Trump to Conservatives: We Are Watching you.

by Rod Williams, Nov. 6, 2026 - Voters took Trump's words to heart and voted as if he were on the ballot, resulting in a historic loss for Republicans. Now, many Trumpinista politicians and pundits are questioning what went wrong. Even J. D. Vance, who was never really on board with the Iraq War, is saying it was the war. It's unusual for a vice president to throw the president under the bus. Normally, the vice president would want to stay in the good graces of the president and inherit the mantle. I guess Vance sees there is no mantle to inherit. I think it is too late for a break with Trump to help J. D. Vance. I think we can stick a fork in him; he's done. 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who unsuccessfully challenged Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, blamed Trump for the midterm losses. “This midterm, no question, was a rebuke of the president and the Congress by Democrats, independents and some Republicans that crossed over,” he told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz described the losses as “a Watergate-level repudiation” in a social-media post, writing Trump’s "tariffs have made everything too expensive” while “the Iran war has dragged on too long.”

Other pundits are saying it was the quality of the candidates. You think so? Darleen Graham was obviously not ready for prime time, and other Republican candidates were pretty weak. The best example of a bad candidate is Ken Paxton in Texas. Republicans had an incumbent candidate of quality in John Cornyn, but due to a personal vendetta, a good person was jettisoned by a vindictive president to be replaced by a corrupt candidate that Trump liked. 

Paxton had been indicted in 2015 on felony securities fraud charges for allegedly misleading investors about his financial relationship with a technology company. In a plea deal, those charges were dropped after restitution and community service. That was just the tip of the iceberg. There were credible charges of bribery, self-enrichment, and misuse of his office. Paxton was impeached by the Texas House in 2023 but acquitted by the Senate after a two‑week trial.  I would say candidate quality matters, and the person responsible for promoting bad candidates was Donald J. Trump. 

To question what went wrong is to question Trump, and he doesn't like to be questioned; he wants devotion and adoration. He wants supplicants, sycophants, and loyal followers. Trump will always have those. Years from now, when Trump is long gone, there will still be people who think our greatest hour was the Trump presidency.  I think the cult of Trump is much like the cult of Peron in Argentina. Over 50 years since he last served in office, Peron still has defenders. 

So, while Trump has his loyalists who will never abandon him, I think we will see the MAGA movement splinter, and many will abandon MAGA altogether, and others argue over who is the real MAGA (or America First). Even before this election debacle, we saw it happening with the split off of people like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson. 

With the election defeat, more people will abandon Trump. I expect to see more and more people to begin leaving the administration, and when Democrats start investigating the Trump corruption, I expect to see people abandoning Trump like rats abandoning a sinking ship. The only thing that will keep some on board is the Trump bargaining chip of a pardon for loyalists. 

Donald J. Trump is the lamest of lame ducks. I don't know how much power to keep in line or intimidate he has left. Following such a humiliating defeat, he can't have a lot. However, he didn't seem to get the memo. 

On Thursday, a memo from the White House Office of Public Liaison was sent to about 3,000 conservative organizations, listing a series of Trump accomplishments and vowing that a Democratic Congress wouldn’t reverse them.  The memo ended with one sentence highlighted in yellow: “As always, we are monitoring statements, press releases, and media engagements from your organizations.”

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Tim Burchett Plans to Run for U.S. Senate Regardless of Blackburn Successor Choice

 by Jonathan Mattise, The Tennessee Journal, Nov 5, 2026- U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett says he is “absolutely”
going to begin campaigning for a 2028 Senate run should incumbent Marsha Blackburn appoint someone else if she’s elected governor.

“We’ve got a very good, positive network throughout the state of grassroots people,” Burchett told ....

Blackburn, who entered the increasingly testy gubernatorial race as the frontrunner, has indicated that she plans to make the Senate appointment rather than allowing Republican Gov. Bill Lee to do so before leaving office in January.

Burchett, former Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and former CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger have come up in conversations as potential candidates. When asked whether he would seek the appointment, Lee himself said he has no intention to run for the Senate, without specifically talking about the possibility of being appointed. 

... interim replacement would be in office until a 2028 election ... Blackburn would have to resign her Senate seat before she could be sworn in as governor. ... (read more)

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Voters Voted as if Trump were on the Ballot. My Commentary.

