Thursday October 11th 2018
Linda Denham gives nightmare performance in Tennessee Gubernatorial debate
Linda Denham, the wife of current Governor Shane Denham gave what all pundits and polls are proclaiming as a "nightmare performance" and a "slow motion car crash" in her debate last night with Democrat Terrance Kline, the Mayor of Jackson.
Shane Denham who is term limited this year had come under increased fire for saying he would be a "great back seat driver" for his Wife as a Governor at a campaign event and a TV interview in the last week, implying that he would still be Governor in all but name. Linda Denham who has no pervious political experience showed that during the debate. She entered the debate on average only six points ahead of Mayor Kline, who was virtually unknown state wide, before winning the Democratic nomination.
The first question to Mrs Denham was one she would be different to her Husband and to example his "back seat driver" comments, she stumbled badly, implying that it would be a "co-Governorship " and she would appoint his as her Chief of Staff. Mayor Kline was careful not to appear sexist or bullying but he replied with humour saying he had "the hardest job of any candidate in America, I am running against the current Governor and his wife".
Mrs Denham was badly briefed and was clearly out of her depth, she failed to know how many where currently unemployed in the state and even the price of Milk, she looked etlist, and out of touch. Kline looked reasonable and well prepared, but at times he used the old Napoleonic saying "it's bad manners to interrupt when your enemy is making a mistake".
The Democrats will now see a real chance of making a Tennessee a surprise pick-up on November 6th.