Wed
Feb 20 2013
07:42 pm
By: R. Neal shortURL
Bill Haslam: The GOP star you've never heard of
He is, in short, the most important Republican governor you’ve never heard of. And as the National Governors Association gathers in Washington this week for its winter meeting, the national GOP may have something to learn from Tennessee.Since his election in 2010, Haslam has overhauled the Tennessee civil service, stripped back teacher tenure, cut taxes, enacted tort reform and expanded charter schools. Add up the various items on his agenda, and it looks a lot like a version of the pro-growth platform Washington Republicans have been grasping for.
OK, then.
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Guess they thought they had to move since Rubio started.
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