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Wamp Crisscrossing State As Gubernatorial Campaigning Starts
Chattanoogan.com ^ | January 8, 2009 | Staff Writer

Posted on 01/10/2009 4:06:31 AM PST by Tennessee Nana

Rep. Zach Wamp will be crisscrossing the state next week as he begins seeking support in the governor's race.

He has stops in Nashville, Jackson and Memphis on Monday.

Later in the week he will be in Oak Ridge, Maynardville, Tazewell, Rutledge, Dandridge, Cleveland and back in Chattanooga for a breakfast at the Chattanooga Choo Choo.

He will be honored at a breakfast in Chattanooga this Saturday morning.

Here is his upcoming schedule:

January 12, 2009 Congressman Wamp will visit Nashville, Jackson and Memphis.

10:30 a.m. CST Congressman Wamp will tour the FedEx Institute of Technology on the campus of University of Memphis.

Location: 365 Innovation Way, Memphis, Tenn.

5:30 p.m. CST Congressman Wamp will attend the retirement reception for Tennessee Rural Development State Director Mary Ruth Tackett at the Ellington Agricultural Center.

Location: Ed Jones Auditorium, 440 Hogan Rd., Nashville, Tenn.

6:00 p.m. CST Congressman Wamp will attend the State House and Senate Republican Caucus Dinner with Ambassador and U.S. Senator Howard Baker, U.S. Senator Fred Thompson, Governors Winfield Dunn and Don Sundquist, U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, Congressmen Phil Roe, Jimmy Duncan, Marsha Blackburn, and former U.S. Senator and Majority Leader Bill Frist.

Location: Nashville City Club, 201 4th Avenue North, Suite 1930, Nashville, Tenn.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:45 a.m. CST Congressman Wamp will attend a breakfast hosted by Tennessee House of Representatives Majority Leader Jason Mumpower.

Location: 103 War Memorial Building, across the street and just south of the State Capitol, Nashville, Tenn.

9:00 a.m. CST Congressman Wamp will meet and greet members of the Tennessee Legislative delegation during “Coffee and Donuts” at the Tennessee State Capitol.

Location: War Memorial Building, 2nd and 3rd floors, Nashville, Tenn.

12:00 p.m. CST Congressman Wamp will attend the swearing-in ceremony of the 106th Tennessee General Assembly.

Location: Tennessee State Capitol, 2nd Floor, Nashville, Tenn.

Friday, January 16, 2009 7:30 a.m. Congressman Wamp will keynote the weekly East Tennessee Economic Council (ETEC) breakfast.

Location: University of Tennessee (UT) Outreach Center, 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, Tenn.

9:45 a.m. Congressman Wamp will meet and greet residents of Union County at the Union County Courthouse.

Location: 901 Main St., Maynardville, Tenn.

11:30 a.m. Congressman Wamp will meet and greet residents of Claiborne County and eat lunch at the Old Town Grill.

Location: 1440 N. Broad St., Tazewell, Tenn.

1:00 p.m. Congressman Wamp will meet and greet residents of Grainger County at the Grainger County Agriculture Pavilion located behind Rutledge Middle School.

Location: 280 Bryan Rd., Rutledge, Tenn.

2:15 p.m. Congressman Wamp will meet and greet residents of Jefferson County at the Jefferson County Courthouse.

Location: downstairs courtroom, 202 West Main St., Dandridge, Tenn.

4:30 p.m. Congressman Wamp will tour the newly renovated Ocoee Middle School with Principal Ron Spangler, local officials and residents of Bradley County.

Location: in the "gymatorium," 2250 N. Ocoee St., Cleveland, Tenn.

Note: the three year, two-phase, $13.1 million construction project on the campus which once was home to Bradley County High School, later became Bradley Junior High and now is one of the county's two middle schools. Phase I of the Ocoee Middle School project began in 2005 with construction of a new building with 26 classrooms and a kitchen/cafeteria wing. An enclosed bridge connects the building to the main section of the campus. The cost of Phase I was more than $6 million. Phase II, funded by the Bradley County Commission, includes construction of a multi-purpose building, a "gymatorium" with two full-size gymnasium floors, seating on one side of the gymnasium area and a stage on the opposite side for choral and drama presentations. (This gymnasium has been in use for more than half a century.)

Saturday, January 17, 2009

8:00 a.m. Congressman Wamp will meet and greet residents of Hamilton County during breakfast at the Chattanooga Choo Choo.

