Morning Roundup: Update

Mon., Mar. 2 2009 @ 7:40AM

The president is about to name a White House director of health care reform, and the leading contender is a Tennessean! Not Phil Bredesen, you idiot. Nancy Ann Min DeParle. ... Legislation targets spectators at animal fights. ... NRA's Wayne LaPierre calls the Commercial Appeal's posting of the handgun permit holder list a "hateful, shameful form of public irresponsibility and the collapse of responsible media." ... The Jackson Sun says the handgun permit data should be kept public. ... Former AG Paul Summers opposes popular election of judges. ... Kleinheider asks: "So what is the big deal about the Tennessee Democratic Party having a man who has given large amounts of money to Republicans as their treasurer?"