Newsletters & Events

It has been a very busy five months at the helm for the new Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party, Chris Devaney. On October 28, please join us, meet Mr. Devaney and hear of our path to victory in 2010.

Devaney, elected by the State Executive Committee as Chairman on May 30, is well-known for his tireless support and political savvy on behalf of former Senator Fred Thompson, for whom he worked in both Tennessee and Washington, and later as State Director for U.S. Senator Bob Corker. In between these experiences, he also served as Executive Director of the Tennessee Republican Party.

Mr. Devaney will outline State GOP initiatives, any anticipated changes in election laws that may impact 2010, Party rules and role and answer your questions about how we can work to support goals and success of the Party’s strategy.

As a special added dimension, we will host Tennessee Federation Board member Jan Doran, who will talk about how the Federation and State Party work in concert, and offer a primer for our newer members on the storied history and role of the Federation in supporting the State Party and Republican candidates and issues nationwide.

All of this will lead up to a very important tradition of our biennial October meeting, the presentation of the nominated RWWC slate of officers for 2010-2011. In the call to meeting prior to October 28, the slate will be announced.

It will be a meeting and program chock full of discussion of past, present and future, for the Federation, the State Republican Party and the RWWC...all working in concert for success in 2010! To kick off this information-filled day, the beautiful sound of Mickey Milam, MCA recording artist and favorite of our members, will provide our musical prelude.

Our members requested it, people are talking about it, and the next bail-out may just be around the corner. We are of course, talking about the need to hear from an industry expert who can make clear, how did one of America’s leading industries go so wrong, what are the chances of recovery, and how much more will it cost taxpayers before we get there.

We are so thrilled to present, Paul Ingrassia, retired Detroit bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal and president of Dow Jones Newswires. Ingrassia won the Pulitzer Prize for his in-depth research and reporting on the industry, later turning that work into the book,Comeback: The Rise and Fall of the American Automotive Industry. Ingrassia is also completing another book, Engines of Change, on the importance of the industry to American economic history. He continues as a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal on the automotive industry woes, and also had his article, “Saturn Was Supposed to Save GM. Instead, GM Crushed Saturn. Here’s How”, featured in the April 13, 2009 issue of Newsweek.

Ingrassia was sought out to write a book on the current crisis, and the working title of that book, scheduled for release January 2010, isCrash Course. We will be among the first to hear of the conclusions in that upcoming release, expected to cause quite a stir, as discussion of additional bailouts for the car manufacturers, parts companies and others continue.

You do not want to miss this rare opportunity to hear from an expert observer and researcher of the industry.

The Republican Women of Williamson County is the proud sponsor of a marvelous opportunity to get to know our Republican candidates for Tennessee Governor, on Wednesday, August 26, 2009. Our Forum will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel Ballroom, Cool Springs, in order to accommodate the many guests expected for this special event.

Moderated by radio talk show personality Phil Valentine, a RWWC favorite, the forum is sure to be fast paced and revealing in this first true forum of the race. Questions of the four major candidates have been submitted in advance, selected from those submitted by RWWC members by Event Chairwomen Sharon Strange and Paula Uhlir.

Joining us from the campaign trail will be Memphis District Attorney General Bill Gibbons, Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey and Congressman Zach Wamp. These four stellar candidates were selected based on Event Committee rules, that "viable" campaigns, demonstrating over $100,000 in donations raised by the mid-July reporting period would be included.

You will be pleased to hear a very special guest read the Tennessee State Poem at this event. So to enjoy all things "Tennessean", you won’t want to miss this event.

He is the darling of the Conservative media, and has appeared on Fox twice since his Washington, D.C. speech just three weeks ago to the Conservative Political Action Conference. Second only to the buzz created by Rush Limbaugh's presentation to the same conference, Atlanta's Jonathan Krohn is an up and coming political analyst and catalyst for stimulating young people's interest in the Grand Old Party.

At the age of 8, he was intrigued by the practice of filibustering, and that led to his fascination in all things political.

A political wunderkind, 14-year-old, home-schooled Krohn authored his first book last year, Define Conservatism: For Past, Present and Future Generations. The book is currently back-ordered, but we will have copies on hand for a book signing. His book has led to interviews on national TV and radio talk shows.

At a time in which the Republican party is doing a great deal of soul searching and trying to redefine itself, Jonathan clearly articulates our core beliefs in a manner that speaks to all ages.

The son of an engineer and a drama teacher, Jonathan is gifted in many ways, from his playing of the cello from age 4, to his present interest in the banjo, Because of his expressive voice, he has also narrated the Gwinnett Philharmonic's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Among his other interests is stage acting and he is currently under consideration for a part in the Broadway production of Mary Poppins. But politics remains the interest that consumes much of his time and thinking.

He is an avid fan of conservative talk radio, and is currently making the circuit on programs around the country. In his spare time he is taking up golf in hopes of playing with his favorite politicians.

Join us on April 22 to hear from this youngest star of the Republican party speak on "Define Conservatism."

RWWC members are in for a rare treat on Wednesday, February 25 as we take front row seats to a star panel discussion on the hottest political topic of the day, the latest plans being debated in Congress to spend more money, we don't have, to jump start the economy. 

Unfortunately, this latest bailout attempt, called the "Stimulus Package" is meant to suggest to taxpayers that this is no ordinary bailout plan, like the one this last fall that saw banks gobble hundreds of billions with no accounting of how that bailout money was spent, and little evidence of it helping to get the economy back on track with healthy lending.

Dubbed "the giant porker bill" the Stimulus package, recently ballooning to $900 billion dollars in Senate versions, by most estimates, devotes only 25% of that sum to actual jobs creation and programs to stimulate the economy.  It is loaded full of pork, Democrats pet projects that have been attached under the guise of creating some jobs.

Many thanks to our panel leader, Ben Cunningham of the lauded Tennessee Tax Revolt for assembling a star panel for us.  Joining Mr. Cunningham will be WTN 99.7 Talk Radio's Ralph Bristol and the Tennessee Center for Policy Research's Executive Director and pork expert, Drew Johnson.  Please put a lock on your wallet when you come to hear about this nearly TRILLION dollar legislation.