Location: Imperial Ballroom, 1400 Market St., Chattanooga, Tenn.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: elections; governor; tennessee; tn2009; wamp
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1 posted on 01/10/2009 4:06:32 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: bert; cva66snipe; DannyTN; don-o; fieldmarshaldj; girlangler; Grammy; hometoroost; HoneysuckleTN; ..

TN PING


2 posted on 01/10/2009 4:08:03 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

This is for the 2010 election right? Who is the incumbent, and is he running for re-election?


3 posted on 01/10/2009 4:11:41 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Just because I am an Oogedy-Boogedy kind of guy!)
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To: Tennessee Nana
We've got too many candidates on our side. The Dems will come up with a consensus candidate, which will probably be Jr.
4 posted on 01/10/2009 4:22:38 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ("There is no insanity greater than electing a pathological Narcissist as president.")
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

No incumbent. Thank God for term limits.


5 posted on 01/10/2009 4:24:53 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ("There is no insanity greater than electing a pathological Narcissist as president.")
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

No, Bredesen cant run agian..

He is in his 2nd term...


6 posted on 01/10/2009 4:31:01 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Coldwater Creek

Yes Harold Ford Jr is thinking about running...


7 posted on 01/10/2009 4:31:50 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

It is a shame Don Sundquist fouled up so completely, I knew him on a first name basis back 25 years ago, same thing with Charlie Crist. Those guys were not RINOs back in the YR days.


8 posted on 01/10/2009 4:45:42 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Just because I am an Oogedy-Boogedy kind of guy!)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Those guys were not RINOs back in the YR days.

Wamp is, without a doubt, a RINO. I have first hand experience with this guy. I've never met a more mealy-mouthed, fence sitting politician. Show up at one of his campaign stops and watch him follow the cameras. It'll give you great insight into where Wamp's loyalty lies.

Seriously, folks, we do not want Wamp to be our next Governor.....

9 posted on 01/10/2009 4:58:08 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. - B. Franklin)
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To: Thermalseeker

Who else is running for Governor?


10 posted on 01/10/2009 5:16:13 AM PST by Betty Jane
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To: Betty Jane
Who else is running for Governor?

On the GOP side, no one that I have heard of besides Zach Wamp. Frist was supposedly entertaining the idea and Wamp said he would not run if Frist announced that he was running. So, with Wamp starting his campaign I suppose that means Frist has given up on the idea.

One this is absolutely certain, we can do A LOT better than Zach Wamp for Governor......

11 posted on 01/10/2009 5:20:44 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. - B. Franklin)
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To: Thermalseeker

This = Thing. Jeez, need more coffee.....


12 posted on 01/10/2009 5:22:33 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. - B. Franklin)
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To: Thermalseeker

Bill Gibbons, Shelby County District Attorney, and others from East Tenn. that I don’t know their names.


13 posted on 01/10/2009 5:47:29 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ("There is no insanity greater than electing a pathological Narcissist as president.")
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To: Tennessee Nana

He better start saying as governor he will have the balls to set a state wide speed limit instead of this county piece of crap set up by Ramsy.


14 posted on 01/10/2009 5:51:19 AM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
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To: Thermalseeker
I forgot that Marsha Blackburn is considering. I'm not crazy about any of them.. I would vote for Fred Thompson for Gov., even though, I didn’t want him for Pres.
15 posted on 01/10/2009 5:51:53 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ("There is no insanity greater than electing a pathological Narcissist as president.")
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To: Coldwater Creek
I forgot that Marsha Blackburn is considering.

Did you hear the story this week about Blackburn's trouble with her home? She is apparently being foreclosed on because her mortgage payment was set up on an auto-deduct withdrawal from her account, but the mortgage lender did not credit her loan with payments. I believe the mortgage lender was Countrywide. I only heard a brief blip on the radio yesterday about it. Sounded to me like she has a good law suit in the making. The question is whether Countrywide will be there to sue?

16 posted on 01/10/2009 5:58:12 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. - B. Franklin)
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To: Coldwater Creek

When you said Jr., were you referring to Harold Ford Jr.?


17 posted on 01/10/2009 6:48:57 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Yes!


18 posted on 01/10/2009 6:53:54 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ("There is no insanity greater than electing a pathological Narcissist as president.")
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To: Thermalseeker

Countrywide is now owned by Bank of America.


19 posted on 01/10/2009 6:56:02 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: Coldwater Creek

He’d be a tough candidate. Gor married and settled down since his last run.


20 posted on 01/10/2009 7:07:33 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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