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We haven’t really delved into the governor’s race in awhile so I thought I’d take a look at what’s going on. I figured that there would be a bit of hitting the ground running after the 106th ended, and in some ways it has.

In Memphis, there were candidates with the (D) behind their names campaigning like raccoons on acid and Kim McMillan even made a stop in Paris.

I noticed that she also brought up green industries as Ward Cammack has been doing. I keep wondering why both Cammack and McMillan are pounding this issue hard. Ilissa has more on McMillan at her blog on some of the details and then there is this on Cammack from an interview I did with him back in May.

My advice to both of them, if they haven’t already done it which they may have, is talk to some farmers. I believe that talking to guys whose hands are in the dirt, you know, growing our food is very important.

I’m waiting on more from Mike McWherter although I know he also did some “visiting” in the city of Elvis and has set up a rather impressive staff. As for Roy Herron and Jim Kyle, well, we just will see. Herron may want to see this story from the Chattanooga Times Free Press as the first story up while using my google-fu says about him that he was “unavailable” and candidates don’t want to seem inaccessible. That’s not an insult, just constructive feedback.

In other news, the story of Mark Brown leaving the Cammack campaign had my cell phone burning up with messages asking  if I had heard the news. Brown hasn’t really commented to anyone on why they are no longer together. I like Brown and I wish him well on his next endeavor. It will be interesting to see if Cammack continues with his, for lack of a better word, aggressive campaigning now that Brown is no longer on the ship.

And, you just have to love West Tennessee politics.

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