Endorsements: Jim Cooper for U.S. Representative, Tennessee's 5th District

Just so you know, I wrote these endorsements last night and scheduled them to publish every two hours this morning. I don't want anyone to get the impression that I am writing these at work. Actually, I'm writing this note last night; so, as I'm writing, none of the verb tenses make any sense.

I'm a little embarrassed that I didn't vote for Representative Cooper when he first ran for the Fifth District seat back in 2002. (I voted for the Green Party candidate. Back then I cast most of my votes for independents and third parties.) Since then, I've come to love Cooper, in part because he personally responds to my mail and in part because he has given me every indication that he genuinely cares about serving his constituents and the American people in general.