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TN Supreme Court Upholds the State Law Capping Metro Council at 20 Members and the State Takeover of the Airport

by The Pamphleteer, Nov. 2, 2026 - The justices unanimously rejected Metro’s argument that the state constitution’s Exemption Clause protects its 40-member council, and tossed its local-legislation challenge as moot after lawmakers amended the law this spring. In a companion ruling, the court also dismissed Metro’s lawsuit over the 2023 state takeover of the airport authority board, which had handed six of eight seats to the governor and the House and Senate speakers. That case became moot after the legislature rewrote the law to cover all metro airport authorities, and the ruling wipes out Metro’s wins in the lower courts. 

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To read the Metro Council opinion, follow this link

To read the airport opinion, follow this link. 

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If You Are Going to Run for Congress, Don't Send Nude Pics of Yourself Unless You ...

... Unless You Are Running Against Left-wing Provocateur Justin J. Pearson, and Then You
Can Get by With it.  

Tennessee congressional candidate responds to allegations he sent unsolicited nude pics

by Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout, Oct.29, 2026 - A Republican congressional candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump dismissed accusations he sent nude pictures as “youthful indiscretions.”

In a story published Tuesday by the Nashville Scene, Sen. Brent Taylor stopped short of admitting to sending the pictures after more than one anonymous source said they had received or seen nude photos from him, including as recently as 2021. Taylor said he had been forgiven by his wife, Kimberly. 

.... His opponent, Pearson, issued a statement this week saying, “Men of faith — let alone men who are married, in their fifties, and in public office — have no business sending unsolicited nude photos to women.” Pearson said the news “reflects very disturbing behavior” from someone who has held public office since 1995. 

 

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Trump Just Keeps on Losing his Election Interference Efforts

by Rod Williams, Nov. 1, 2026- In Trump's bid to steal the midterms, Trump's losses just keep piling up.  A federal judge in Alaska has dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit that pre-emptively challenged the results in a U.S. Senate race if any candidate won other than the incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan. You can read about it at this link.

That is not the only recent loss for Trump.  On Friday, the U.S. District Court in California blocked the administration from threatening to prosecute state and local election officials who do not comply with the department’s directives on handling ballots. (link)

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Will Trump Subvert the Results of the Midterm Election

by Rod Williams, Nov. 1, 2026- It is hard to know what will happen between now and January 3, 2027, the day the new Congress is to be sworn in. This could be a very dangerous time for America and the world. Given how egotistical, erratic, and irrational President Trump is, it is hard to imagine Donald Trump graciously accepting mid-term defeat. I fully expect Trump to challenge the midterm results, but I believe our institutions will hold, and any attempt by Donald Trump or Mike Johnson to thwart the will of the electorate will fail. While I believe our institutions will hold my comfort level is not absolute, however. The chance of Trump subverting the election results is not zero. I don't think he will succeed, but I think he will try.

I was more concerned six months ago than now. Today, Trump's approval rating sits at 36%; six months ago, it was 40%, and in January 2026 it was 42%. That is not dropping like a rock, but it is significant. Maybe even more significant is that more and more Republicans are daring to publicly disagree with Trump or distance themselves from him. As his popularity drops, it becomes harder to convince people to rally around his attempt to subvert the election.

Also, it looks like Democrats are going to win by a comfortable margin in the House and may even take the Senate. A narrow win by Democrats would be easier to subvert than a big win. 

Another reason I am less concerned now than in the past is that I thought by now Trump would have laid the groundwork to declare martial law in certain Democrat cities or states.  I expected Trump to send ICE into a city that votes heavily Democratic, maybe murder another protester, resulting in widespread protest erupting, and Trump using that as an excuse to declare martial law and suspend the elections in that jurisdiction. Thankfully that hasn't happened, and it is too late for that to happen now.

Even if one believes Trump's attempt to subvert the midterm election results will fail, that does not mean that Donald Trump might not lash out in anger and do something like committing a genocidal bombing campaign against Iran, and then Iran retaliating against American allies in the region. Such an action would divert attention from Trump's efforts to steal the election.  He might try to give Putin more support in his war against Ukraine, and he may do something like withdraw American forces from Europe, or maybe forcibly annex Greenland or step up his conflict with Canada. Who knows what he might do? I think we have an unhinged madman in the Oval Office, and like a wounded animal, he is more dangerous when wounded. 

