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« Question | Main | How Blogs Drove the Lott Story » December 16, 2002Whacking Jimmy SopranoSo far, Tennessee House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh has not paid a polical price for trying to ram an unconstitutional and unpopular income tax through the Legislature. Frank Cagle explains why, if Naifeh is re-elected Speaker, it will be Republican legislators who bear the blame. There are enough House Democrats dissatisfied with Naifeh's heavy-handed rule and his pushing of a state income tax to elect someone else. But these Democrats are not suicidal. They will not vote for someone else unless they see that House Republicans will be united and will vote for an alternative candidate. If they see that House Republicans intend to vote for Naifeh then they will not go marching off the cliff.Cagle's right. The Republicans seem too scared of the legislature's Jimmy Soprano to really explore whether they could put together a coalition to defeat him. But such a coalition is within their grasp. They could whack Naifeh. But my guess is they won't. Comments
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