Tennessee State House Democrats Pull Off Speaker Coup
From Indecision 2008…
This week, the Tennessee State House elected its first Republican Speaker of the House in 40 years, and they could not have done it without the support of every Democrat in the body and only one Republican:
Acting in a clandestine pact, the 49 Democrats in
Tennessee’s House shocked Nashville just one hour ago by nominating and
then voting en masse for Kent Williams (a moderate Republican from
Elizabethton in Carter County) for Speaker to lead the 99-member
chamber. The official Republican nominee, Jason Mumpower (a wingnut
from Bristol in Sullivan County) was left speechless, clutching the
family bible that he had brought in preparation for taking the
Speaker’s oath of office.
This really is amazing. Just a jaw-dropping and cleverly executed
upset that no one saw coming. It's the kind of thing only ever happens
in movies, so Tennesseans would probably by wise to keep a look out for
Cloverfields.
(via Balloon Juice who has video)
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