President Trump has good reason to fear a mid-term loss. No sitting president wants to lose control of Congress, have divided government, and see his agenda derailed. Donald Trump has more to be concerned about than failing to fulfill an agenda. Trump's massive corruption and his abuse of power as president will come to light under a Congress controlled by Democrats. Republicans have had no backbone to challenge Trump's corruption and authoritarianism; Democrats are chomping at the bit to take him on. His corrupt deals, his crypto scams, his selling of pardons, his mixing of foreign policy and business dealings, the reason behind the transfer of Elaine Maxwell to a Country Club prison, the murdering of suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers in international waters, and much, much more will be the subject of investigations. I think when the slimy details of Trump corruption and authoritarian actions get highlighted, many of even his most loyal followers will turn against him. Trump fears these congressional investigations and knows they are coming if he loses the midterms.

We have already seen how Trump has tried to put his finger on the scale of this election, starting with an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. He pressured Republican-controlled states to do an unprecedented midterm redistricting and redraw districts to gain a Republican advantage.  This probably had a limited impact, however, because Democrats fought fire with fire and redistricted their states to create more Democratic seats, and also, some of the newly created Republican seats may not be such sure shots for the Republicans as they first assumed. I am not sure redistricting gave Republicans much of an advantage.

The attempt to gain an advantage by gerrymandering is not the only attempt Trump has made to gain an electoral advantage. Trump proposed the SAVE America Act.  This would have federalized election rules by establishing strict new voter ID requirements and mandatory proof-of-citizenship documentation. This would have disenfranchised a lot of voters. The bill stalled in Congress and failed to pass.

Trump also tried to impose mail-in ballot restrictions. A March 2025 Executive Order attempted to block states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if postmarked on time. This executive order was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2026.

Trump tried to get the postal service involved in restricting mail-in ballot voting. A March 2026 Executive Order aimed to establish a system where the U.S. Postal Service would block delivery of mail-in ballots to voters not explicitly pre-certified as eligible by the federal government. This was blocked by the Supreme Court in September 2026.

These attempts failed, but Trump has hot exhausted all of his options for subverting the will of the voters. Some of these actions are ongoing and not yet resolved. The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit seeking to pre-emptively block Alaska from certifying election results if someone other than the Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan wins the election.

The Justice Department has also taken action against the states of California and Washington, demanding they separate and hold hundreds of ballots under the unverified claim that they belong to noncitizen voters.

There is still a possibility of intimidation at polling places, using federal agents to project a chilling effect on minority and immigrant voter turnouts. The administration faced lawsuits after threatening to deploy armed federal agents, such as ICE or Border Patrol personnel to active voting sites under the guise of enforcing immigration or anti-crime measures. Federal law strictly prohibits sending armed federal forces to polling locations. but Trump only follows the law when it benefits him or he has to. On Tuesday morning we may see armed federal agents at polling places.

Another thing Trump could do, if the election margin for the Democrats is narrow, is target the election counting process. Because mail-in ballots take longer to process and more Democrats vote by mail-in ballots than Republicans, Trump-allied election officials could use this delay to claim cheating and demand that officials halt counting. Unfortunately, across the country, many election officials with integrity have been replaced by Trump loyalists. 

We could also see the seizing of equipment or ballots by federal agents in heavily contested districts, effectively delaying or upending the final tally. Even if this is attempted and fails, it gives Congress an excuse to refuse to seat the winner.

Finally, Congress could simply refuse to seat the winners of the election. This is complicated and Congress cannot legally refuse to seat the new members, but there is enough ambiguity that Congress could sow chaos.

I know that for many Americans it seems preposterous to think that America could cease to be a democracy. It has never happened here. It almost happened on January 6, 2021. If not for Vice President Mike Pence, the coup attempt very well may have succeeded. While it has not happened here yet, it has happened in much of the world. Parts of Western democratic Europe had decades of authoritarian rule and periods when democracy was severely challenged. Eastern Europe, freed from the shackles of Communist tyranny, did not all become democracies. Several of these young democracies became authoritarian states ruled by old Communist Party bosses, turned corrupt oligarchs. In many countries of Latin America, nations have seesawed between periods of democratic rule and authoritarian rule.  Just because it has never happened here does not mean it can't.

