Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Politics / Woods 'Dithering Williams' Draws New Fire from GOP
Posted by Jeff Woods on Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Here's the surprise of the day: The Tennessee Republican Party just issued a press release headlined "Dithering Williams Off to Bad Start as Speaker." We had no idea Republicans might feel that way. The party is demanding that Williams schedule a vote to elect the state's constitutional officers. It's true that Williams is going along with House Democrats who are dragging their feet, hoping that somehow something will change so they can win these votes. But does Robin Smith really think at this point that her opinion matters at all to the new speaker? If anything, she might cause Williams to delay even longer.
Meanwhile, Republicans have decided not to make a rash decision on whether to disown Williams. They wouldn't want to act hastily. The GOP executive committee reports that it's reviewing the situation."Tennessee is in perilous times, facing serious economic, budgetary and other challenges, and yet Speaker Williams is dithering on scheduling a vote on who will fill these very important offices. His delay, likely at the behest of Democrat leaders, is bad for Tennessee and a bad start to his already-controversial speakership," said Bill Hobbs, communications director for the Tennessee Republican Party. "At a time when Tennessee needs competent leadership from its legislature, Williams is instead playing politics with these important jobs in order to please his new political benefactors on the Democratic side of the aisle."
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