Opinion: GOP hopefuls in Tennessee remain in the driver’s seat. But some are failing the likability test.
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On paper, Tennessee Republicans should be riding high and on comfortable cruise control with just days remaining before the Nov. 3 midterm election.
GOP candidates, party leaders and their enormous base of loyal Tennessee voters would seem to be immune from the dreaded Trump foot-in-mouth disease — not to mention his costly foreign and domestic policies — that are causing so much Republican heartburn in other states.
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