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Douglas L. Hoffman's first congressional campaign stop in Watertown had more campaign staff - three - than attendees.

At a Nov. 2 Doug Hoffman rally in New York's 23rd Congressional District, country singer John Rich was franker than the man he was campaigning for, drawling to the small but roaring crowd that he wasn't running for office so he didn't have to be polite.

Some of Doug Hoffman's earliest supporters joined him on stage at a Watertown rally Monday evening.Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson and his wife Jeri supported him during the darkest days of the campaign when it appeared he didn't have a chance, Hoffman told the crowd at the Watertown fairgrounds.Also rallying Republican support for ...

An interesting observation from Kathryn Jean Lopez: Mitt Romney is no longer pantingly eager -- the way, say, Tim Pawlenty is -- to prove he's a conservative: One could argue that Romney did what you would expect the establishment Republican candidate to do - and this suggests a different Romney from the one who ran in the 2008 primaries.

The duo were up north on behalf of congressional candidate Doug Hoffman. Here's the report from The Hill : Rich, one-half of the platinum-selling country duo Big and Rich , traveled from Nashville to New York state on Monday to campaign for Hoffman.

Few elections have seen as many bizarre undulations in its final days as the special election in upstate New York to replace former Republican Congressman John McHugh.

Monday, November 02, 2009 at 6:38 a.m. WATERTOWN -- In the final day of the campaign, the two remaining active candidates in the 23rd Congressional DistrictA are bringing in some big names to give their campaigns a final boost.A First, democrat Bill Owens will be joined by Vice President JoeA Biden at a rally this morning at the North Side ...

Conservative entertainer John Rich told radio talker Steve Gill this morning that he is headed to New York State on Monday to rally voters for a conservative independent in a contentious race for congress.

Half of the duo Big & Rich, Big Kenny is flying solo and talking about it on the Today Show with Hoda and Kathy Lee.

Last evening a long impressive host list from around the area held a reception at Gettysvue Country Club for the Gubernatorial campaign of Congressman Zach Wamp .

J o h n R i c h and his wife, Joan, are soon to have a party of three. The KAT has exclusively confirmed with the country star's reps that he and his wife are expecting their first baby.

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Soon it'll be Big & Rich & Baby. John Rich , one half of the country duo, and his wife, Joan Bush, are expecting their first child together, The Boot reports .

Caption: John Rich The 2009 CMA Music Festival, The Ultimate Country Music Fan Experience - Vault Stage - Day 4 Nashville, Tennessee .... BIG & RICH star JOHN RICH is all set to become a first-time father - his wife Joan is pregnant.

They just couldn't stay away. During last summer's Craven Country Jamboree, John Rich, Big Kenny Alphin and a cast of characters including, but not limited to, Cowboy Troy , Two-Foot-Fred and the rest of the Nashville-based Muzikmafia lit up the Big Valley sky with the festival's most explosive performance.

Dylan Ratigan's ' The Cost of Corporate Communism ' has appeared all over the net recently.

All things music from the Tennessean.com entertainment staff. Gretchen Wilson Gretchen Wilson is now a record label president.

They came from Logan, Mingo and all surrounding counties. They came from Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee.

In true VMA form, the MTV awards show did not stick to the script. The first winner of the night, Taylor Swift for best female video, was victim to this when she was rudely and quickly interrupted by Kanye West , who cut off her acceptance speech.

South of Logan, on a mountaintop cleared to power your home, we all got together for some music, some county fair food and to be reminded how important energy is to freedom.