hell of a campaign

[KingSweden]

This is probably as good of a get as Dems can get here.

Now to see if they can get the Ol' Indian Outlaw to jump in for Senate... I won't hold my breath

Tim McGraw can't beat Corker (or Haslam if Corker steps aside), no way. Senate races are way too partisan these days.

Probably not... but that'd be one hell of a campaign

Tim McGraw running for office was always about a theoretical Gubernatorial campaign anyway, right?

I think so, yes

[KingSweden]

State Sen. Mark Green (R-Clarksville) was thought to be a frontrunner in this race.  I hadn't decided on anybody yet, but I liked him a lot (I once asked him about why we don't have a 20-week abortion ban yet and he said it was because that bill wouldn't completely end abortion, for example).  Anyway, he will do well in his new job, I'm sure.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/mark-green-army-secretary-trump-tap-sources-236195

Superior choice to Viola, not that SecArmy does much

[KingSweden]

So, who is the R frontrunner now? Fincher? Black? Blackburn?

Probably Diane Black or Randy Boyd, but a lot can still happen

I don't know anything about Boyd's politics, but I've heard genuinely good things about him as a person so if there has to be a Republican Governor I hope it's him.

Boyd is a close Haslam ally and would likely be similar

Tennessee seems well run, so that sounds good to me

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That's quite a haul