Tennessee Democratic Party Can't Help But Attack Rosalind Kurita

As A.C. Kleinheider at Nashville Post Politics points out, Gray Sasser and the Tennessee Democratic Party cannot stop attacking Sen. Rosalind Kurita and her write-in campaign. It seems he cannot help but justify why the party did what it did to her. (As I pointed out last Thursday, state Democrats must be worried about voter backlash; otherwise why bother?) And the more Sasser talks, the more truth about why they did it seeps out. As quoted by Clarksville Online:

“In fact, the only backroom deal in this long, sordid saga was cut long before the Aug. 7 primary, when Sen. Kurita went back on her word to her Democratic colleagues and supported Republican Ron Ramsey for Senate speaker and lieutenant governor,” Sasser said.

One Kurita supporter offers a passionate defense of her candidacy; another defends the voter's right to cast their ballot in the primary of their choosing.

Meanwhile Sen. Kurita picked up the endorsement of the National Rifle Association. "I am pleased at the continued support of the National Rifle Association and their membership,” she responded. “I fully support the constitutional right to bear arms. It is important that elected officials fight for all constitutional rights, whether they be speech, voting rights or any other of the precious freedoms written into our founding documents.”

On the lawsuit front, state officials assert that it's too late to place Sen. Kurita's name on the ballots in Montgomery, Cheatham, and Houston counties because absentee ballots have already been mailed and they would like the suit dismissed. Tennessee Attorney General Robert E. Cooper also claimed a primary election was beyond the jurisdiction of the federal courts.

"I don't think there will be anything really resolved in federal court on Friday, and I anticipate that it will probably be appealed to the next level, which is the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals," Sen. Kurita responded.