TN 2018: Corker, Haslam trading jobs?

[Miles]

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Makes sense. Corker never struck me as the type to stay in the Senate eternally.

[windjammer]

Both are extremely decent. So if they can stop Diane Black, Marsha Blackburn to take this seat!

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

I think Haslam may actually run for President in 2016. He has the vibe of a Republican Clinton.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Seems like a good switch.

[LeBron]

That seems like an effective strategy to hold those seats, and luckily it really won't change any Democratic strategies whatsoever. Even if these unbeatable guys don't make a swap, it would still be useless trying here since we couldn't even win one of the seats in 2006 or 2008. Besides, we need to definitely go on defense in 2018 to hold the Senate considering how vulnerable McCaskill, Donnelly, Heitkamp, Tester, Brown, Baldwin, Nelson and a few others might be.

And for the record, Bill Haslam is the brother of Jimmy Haslam who's the filthy rich owner of the Cleveland Browns, so besides popularity among liberals and conservatives, he definitely will have a substantial money advantage and it would be safe R right away if he gets in the Senate race.

[Maxwell]

I hope at least one of them gets the good old primary shaft.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

What ever happened to the tax problems that Haslaam's family was having? It just seems to have vanished from the radar.

[Indy Texas]

They're both fantastic, and Haslam is one of my favorites. I would not mind this, and I would much prefer Haslam to Blackburn.

Their behavior during the Volkswagen worker vote was atrocious, particularly Corker's.

[Heimdal]

I have wondered why the Tennessee GOP seems more inclined to support moderate “Establishment” Republicans to a bigger extent than other Southern states. There are of course exceptions, but both Corker and Alexander could move a lot further to the right without risking their seats.  But for some reason they don’t.

[Del Tachi]

I have wondered why the Tennessee GOP seems more inclined to support moderate “Establishment” Republicans to a bigger extent than other Southern states. There are of course exceptions, but both Corker and Alexander could move a lot further to the right without risking their seats.  But for some reason they don’t.

They represent their State rather well.

Tennessee is the most urban of all the Southern States (sans Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida) so there is large contingency of pretty moderate Republican suburbanites. 

As for seat switching, who is next in line for the Republican leadership position on foreign relations if Corker leaves?

[publicunofficial]

I have wondered why the Tennessee GOP seems more inclined to support moderate “Establishment” Republicans to a bigger extent than other Southern states. There are of course exceptions, but both Corker and Alexander could move a lot further to the right without risking their seats.  But for some reason they don’t.

They represent their State rather well.

Tennessee is the most urban of all the Southern States (sans Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida) so there is large contingency of pretty moderate Republican suburbanites.  

As for seat switching, who is next in line for the Republican leadership position on foreign relations if Corker leaves?

Jim Risch would take over.


Funnily enough, 5/7 Republicans on Foreign Relations could either retire (McCain), run for other office (Paul, Rubio, Corker) or lose (Johnson) in 2016.

[Del Tachi]

I'd say Risch or Barrasso. Probably Risch.

Barasso wants to be whip or leader sometime in the future, so he's more interesting in climbing leadership ranks outside of the committee system.

[Heimdal]

I have wondered why the Tennessee GOP seems more inclined to support moderate “Establishment” Republicans to a bigger extent than other Southern states. There are of course exceptions, but both Corker and Alexander could move a lot further to the right without risking their seats.  But for some reason they don’t.

They represent their State rather well.

Tennessee is the most urban of all the Southern States (sans Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida) so there is large contingency of pretty moderate Republican suburbanites. 

As for seat switching, who is next in line for the Republican leadership position on foreign relations if Corker leaves?

One part of the explanation might be that Tennessee had a viable Republican Party (in East Tennessee), long before the 1960s. In most other parts of the South the Republicans were either transplants from the North, or former Democrats.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

It also helped that both Corker and Haslam won three way primaries with two Conservative opponents.

I have wondered why the Tennessee GOP seems more inclined to support moderate “Establishment” Republicans to a bigger extent than other Southern states. There are of course exceptions, but both Corker and Alexander could move a lot further to the right without risking their seats.  But for some reason they don’t.

They represent their State rather well.

Tennessee is the most urban of all the Southern States (sans Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida) so there is large contingency of pretty moderate Republican suburbanites. 

As for seat switching, who is next in line for the Republican leadership position on foreign relations if Corker leaves?

One part of the explanation might be that Tennessee had a viable Republican Party (in East Tennessee), long before the 1960s. In most other parts of the South the Republicans were either transplants from the North, or former Democrats.

And both Corker and Haslam are former Mayors from the eastern part of the state.

[Indy Texas]

I have wondered why the Tennessee GOP seems more inclined to support moderate “Establishment” Republicans to a bigger extent than other Southern states. There are of course exceptions, but both Corker and Alexander could move a lot further to the right without risking their seats.  But for some reason they don’t.

They represent their State rather well.

Tennessee is the most urban of all the Southern States (sans Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida) so there is large contingency of pretty moderate Republican suburbanites. 

As for seat switching, who is next in line for the Republican leadership position on foreign relations if Corker leaves?

One part of the explanation might be that Tennessee had a viable Republican Party (in East Tennessee), long before the 1960s. In most other parts of the South the Republicans were either transplants from the North, or former Democrats.

Except the Northern transplants were generally quite sane (Hal Suit in Georgia, Paul Eggers in Texas), though they usually didn't win. Most of the truly horrible Southern Republicans began their lives as Democrats.

[ElectionsGuy]

Works for me since I like Haslam better.