The Spring MTSU Poll finds general confidence in President Obama, but not so much for state government where "approval of the state Legislature has sunk to levels not seen since the Operation Tennessee Waltz scandal in 2005."

Regarding the 2009 legislative agenda, "nearly two-thirds of Tennesseans support allowing grocery stores to sell wine, education tops the list of things Tennesseans think state government should spend more money on, most say abortion should be legal under certain circumstances, and opinion divides evenly on whether Tennessee should constitutionally ban a state income tax or introduce one to cut sales taxes and eliminate grocery taxes."

Which is interesting, because our representatives in Nashville who claim to represent the will of the voters seem to have opposite views on all of these issues.

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