Brewer : Let The Woman In

Editor of the City Paper, Clint Brewer, has some advice for the House Republicans (after taking an out of place shot at "progressives") if they want to win control from Naifeh:

The real problem is the most astute politician in the State House GOP Caucus is sitting on the bench — former Tennessee Republican Party Chair Beth Harwell. Harwell oversaw the GOP taking over the state Senate and closing the gap in the House — a gap that now sits at only a handful of seats.

Harwell can raise money for the party, knows her way around the state and has successfully recruited candidates before. Tennessee Republicans need to begin asking why the most successful party chair in recent memory is NOT running her own Caucus’ political operation in an election year where the GOP in the state could again go against the national trend.

One might wonder why State Rep. Harwell isn't playing a bigger role. Is it because of her lady bits that she is being kept out? Is it the fact that she is from Davidson County, and the heavily rural/suburban GOP doesn't take kindly to city-folk? Or is it simply that nobody ever wants to give up their power, and Rep. Harwell hasn't run for the position in question?

Who knows, who cares, whatever they're doing, it seems to be working (and by that I mean keeping the GOP from getting a majority), so I say keep it up.