Wamp Campaigns for Governor in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - She may be young and perhaps a little bias. But, twenty-one year old University of Tennessee student, Cody Wamp, thinks she is not alone when it comes to galvanizing support for her father's gubernatorial campaign.

A proud Wamp declared, "They love him for his passion. His energy. His tenacity and most importantly his vision for our state."

Buoyed by his daughter's enthusiastic introduction, Zach Wamp, the 16-year Republican Congressional veteran from Chattanooga used a stopover at the University of Memphis Fedex Institute of Technology to kick-off a statewide campaign tour, noting early voting in the gubernatorial primary is just five months away.

Echoing a theme of vision, strength and results, Wamp, considered among the front runner's for the GOP Primary nod, as his daughter advertised, energetically and passionately made his case to voters.

Wamp told supporters, "After serving for a number of years in Washington, I believe deep in my soul that our state needs a leader with a vision for the future of our state to make our great state even better!"

Wamp continued, "This is part of what I call this 20/20 vision...a production agenda. Because if somebody can't make it. Build it or grow it. You can't service it or sell it. That production agenda is what will drive our economy."

Wamp stressed a commitment to improving the state's early education programs, particularly childhood reading and the creation of a health and wellness agenda, while maintaining the conservative cornerstones of low taxes and limited government. But, on when questioned about the future funding for the embattled MED hospital in Memphis, Wamp aggressively expressed a pro-active solution if he becomes Governor.

Wamp asserted, "This is a federal issue and a state issue. They're gonna call the state for more resources for the MED. But, this is a federal issue where you're losing Medicaid dollars in massive numbers and for the Med to have to reduce the benefits that people gain from the Med because we're not being paid by Mississippi and Arkansas. Let me tell you, that's a regional conflict that must be resolved. The pledge oughta be you will fight until you're dead to get the money that the MED is losing to other states. So, that we can meet these benefits."

Wamp concluded, "This is the home stretch. And we're traveling the state making our case kinda the old fashion way. And we're really, really privileged to be in a position to win and serve."