Nancy Pelosi is the meanest woman since Cat Ballou.
The former House speaker went on Morning Joe this week to say she’s sure Joe Biden will make the correct decision about withdrawing from the Presidential race. When Willie Geist reminded her that Biden has said repeatedly that he’s not dropping out, Pelosi, herself 84, said she would support “whatever he decides.”
Pelosi said she’s told colleagues, “Let’s just hold off until we see how it goes this week [with the NATO conference in Washington]. “[President Biden] is beloved and respected; we’re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short.”
Pelosi is giving Biden multiple opportunities to decide until he hits on the decision she likes.
Meanwhile, blogger Gloria Horton-Young writes: Maybe it’s time that the New York Times should step aside for a younger, fitter, more coherent newspaper.
Closer home
Corey Strong is challenging U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen in Tennessee’s District 9 Democratic Primary. Someday a charismatic young Black Democrat will take this seat, but probably not this guy in this year. Strong tried two years ago and Cohen won with 84%: 56,312 to 9,944.
Most interesting is Strong’s biography: “attorney, education leader, naval officer and civic change agent from Memphis.” His website says in eight years on active duty he “deployed to the Persian Gulf, the Pacific Rim, South America, with two tours in Afghanistan.”
He’s worked in public and private schools, according to his website, and “holds a B.S. from the U. S. Naval Academy, an MBA from San Diego State University, a J.D. from the University of Memphis, and a master’s in education leadership from the Broad Center, now at the Yale School of Management.”
To have accomplished all of this, Strong must be as old as Trump or Biden or Pelosi.
Larsen Jay, Republican candidate for Knox County mayor in 2026, has hired Michael Grider, former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, for PR consulting. Jay might be Grider’s first client. If you want Michael to work for you, reach him at michael@RedOakWins.com or call 865-591-0655.
Media note
CNN is reorganizing under yet another new CEO, reports Dan Kennedy in Media Nation. Revenue is disappearing as internet streaming replaces cable television. CNN makes about $1 per cable subscriber.
As Joshua Benton wrote for Nieman Lab: The number of U.S. cable subscribers has fallen from 98.7 million in 2016 to 58 million in 2023, with projections – optimistic ones, arguably – putting that number at 40 million by 2028. That’s a lot of monthly $1 charges gone. Add in a steep ratings decline (and an accompanying ad collapse) and the future looks very fuzzy.”
Sandra Clark is founder of Knox TN Today.