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Re: “Tony Diamond — Elvis impersonator, host at Uncle Bud's”
I'd be proud of that piece, Joel. That's one for the clip file. That's my kind of story. Well written.
Re: “Undulating form meets staggering scale in the Music City Center, Nashville's bold coming-out invitation to the world”
Funny and informative article- love the quote about Shamu.
Re: “With the legendary Sen. Douglas Henry out of the picture in 2014, District 21 is up for grabs — perhaps even to the GOP”
Steven,
" In the wake of his retirement, one can easily imagine voters who realize they were more loyal to Henry than to his party, creating a potential opening for the right Republican candidate."
Roughly what % of the old district that was not overwhelming Democratic is still in the new district? That would give us an idea of how many non-Democratic pro-Henry voters might be available for the Republicans to snag. I suspect the percentage is much smaller than your article suggests.
Re: “With the legendary Sen. Douglas Henry out of the picture in 2014, District 21 is up for grabs — perhaps even to the GOP”
"District 21 is historically blue, having been represented by Henry for more than 40 years. It is considered to be even more left-leaning after Republicans redrew the district lines in 2011."
Re: “With the legendary Sen. Douglas Henry out of the picture in 2014, District 21 is up for grabs — perhaps even to the GOP”
Rather than these Henry voters waking up and realizing they liked Henry more than Democrats, it seems much likelier to me that the district's love of Henry is what allowed him to continue in the Senate despite his conservatism (and some really risible behavior). I think you can take from Yarbro's almost-coup, and all of our other local officials, that the district can easily support someone bluer than Henry. I was happy to support Yarbro then and now.
I'm no analyst but the idea that a Republican is going to triumph over one of two extremely popular local liberals is just a laugh.
Re: “With the legendary Sen. Douglas Henry out of the picture in 2014, District 21 is up for grabs — perhaps even to the GOP”
Correct, it was 2010(http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2010/05/21/democratic-party-names-top-targets-in-state-house-races). And thankfully Jeff Woods understood spin when he heard it, unlike the this story's author.
Re: “With the legendary Sen. Douglas Henry out of the picture in 2014, District 21 is up for grabs — perhaps even to the GOP”
Mr. Ironic Fact Checker, Chip Forrester never said Dems would take back the House in 2012.
Re: “With the legendary Sen. Douglas Henry out of the picture in 2014, District 21 is up for grabs — perhaps even to the GOP”
Are Scene reporters barred from researching their topics before writing? Did you do even a rudimentary analysis of the district, like, say, looking at the number of Democratic primary voters vs. Republican primary voters(all public record and would take maybe 5 minutes with a high school level understanding of excel). This is almost certainly one of, if not the most Democratic Senate seats that isnt majority minority. Just because the Republicans say they have shot isn't reason to believe it and write a story suggesting it, what are they supposed to say,"We drew this district as safely Democratic so we could pick up SD20"? Did you believe Chip Forrester when he said the Democrats would take back the House in 2012?
The Scene is good at reporting political gossip and commenting on bat shit crazy legislation but y'all consistently fail at having even a basic understanding of electoral politics.
Re: “Undulating form meets staggering scale in the Music City Center, Nashville's bold coming-out invitation to the world”
At what point in time does modern art cease to be modern? Caveman critics must have grunted, "Whoa, dude, this is edgy!" at some of the wall creations of the era, but now these same renderings are considered quaint. There must be a time constraint - has to be. Someday the MCC will be considered 21st century baroque.