Morning Roundup: Wamp Whines About Haslam's First TV Ads and More Hot News

Wamp, Roe and Davis are against letting gays serve openly in the military. ... Haslam is unleashing TV ads in Wamp's backyard this week ... Wamp calls it a sign of desperation. ... Wamp wins Jackson straw poll. ... Only a month after racing to the top, critics say Tennessee is going soft on education reform. ... Gaile Owens asks the state Supreme Court to commute her death sentence. .. Loud growls disturb neighbors of East Tennessee's tiger sanctuary. Lawmakers file a bill. More weird bills here and here. Should Mary Mancini lose her press pass at the Capitol? ... Why the wine bill may chill for yet another session. ... Vaughn tops Shipley in campaign cash. ... Herenton kicks off congressional campaign: "I'm back." ... Dwight Lewis slams Ramsey for pandering to birthers: "Heaven help Tennessee's Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey." ... The Chattanooga Times comments on "the shameful" TennCare cuts:

Mr. Bredesen's Medicaid cuts should not stand. But the Legislature, controlled by Republicans who had rather impose harsh emotional and physical costs on citizens than raise taxes modestly, is almost certain to go along. More people will suffer deeply, and needlessly, for these misguided policies.