Russ McBee

This week's TennViews roundup of Tennessee liberal bloggers is here. The bailout and the presidential debate dominated the blogs this week. My favorite quote came from Steve at WhitesCreek Journal: I don't know that much about this stuff, but according to one Democratic Congressman calls to Congress are running about 50-50 on the bailout...50% ...

This week's TennViews roundup of Tennessee liberal bloggers is three roundups in one: the first is on the Democratic National Convention, the second is on McCain's bizarre choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, and the third is a roundup of everything else. Go here and see what everyone's been talking about this week.

I decided to dedicate this week's TennViews roundup to the selection of Joe Biden as Obama's running mate. Tennessee's liberal blogosphere has a wide and diverse spectrum of opinions on the subject; see how everyone has reacted here.

Along with a few other Tennessee bloggers, I've been invited to participate in an experiment in covering the Tennessee primary on Tuesday. This group of bloggers will spend the next several days bookmarking and annotating news stories, blog posts, and other interesting content about the Tennessee primary, and we'll collect them in such a way that ...

The mighty Joe Powell is soliciting answers to a set of questions for his readers. Here are the questions (in bold) with my answers underneath each one: 1) Do you have a preference for any one candidate in the current race for President of the U.S.? Please give a reason for your choice (or lack of one). I'm voting for John Edwards for several ...

R. Neal at TennViews has this week's roundup of Tennessee liberal bloggers: A ''corn fed'' edition the TennViews weekly liberal blog roundup, with Iowa caucus/straw poll reaction from some of Tennessee's best and brightest bloggers: • 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Almost spot on prediction, and The Kids are Alright • Andy Axel (at TennViews): ...

Randy Neal, proprietor of KnoxViews and all-around swell guy, has just announced the launch of TennViews; he describes the site's purpose this way: TennViews is a virtual town hall for talking about politics, culture, and life in the great state of Tennessee, with emphasis on state and national politics and a view towards netroots activism ...

Well, this has certainly been an interesting year for Knox County government. Two main narratives have wound their way through local consciousness this year: the first, and longest running, is the controversy surrounding term limits on Knox County elected officials. The second, and more recent, is the group of scandals surrounding the handling of ...

Randy Neal deserves some kind of blogging Oscar for this post, even though it'll only make sense to people familiar with recent events in Knox County government. I am in awe of his blog fu. Brilliance, I tell ya.

Michael Silence gave me a shout out today, which I certainly appreciate. He identified me and Joe Powell as two liberal East Tennessee bloggers he recommends. I appreciate the compliment, and I certainly appreciate being lumped into any category with Joe. Joe takes some issue with his labeling, but I sure don't have a problem with mine. I'm a ...