As the last of a series of 2014 elections came to a close in Shelby County on Monday, some of the principals found ways to kick back a little, even as they kept on keepin’ on.
9th District congressman Steve Cohen held a press conference at his Midtown home, where, along with American Idol graduates Lil Rounds and Keia Johnson, he made the case, on privacy grounds, against Amendment 1, which would give the General Assembly a much freer hand to legislate on abortion. (The congressman would also later announce his opposition to Amendment 2, on judicial selection.
Spurred on by the company he was keeping, Cohen, who has been known to do some public dancing (chronicled on YouTube), added to his, er, laurels by doing some singing.
Ready or not, here that is:
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Simultaneously, Governor Bill Haslam, who has expressed support for all four constitutional amendments on the ballot and is (like Cohen) running for reelection as well, was on his way to Memphis, where he did a meet and greet at the Whimsey Cookie Company on Poplar.
There, as the TV people like to say, the Governor “caught up with” some members of the younger set, somewhat too young to vote. There were a fair number of eligible voters there, as well.
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Governor Haslam with fan base
