Tennessee Republican Senator Takes On His Own Party

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Tennessee Senator Takes On His Own Party

By Kate Phillips


Talk about internecine upset.

The office of Senator Bob Corker, Republican from Tennessee, has weighed in today, siding with Senator Barack Obama’s objections to the state’s G.O.P. Web campaign against Michelle Obama.

To recap, the officialdom of the Tennessee G.O.P. posted a Web spot that mines remarks Mrs. Obama made in February that “first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country.” The ad repeats footage of her speaking those words, interspersed with comments from Tennesseans, talking about how they’ve always been proud to be an American.

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Today, Mr. Corker’s chief of staff, Todd Womack, demanded that his boss’ state party remove the Web ad:

After the Republican National Committee damaged our campaign with their infamous ‘Call Me’ ad — which we immediately denounced — we have strongly encouraged the national party and state parties to absolutely refrain from getting involved in negative personal campaigning, and we have asked the state party to remove their You Tube ad from their Web site.

Republicans will be in much better shape if we spend our time focused on issues like reducing federal spending, lowering the cost of health care and creating a coherent energy policy.

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[ray of light]

1. It's about time that those 'moderate' Republicans take their party back.

[Number23]

2. That's right

It's about time that those 'moderate' Republicans take their party back.

All nine of them! :o

Glad to see that someone within the ranks has spoken up and tried to do the right thing. I'm sure he'll be punished severely for it.

[SharonAnn]

3. I'm not sure how "moderate" he really is, but he's got some good points.