His follow-through’s so smooth, he doesn’t even need to watch the ball swish through the net

While disavowed Democrat Mark Clayton was already calling on U.S. Sen. Bob Corker to pack his stuff before many ballots were cast, Corker has raised him one in the confidence game. An advisory from Corker’s campaign this afternoon said speeches will start at 7:15 tonight at the Republican senator’s election-night party at Cabana. Early voting [...]

Mark Clayton says he’s “expecting victory,” but Bob Corker can still stop by to chat

Mark Clayton, the disavowed Democrat running a poorly funded, nationally lampooned campaign to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, is all but packing his bags for Washington. In an email to reporters Saturday, Clayton said he’s planning to win Tuesday’s election. “I’m expecting victory because we have reached four million Tennessee voters, and most Tennesseans [...]

Mark Clayton keeps getting attention, though not for political prowess

The Washington Post sent a reporter to Whites Creek to write about Tennessee’s U.S. Senate race, but not because it’s competitive or has a chance to reshape the national political scene. Under the headline “2012’s worst candidate? With Mark Clayton, Tennessee Democrats hit bottom,” the Post writes – often hilariously – about the disavowed Democratic [...]

Democrat Mark Clayton’s last presidential vote went to Constitution Party candidate criticized for hateful views

Mark Clayton, the Democratic Party’s unconventional, disavowed candidate for the U.S. Senate, didn’t push the button for party nominee Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. He said he voted for Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin, a personal friend from … Continue reading