lol!
The left will forever try to choose the Republican nominee just as it is trying to do now by promoting Rick Perry. We've got our work cut for us in preventing that from happening, especially so when so many around here swallow their propaganda hook, line and sinker.
I think I read that cringeworthy piece at the time. Haslam detests real Conservatives in the legislature and there was a group out doing dirty work for him trying to take out the best Conservatives in the legislature in Thursday’s primary (alas, it was partly successful - they helped in taking out two of the most Conservative members of the House & Senate and one of his recruits, the most liberal RINO candidate in a legislative race, took a plurality win in Joe Carr’s open seat, the man who ran against Lamar!).
He also has a Zero disciple in charge of education in this state who has been a disaster, and yet he refuses to remove him. I could go on, but you get the idea. I can’t stand seeing his smirking, fake sincerity act on tv every time he pops up (knowing how much he privately loathes the Conservative base that he wishes would go away).