[RedMonqey]

"Or Alexander is that forgettable. He’s maybe the emptiest suit in the swamp and that is saying something."

Alexander has always been a loyal toadie of the Howard Baker wing of the Tennessee GOP-E . The East Tennessee Republicans always skewed the conservative state of Tennessee into the moderate faction of the national GOP movement.

After replacing Bob Corker(another GOP-E toadie from East TN.)It remains to be seen if Marsha Blackburn will go GOP-E. She was very good when she represented my district in Congress(7th cong district) By one study, is the most conservative district in the nation(includes Fort Campbell)

So far she's been a reliable soldier for President Trump. We'll know for sure when he leaves office.

[bert]

I have come to believe, she is the designated conservative and no other conservatives will be allowed by the Republican Ruling Class.

History says Tennessee is a Republican state but is not a conservative state. Conservative Tennesseans repeatedly fail to elect candidates with solid conservative credentials. The voters accept the moderate GOPe types instead.

Even in my very conservative district, true conservatives are rejected for a moderate Republican. When a true conservative was elected, he was rejected for the more moderate Republican Dr Phil Roe