The Red Scare is always at the door. But Chuck Fleischmann? He’s OK.
U.S. Rep. Allen West, a Florida Republican, has thrown his support to colleague Chuck Fleischmann, a first-termer from Chattanooga who’s in a three-way GOP primary fight this summer. This would be more...
View ArticleWeston Wamp weighs run against DesJarlais
Weston Wamp, the son of former U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, says he might run against U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais in 2014. Wamp told the Chattanooga Times Free Press on Wednesday that “it’s incredibly early …...
View ArticleCooper vote on NSA spurs social media outcry but few calls
U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper’s vote to continue funding of the National Security Agency has sparked an online backlash, but that hasn’t translated into real-world pressure on the congressman. Cooper’s vote...
View ArticleThe art of straddling the fence
Polling members of Congress from Tennessee and Virginia late last week to help out with a USA Today story on the chances of President Barack Obama winning approval for military action against Syria, I...
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