Lamar is a Big Government shill. He supported Taxquist on the state income tax {remember that one?} He helped stiff Knoxville with a few ventures like Whittle Communications. His wifes magical investment and a lot more. How about this The Skeleton Closet Lamar Alexander I remember quite a bit of it myself especially the Whittle deals. They were publish in local newspapers even the Conservative one.
I won't even mention the disaster called the 1982 World's Fair. On second thought it was the political backed fiasco which was followed by two very major banking failures one of which was an uninsured S&L. State funding went into the Worlds Fair. By opening day all persons including the crooks that shoved the Worlds Fair down our throats who later skipped town {some to Chattanooga} leaving taxpayers with debt knew it was doomed.
Truth is Alexander wasn't even that great a governor. But hey when you replace a felon how can you possibly go wrong in the polls right? Alexander may be a Republican but he is by no means Conservative. Just another Rockefeller Republican who got a cushy senate seat with the huge help from others like him. A Sign hanging on RNC office in DC must say Conservatives need not apply.
The fact remains that Lamar has been a reliable conservative as a Senator. More reliable and more conservative than Fred Thompson was.