NASHVILLE, Tenn. — TNDP Chairman Chip Forrester’s statement on the third and final presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney:
“Tonight we saw our Commander-in-Chief take control of the debate and on the other side we saw a candidate who hasn’t finished the debate with himself. President Obama dominated tonight’s debate because [...]
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – THURSDAY, September 27 at 10:30 AM EST, the Tennessee Democratic Party and Knox County Democratic Party will greet Rep. Paul Ryan at his Knoxville fundraiser to call out both Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for writing off the middle class.
State Rep. Joe Armstrong (D-Knoxville) and TNDP Deputy Communications Director Jason [...]
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It has become increasingly apparent that Mitt Romney would rather let the American economy fail in order to win election than for Americans to prosper. According to reports, Romney has urged Florida Governor Rick Scott to downplay the economic progress that has been made in his state because it undermines the great fiction [...]
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As Mitt Romney made his way to collect money from wealthy special interests in Williamson County yesterday, Rep. Mike Turner, a career firefighter, and Principal Roxie Ross, a lifelong educator, held a press conference call in response to candidate’s claim that we don’t need “more firemen, more policemen, more teachers.”
Tennesseans know that firefighters, [...]
Continue Reading →Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester released the following statement after Mitt Romney today said that “He says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did. It’s time for us to cut back on government and help the American people.”
“Tennesseans know that [...]
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Earlier today, another pro-woman piece of legislation got majority support in the United State Senate, but once again, because of the obstructionist tactics of Bob Corker and his Republican cronies, that bill failed to go for an up or down vote.
Corker, along with Sen. Alexander and 45 other Republicans, voted against a cloture [...]
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Mitt Romney appears to be taking a break from defending his record of closing factories and eliminating jobs while at Bain Capital, and has instead decided to focus on bringing that same slash and burn mentality to our classrooms. In doing so, it looks like he has decided to promote the same bad idea that [...]
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