MTSU Debate Viewers Not Swayed

For a group of about 100 students and Murfreesboro residents gathered at MTSU to watch the debate, the biggest cheer of the night didn’t go for McCain or Obama, but to the moderator, Tom Brokaw.

Last night at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, the most lively debate came after the presidential candidates had finished. When a Q&A session with local party officials turned to the topic of health care, the audience took over.

Drivers of flex-fuel vehicles can now count on a biofuel station being about every 80 miles on Interstate 65.

The Metro Council delayed action on any controversial legislation at an abbreviated meeting last night.

Belmont University’s campus is buzzing with reporters, campaign staffers and crew in the final few hours left before the debate.

Some of Tennessee’s youth voiced their concerns today to representatives from the two major political parties. The forum was organized by the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, and broadcast online to schoolrooms across the state.

The 100 participants in tonight’s Town Hall debate at Belmont University are on site and have been sequestered. The Gallup polling organization went to great lengths to find a diverse group of “uncommitted voters” in a very red state.

A panel of national experts predict health care will come up in tonight’s Town Hall debate at Belmont University because Americans want to talk about it.

More Tennesseans are depending on the state’s Medicaid program because of increasing unemployment and a weakening economy.

Senators John McCain and Barack Obama debate tonight at Belmont University. Some 3-thousand members of the media are expected to cover the debate, which has created a regular carnival of causes around the city.