http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h81.html

I saw RNC committeeman John Ryder speak the other night and he was already talking about organizing to help whoever runs against Williams in 2010. I hope that conservative activists nationwide can help us bring down this disgrace who now “leads” our State House.

And by the way, the sentiment I subscribe to posits that it is not only that the party needs to rededicate itself to Reaganite principles, but that it also needs to find more effective and convincing ways to market those principles, itself, its history, and thus its candidates and the policies arising from those principles and today’s issues to the American people.

I know that sediment isn’t really all the welcome here on RedState, but I certainly think the choice of many Republicans that the party needs to be more conservative will most certainly lead to fewer GOP officeholders.

In other words, like Reagan said just after the Watergate bloodbath, numbers are not everything. Some people are simply not worth having on our side – their presence is actually harmful.

When you have a 3 or 4 vote cushion, then you can start being a little more picky with your membership policies.

We’re going to fly into Anchorage and rent a 4-wheel drive and see what we can see for about 3 weeks.

Can’t wait.

Wikipedia entry on Billy Bulger

[Former MA State Senate President William M.] Bulger’s elder brother, James (aka Whitey), is a fugitive sought for murder and several other crimes. William Bulger’s role in his brother’s escape from authorities is a matter of some dispute. On June 19, 2003, he testified to a House about an incident in which, while still President of the Massachusetts State Senate, he “went to an arranged location in 1995 to take a call from his fugitive brother, apparently to avoid electronic eavesdropping. He said that accepting the call from the gangster without bothering to inform the FBI was ‘in no way inconsistent with my devotion to my own responsibilities, my public responsibilities.’”[3]

During the hearing, when asked what he thought James (Whitey) did for a living, William Bulger said: Rep. … “ I had the feeling that he was uh in the business of gaming and and uh … Whatever. It was vague to me but I didn’t think, uh—for a long while he had some jobs but uh ultimately uh it was clear that he was not uh um being um uh you know he wasn’t doing what I’d like him to do.

Bulger also testified that the FBI never asked if he knew of Whitey’s location. Those remarks were disputed by a former FBI agent who claimed Bulger declined to submit to an interview with the bureau.[5] Months later, the committee report found Bulger’s testimony “inconsistent” about whether the FBI had contacted him in its search for his fugitive brother.[6]

My wife is really excited. She bought a GPS, even.

Cochran took Ralph Cole’s seat the year (2002) Cole, a Republican voted in the House in favor of a state income tax.

My fear is that if more than one candidate runs for the seat in the Primary, Williams will win again.