While I think Trump's desire to subvert our democracy will fail, I will not be surprised if the swearing-in of all members is not delayed past January 3rd as lingering challenges to the election results are adjudicated. I think Trump's attempt to subvert the election results will fail, but I will be watching with bated breath until the new Congress is sworn in. 

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By 2036 the U.S. Will Spend $200 Billion a Month on Servicing the National Debt

by Rod Williams, Oct. 30, 2026- If you are not concerned about the coming economic disaster, you are not paying attention. Donald Trump's tariffs and war of choice against Iran and the subsequent increase in oil prices and his tax cuts without offsetting cuts in spending have contributed to the crisis we are facing and have hastened the day of reckoning; however, he did not create this economic crisis all by himself; it has been decades in the making. 

I am not optimistic that whoever comes after Donald Trump will address the problem of the debt spiral and avert the coming crisis. I certainly do not see Democrats suddenly becoming deficit hawks, fiscally responsible and advocates of a balanced budget. On the contrary, the Democratic Party now contains a large number of openly socialist members. I fear that if they come to power, we will experience massive new spending programs and even more debt. Also, I fear their view of the path to solving the crisis is confiscatory taxes on the wealthy, which would have little positive impact, could curtail economic growth, and make the problem worse.  

The only path forward that avoids a crisis, as I see it, is for the US to show spending restraint, combined with massive economic growth. Many see AI as the source of that growth that will avoid the coming crisis. I am not convinced. 

We need serious-minded people willing to do more than pander. They are out there, but a message of "Medicare for All," or "No Tax on Tips," wins votes; a message of austerity and responsibility does not. I don't pretend to know how we avoid the coming crisis. I have policy preferences and can see things we should not do, but I am unsure the coming crisis can be avoided. I think a first step is to recognize the severity of the problem and stop burying our heads in the sand.  The excerpted article below examines the severity of the problem. Please follow the link to read the full article. 

Over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury will spend $20 trillion in
interest on the national debt—$200 billion a month by 2036

By Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, Oct. 28, 226- ...  Treasury’s revenues versus its expected spending over the next decade would give even the most optimistic budget doves pause.

...  with the trust fund for Social Security due to run out in a little over seven years, and Medicare to go insolvent in six and a half years, budget questions are pushing further up the agendas of both politicians and the public.

... In 2026, the U.S. Treasury paid $1.2 trillion in interest on the debt, ... By 2036, this increases to a little under $2.5 trillion a year—or $200 billion a month. 

Putting that figure into context, the expected spend on the defense of the nation is $1.1 trillion by 2036, meaning roughly double that figure will be spent servicing borrowing.

... the CBO expects the gap between revenues and expenditures to widen over the next decade. The Treasury has confirmed that the fiscal year 2026 deficit was $2 trillion. The CBO projects it will widen to more than $3 trillion by 2036. The total budget shortfall between this year and a decade from now is $25.6 trillion.

A major driver of the continued need to borrow is the increase in social benefits ... an aging population, .... 

The growth argument

... More recently, politicians have suggested that—compounded by the promise of AI—the U.S. economy could grow its way out of any fiscal concerns. Budget experts are not so convinced ... because AI may well mean the replacement of humans with machines and robotics, meaning that a major source of government revenue (income taxes) could potentially be reduced.

But growth alone is unlikely to solve the entire budget question, ... Stronger growth will help, but it’s not enough. We need more than just growth, we need policy actions.

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Vote as if Donald Trump was on the Ballot.

by Rod Williams, Oct. 21, 2026- It is hard to absorb and keep track of all the despicable things the Trump administration is doing. Each day is a new outrage. Outrages mount so quickly that any one thing gets lost.  Whether it is the betrayal of Ukraine and openly siding with Putin, destroying NATO, wrecking the economy with tariffs, advancing Trump socialism, massive deficit spending, raiding homes without warrants, suppressing the press, meddling in the election process, selling pardons, using the power of the presidency for personal gain, or any number of other things, it is hard to focus on any one thing.

This has got to be curtailed. It won't end until Trump is out of office, but we can tamp it down. I have concluded that Democrats need to take Congress. This is not a recent conclusion, but I am now of the view that it is the most important consideration in these mid-term elections. The Trump corruption, mismanagement, and betrayal of the West are so severe that it is even necessary to elect the craziest of Democrats in order to clip Trump's wings. 

