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The GOP Star Tennesseans Know Best


The GOP star you've never heard of
By: Alexander Burns
February 20, 2013 06:07 PM EST
You haven't seen a YouTube video of Tennessee Governor "Bill Haslam" berating a constituent at a town hall meeting. You probably haven't watched him on Fox News. In fact, if you search the headlines for his name, you're just as likely to turn up coverage of his brother: Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam.

But while attracting scant national attention and eschewing the camera-friendly approach of most up-and-coming Republican governors, Bill Haslam has amassed one of the most extensive conservative governing records in the country.

He is, in short, the most important Republican governor you've never heard of. And as the National Governors Association gathers in Washington this week for its winter meeting, the national GOP may have something to learn from Tennessee.


Since his election in 2010, Tennessee Governor "Bill Haslam" has overhauled the Tennessee civil service, stripped back teacher tenure, cut taxes, enacted tort reform and expanded charter schools. Add up the various items on his agenda, and it looks a lot like a version of the pro-growth platform Washington Republicans have been grasping for.

Tennessee Governor "Bill Haslam" has done all that during his first term without triggering the kind of large-scale backlash that other aggressive Republican governors have encountered. There aren't tens of thousands of protesters, or even one irate MSNBC host, camped outside Haslam's window.

The 54-year-old Haslam, who recorded a 68 percent approval rating last month, disavows any interest in national office. Yet to friends and allies, Haslam's experience in Tennessee is at the very least a model for national Republicans groping around for ideas that appeal to the middle class.
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