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An already bloody Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Majority Leader Bill Frist became even bloodier last week when state Representative Chris Clem, a right-wing firebrand from Hamilton County, ripped former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker for his long-standing habit of "systematically [...]

As failed gubernatorial candidate Van Hilleary offically launches his second bid to win a statewide election today, Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Bob Tuke called on the former Republican lobbyist to explain why he voted against more than $20 billion in funding for veterans while he was a member of Congress. "Just like [...]

While U.S. Senate candidates Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary are racing to claim "fiscally conservative" credentials, their congressional records show they are anything but conservative. As congressmen, both candidates voted to increase the federal debt limit by $450 billion in 2002 (S 2578, 06/27/2002) and by $67 billion in 1995 (HR 2586, 11/09/1995). The net ef [...]

Indicted former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s ties to former congressmen Van Hilleary and Ed Bryant run deeper than most Tennesseans realized. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Washington lobbyist Susan Hirschmann — one of Hilleary’s top political advisor [...]

Did Republican U.S. Senate candidate Van Hilleary lie to the Tennessean in 2003 when he insisted he wasn’t going to Washington to become a lobbyist? It looks that way. The background: On July 9, 2003, the Nashville newspaper reported that Hilleary, who lost in his 2002 bid for governor, had taken a job as a “Washington lobbyist [...]

Think Democrats have a tough time finding unity? They can’t hold a candle to the 2006 Republican U.S. Senate candidates who are locked in a fierce intra-party squabble that’s tearing the Tennessee GOP apart. At the moment, the focus is on former congressman Ed Bryant and his supporters, including right-wing bloggers, who are working to d [...]

Republican Senate candidate Van Hilleary appears to be Tennessee’s chief beneficiary of political action committees controlled by indicted former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Hilleary, a former congressman and gubernatorial candidate has received more than $17,000 from DeLay since 1994. Former Congressman Ed Bryant, who’s opposi [...]