Bredesen won't endorse in Democratic primaries

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CHATTANOOGA — Democratic candidates seeking the nomination to succeed Gov. Phil Bredesen will have to do so without the incumbent's help.

The term-limited governor told The Associated Press this week that he doesn't plan to get involved in the contest because "people are entitled to run and have a free shot at it."

With less than a year remaining before the general election, the candidates have been honing their campaign pitches while claiming not to be discouraged by their steep fundraising disadvantage to the leading Republican candidates so far.

"I don't look at this as a campaign about money, I look at this as a campaign about people," former state House Majority Leader Kim McMillan said before the annual Estes Kefauver Dinner in Chattanooga on Monday.

Jackson businessman Mike McWherter, son of former Gov. Ned McWherter, said the results of governor's races in states like New Jersey showed "that you can't buy the office of governor."

"I know we can raise the money we'll need to get our message out," he said.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091119/NEWS0206/911190331/1009/news02

[Clio the Leo]

1. And at the Estes Kefauver Dinner no less!!!

Evil, evil, evil man.

If Estes were here today he'd slap him upside the head!