Sherri Goforth, legislative aid for Tennessee Senator Diane Black (R-Gallatin) sent out the above picture to an e-mail list. The email depicts the Presidents of the United States with President Barack Obama as a pair of eyes in a black background.

Sherri Goforth confirmed she sent the email. She confirmed she had sent it and also said she had received a letter of reprimand from her superiors but said she will stay on the job. [Nashville is Talking]

Photo on Left: Republican State Senator Diane Black (R-Gallatin), Tennessee.

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Republican Senator John Ensign resigned as chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, the fourth-ranking spot in the  Republican leadership.