http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jan/10/panel-decides-not-to-recommend-candidates/
The GOP choice for the job was a RINO it seems.
“McDaniel won the GOP nomination over Rep. Frank Niceley, R-Strawberry Plains, at a caucus meeting last month. Niceley criticized McDaniel’s conservative credentials, noting he once voted for a state income tax and has supported Democrat Naifeh in past votes for House speaker.”
Sigh
McDaniel is a RINO scumbag who also ought to be run out. He was replaced as Minority Leader back in 2003 after 6 years of practicing kissing Boss Hogg’s big fat RED ass. He’s from West TN as well. He was NOT nominated as Speaker Pro Tempore today after Traitor Williams’s apostasy. Nashville Republican (the lone Republican from our county) Beth Halteman-Harwell was nominated for that office. She lost by 1 vote to DeBerry... Traitor Williams’s vote.