Summary: It’s Halloween and Congressman Jim Cooper comes by to scare Mary & Freddie with spooky tales of executive overreaching and congressional underperformance. *Shudder* Then he mentions the real size of the federal deficit and just freaks everybody out!
Listen to: Interview with Jim Cooper
Common Cause Tennessee has been working to make the voting process open, fair, and accurate. During our recent primary election, a problem occurred in Shelby County that calls into question the accuracy of the results of the election. Computer logs show evidence of actual attempts to manipulate election results. At the very […]
Very telling story on NPR this morning. The country is already experiencing reports ranging “from hackers getting into an official registration database to ballots being printed incorrectly.”
“Hackers got into the election website for DePage County, Illinois, and inserted a new voter qualification. It said they couldn’t be homosexuals. Officials quickly removed the unauthorized entry and […]
Guests: Ray Barrett, Election Administrator for Davidson County (7:30 am), John Geer, Vanderbilt Political Science Professor and author of In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns (8:00 am), Congressman Jim Cooper of the Fightin’ Fifth and author, “Executive Overreaching v. Congressional Underperformance” (Winner, 2006 Judge Edward R. Finch Law Day Speech Award)(8:20 […]
Dude. We’re on the cover of The City Paper! Sweet!
Thanks to Amy Griffith at The City Paper for a delightful interview and to Brittney at Nashville Is Talking for her kinds words and encouragement. And thanks to all of you who have called or emailed with your kudos. It is very much appreciated!
Now go vote! […]
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Congressman Jim Cooper will be on Liberadio(!) tomorrow morning along with Vanderbilt Professor John Geer, author of In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns, and Ray Barrett, Elections Administrator for Davidson County.
Congressman Cooper was recently awarded the 2006 Judge Edward R. Finch Law Day Speech Award for his speech on “Executive Overreaching v. […]
Summary: We interviewed Randy Tarkington, Campaign Manager for Vote No on One. This election day, Tennessee voters will be asked to consider a referendum on an amendment to the state constitution which would prohibit same-sex marriage. Randy tells us why, no matter how we feel about gay marriage, we should all vote NO on Referendum […]
30 Oct 2006
“Not Your Daddy’s Democrat”, By Jonathan Darman (Newsweek)
“Tennessee’s Harold Ford Jr. is running from his party in one of the must-win Senate races for the Democrats. His story—and the stakes on Election Day.”
27 Oct 2006
“Damage Control”, by Jennifer Van Bergen (TomPaine.com)
Congress has struck down Supreme Court decisions that struck down previous executive decisions […]
Summary: Listen to our interview with Will Kimbrough - singer, songerwriter, producer, guitarist extraordinaire, and the proud son of yellow-dog Democrats from Mobile, Alabama. Will has played with Rodney Crowell, Todd Snider, Kim Richey, Josh Rouse & Jimmy Buffett (who recorded his “Piece of Work” on his License to Chill CD), and produced records by […]