Some have said of me that I have changed and am now a liberal. I am not. I am a Buckley-Reagan conservative. I have not changed; It is the Republican Party that has changed. The Republican Party sold its soul and abandoned the things it once held dear. I think it is time for people of good faith and decency to abandon the Republicans, at least temporarily, until sanity is restored.

Back in December, when Democrat nut-job Aftyn Behn and Republican Matt Van Epps were running for the 7th Congressional seat, I voted for Van Epps. At that time, I thought it would be better for the country if Democrats took the House, but I could not bring myself to vote for Behn. If I had a do-over, I would vote for her. I don't like her. I do not share her policy preferences or her values, and I do share those of Van Epps, however, this is not about which candidate I like the most. It is not even a vote about policy preferences or ideology; it is about voting strategically. It is about voting as if Donald Trump were on the ballot, and I would vote against Donald Trump. Curtailing the power of Donald Trump to do more harm to our country is the most important issue in this election. 

If we do elect a few Socialists or other weird woke nut-jobs, they won't be able to accomplish anything anyway. The worst of the lot are a minority in their own party, and Dems will not get a veto-proof majority in any event.  They won't be able to pass Medicare for all, or defund the police, or close the prisons. What they will be able to do is hold hearings and investigate. They will be able to expose the recklessness, illegal actions, mismanagement, and corruption of the Trump administration. 

The greatest threat to our freedom, world peace, and prosperity is Donald Trump. It is time to hold your nose and vote for some odious Democrats in order to save our democracy. Vote as if Donald Trump were on the ballot. 

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Senator Pete Hegseth of Tennessee?

"Senator" Pete Hegseth?

by Rod Williams, Oct. 27, 2026- There is a lot of speculation and interest around who will be appointed to fill Marsha Blackburn's Senate seat, assuming she is elected governor. The election is November 3, and swearing-in of the governor is the first Saturday after January 14 following the gubernatorial election.

In Tennessee, if a U.S. Senate vacancy occurs and it would deny Tennessee full representation anytime Congress is in session, then the governor must temporarily appoint a replacement until a special election is held for US Senator at the next regularly scheduled November general election.

This is the decision of the governor alone and does not have to be confirmed by the State legislature. So, under normal circumstances, assuming Marsha is elected governor, she would resign her seat in Congress, and Governor Lee would appoint her successor. The governor could very well appoint himself. That is not unusual. However, I do not read anything or hear anything from anyone who thinks Lee wants to go to Washington. I can understand why. Being a Republican in the Senate with a lame-duck Donald Trump as president does not sound like a lot of fun.  

From people I have talked to, Marsha does not want Governor Lee to pick her replacement; she wants to pick her own. A person cannot be serving as both governor and senator at the same time, so technically Marsha could not wait until after she is sworn in as governor to resign as senator, but I guess that could happen almost simultaneously. I don't know how contentious this disagreement is between the Lee and Blackburn, and I assume the dispute will not become more public.  More than likely, this dispute will work itself out behind closed doors. Since Marsha Blackburn is such a Trump sycophant and has Trump in her corner, I suspect Lee will acquiesce and let Blackburn pick her own successor. 

Speculation abounds as to who the next senator from Tennessee will be. A knowledgeable, well-connected Republican recently gave me the names of two people I had never heard of who were being promoted in some circles as Marsha's replacement.  If Lee were picking Marsha's successor, he would likely pick one of these two prominent Tennessee businessmen. Both are assumed to be capable and qualified. One is associated with Core Civic, and I do not recall the other's association.

There are a couple of prominent politicians being mentioned and rejected for one reason or the other. One is Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, and the other is the U.S. Congressman from Knoxville, Tim Burchett.  It looks like Jacobs is more wishful thinking than on any short list, but he has his supporters. 

Tim Burchett, I thought, would be a lead candidate. He is almost as big a Trump sycophant as Marsha, and he has that unfiltered folksy persona that seems to be popular among much of the MAGA electorate. He appears authentic, which is to say, he occasionally says some really dumb things, which is highly valued these days. Much of the electorate likes people who say what they think, and they don't want to elect people who may be smarter than they are, and Tim Burchett fits that bill. 

