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« Protecting Church From State | Main | Blackburn Statement on War » June 28, 2005Clippard Declines to Run Against BredesenThe Tennessee Republican Party still doesn't have a candidate to run aainst the stumbling, wounded, vulnerable Gov. Phil Bredesen as banker and businessman B.C. "Scooter" Clippard, Jr., has decided to to run. NashvillePost.com reports that Clippard has decided, after after taking a few months to test the campaign waters, not to run because, "according to Clippard, to run an effective campaign against incumbent governor Phil Bredesen in 2006 would require the use of negative tactics that he says would erode many of the positive relationships he and his wife have with Democrats across the state." Although I initially had some hope Clippard would run, conservatives shouldn't be sad that he's declined to make the race - because, as I learned recently, Clippard supported Gov. Don Sundquist's proposal for a state income tax. Clippard's reason not to run shows why he shouldn't be governor: It's not negative or "bashing" to campaign against Bredesen's record of failing to fix TennCare, of cutting hundreds of thousands of sick/old/poor/disabled people off from their healthcare, and of failing to provide leadership on the issue of legislative ethics. It's truthful campaigning. If Clippard lacked the stomach to tell the people of Tennessee the unvarnished truth about Bredesen, he lacked the right stuff to be governor. Now, the focus shifts to state Rep. Beth Harwell... Comments
I heard on the local talk radio (in Bristol) that Ron Ramsey, Senate Majority Leader, is considering running. I like Ron a lot, but the fact that he couldn't convince a few RINO's to vote him in as Lieutenant Governor doesn't encourage me. Posted by: Mike at June 28, 2005 4:08 PMBe patient my friends. Posted by: Bob at June 28, 2005 4:40 PMVote Technotarian! Posted by: Ed Dodds at June 30, 2005 5:16 PMPost a comment
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Clippard stated that he is "just not prepared to campaign like that." Clippard added that he does believe he has a future place in public service somewhere down the road, perhaps at a time when the political arena "is ripe for a fiscal conservative who doesn’t want to run a negative, bashing campaign."