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Holy war
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ed Bryant kicked off the week with a statewide fly-around in which he painted opponent Lamar Alexander as a geriatric "has been" out of touch with both conservatives and the Bush administration. The furious blast brought to the fore the internecine warfare that is currently raging between the moderate, East Tennessee-based wing of the party (who generally like Lamar!) and its newer, suburban, Christian brethren (who generally like Bryant).
Agricultural report
Daffodils remain confused by winter's hardly ever having existed this year (except once spring arrived), but the forsythia, dogwood, redbud and other signs of spring were seen to be clapping loudly. Local vegetable gardeners, meanwhile, were holding on to their shovels until April 15, the average date of the last frost in the Midstate. Get your Big Boys ready.
Super-duper Cooper
Jim Cooper, one of the most conservative Democrats ever to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, was said to be preparing an announcement within days that he will run for the 5th District seat being vacated by Bob Clement. (Clement is running for the U.S. Senate.) Cooper, a likable fellow, left Congress himself in 1994 to run for the U.S. Senate, only to be defeated by Republican Fred Thompson.
Life is a marathon
If you think you're seeing a lot more runners than usual, that's because participants in the city's upcoming marathon, to be held April 27, are in the last stages of their training, which calls for weekend jaunts of up to 20 miles and more. Many runners are taking their training runs along the actual route, which runs from Centennial Park out Belmont Boulevard through Fountain Square and East Nashville before ending up in Adelphia Coliseum.
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