Tim Burchett has some drawbacks, however. He cares about the Epstein files and still wants everything released and apparently is not happy with the perceived cover-up. Trump does not want to elevate a voice harping on the Epstein files. Another possible negative for Burchett is that Burchett is a deficit hawk. Under Trump, the national debt has ballooned. Of the national debt, 30% accrued during Donald Trump's two terms. While Burchett may stay quiet about it, he is enough of a maverick that he may become a voice for fiscal sanity as Trump's presidency weakens. 

A major contender for Marsha's replacement is Secretary of Defense (aka Secretary of War) Pete Hegseth. Pete Hegseth spends most of his time in Washington but moved to Sumner County, Tennessee in 2022. 

If Pete Hegseth were to be appointed Senator, that would favorably resolve a big headache facing the Trump administration. There is little doubt that the House will move to impeach Pete Hegseth when Congress convenes. He will be the number one target. There are plenty of grounds for removing him, ranging from the Signal Gate chat and other incidents of endangering national security, to the conduct of the war in Iran, to the murder of alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers in international waters, to the selective demotion and failure to promote Black and female officers, to his politicizing the military and general mismanagement of the Pentagon.  

Remember that when Pete Hegseth was appointed Secretary of Defense, it took J. D. Vance breaking a tie vote to get him confirmed. He is less popular now than then. An impeachment effort from U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) led to House Speaker Mike Johnson sending lawmakers home a day early to avoid a vote on an impeachment resolution. Massie has vowed to resume his campaign to remove Hegseth from office when Congress returns next month. When Congress returns, Republicans will be in the minority, and an impeachment resolution would likely pass. It may even succeed in the Senate and lead to removal. Even if it does not lead to removal, President Trump and other Trump loyalists would not want weeks of embarrassing public testimony.   

The perfect way to avoid a Pete Hegseth impeachment is for Trump to replace him. That, however, would look like weakness on the part of President Trump, and he does not want to look weak. The best solution is for Pete Hegseth to resign, not in disgrace, but resign in order to serve in the U.S. Senate. He would be a loud pro-Trump voice in the new Senate. Also, there is talk of Pete Hegseth running for President in 2028. He seems much more like someone to take the Trump mantle than either Marco Rubio or J. D. Vance. Pete Hegseth has that macho bravado and don't-give-a-damn, crude and rude fighter attitude that Trump supporters seem to love.

Appointing Pete Hegseth to the Senate would relieve Trump of a big headache and embarrassment and boost Hegseth's chances of becoming the leader of the MAGA movement. I'm thinking Pete Hegseth will be our next Tennessee Senator. 

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Bringing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to Tennessee to Campaign for Jerri Green was not a Smart Move.

Mark Rogers

by Mark Rogers, Facebook, Oct. 27, 2026 - Tennessee Democrats, what is wrong with you? You were doing so well this year. You had a favorable election climate and a divided (not to mention demoralized) Republican Party. You fought your natural inclination and nominated some attractive center-left candidates instead of a collection of choices that would only appeal to moderates in Berkley or Seattle. You were doing so well. 

And now THIS? Tim Walz? Really? TIM WALZ? 

What happened? Could you just not control your urge to prove your disassociation from the realities of Tennessee politics?

Did anyone involved in making this 'Screw the ice reports. Take the Titanic to maximum speed.' idea even think about the downsides to this? No one? 

Buehler? Buehler? Buehler?

Walz is the poster boy for the massive failure of Minnesota government to investigate and stop the welfare fraud involving members of the Somali community? 

Tim Walz Backs Jerri Green in Address to Nashville Democrats

As VP Harris' choice for her VP, Walz is inextricably tied to her disastrous campaign. He is tied to her support for President Biden's disastrous immigration policies. He is tied to her support for Biden's massive debt increase even as he claimed the US economy was going wonderfully. He is tied to her support for Biden's divisive plan to void student debt for pro-Democratic young and educated voters even as he left large numbers of Americans (of all ages and political views) with crushing medical debt on the side of the road and breathing his dust. 

How many Democrats did Walz add to your vote totals? How many independent or swing voters did his presence alienate from your candidates? 

This is the worst 'Tennessee Walz' for Democrats since the FBI arrested five of your Senators.

Mark Rogers has long been active in Republican Party politics and is an astute observer of political trends and events and Republican politics.  He is well known as a successful Republican campaign manager and political consultant. He has also served in government and the non-profit sector. He is currently exiled from the Republican Party. He lives in Nashville.

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