From the Chattanooga Times Free Press:
Former Democratic state Sen. Rosalind Kurita, who staked her political future on supporting a Republican for speaker, now is being rejected by Republicans in her bid to become Tennessee’s secretary of state.
Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, R-Blountville, whom then-Sen. Kurita helped elect as Senate speaker in 2007, confirmed Thursday that rank-and-file Republicans, as well as grass-roots activists, fiercely oppose Ms. Kurita’s election by lawmakers to the post.
“That’s true,” said Lt. Gov. Ramsey, who last week stated that Ms. Kurita, of Clarksville, would make a “great” secretary of state.
“Rosalind Kurita voted for me for lieutenant governor,” said Sen. Ramsey, who as Senate speaker also has the title of lieutenant governor. “I owed her at least a consideration there. That obviously is not going to happen, and I have no problem with that. Keep in mind I don’t appoint this position.”
back and I’ll sratch yours sellout politics that Kurita used to expand her personal failed completely. Its so nice to see her lose everything.
She’s such a terrible Democrat that the netroots rallied behind Harold Ford when she tried running for Frist’s senate seat. She made HAROLD FORD look good by comparison!
I give conservative Democrats a lot of leeway when they represent tough districts. But people like Kurita and Lieberman deserve what they get. Honestly I feel a little bad for them, they think Republicans are their friends until they find out the hard way that they are all alone.
Some Dems are just incredibly stupid.
You might think that Kurita would have realized, after years and years of dealings with them, that the Republican Party is fundamentally a conglomerate of con artists. Then again, she is in Tennessee…. 😉