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- Smith Leaves Morning Forum Early (128)
- AL-02 Bits (44)
- Harri Anne Smith’s 1st TV Ad Airs Tonight (42)
- AL-02 Poll #’s (39)
- Follow-up to Grimes’ Comments (38)
- Tuesday 4/22/2008 DAILY NEWS DIGEST (37)
- Friday 4/25/2008 DAILY NEWS DIGEST (31)
- Wednesday 4/30/2008 DAILY NEWS DIGEST (30)
- Race for the PSC Presidency (29)
- Grimes on House Filibuster, 2nd Congressional Race (29)
Most Commented Posts Overall
- The Karl Rove / Bob Riley Conspiracy (134)
- Smith Leaves Morning Forum Early (128)
- State Rep in ‘Physical Altercation’ (73)
- Siegelman Piece Not on 60 Minutes Tonight - Updated (71)
- Most Influential Alabamian? (68)
- Tim James Looks at AL-02 (54)
- 60 Minutes: Siegelman, Simpson and Rove (54)
- Club for Growth Endorses Sen. Smith (53)
- Observations on the AL-02 Race (52)
- CBS News: Siegelman Piece On for Sunday (52)
- Seeing 60 Minutes, Or Not (50)
- Tim James on 2010 Governor’s Run (48)
- Rogers’ Rank Disappointment (48)
- Ballot Access in Alabama Too Strict (47)
- Segall Raises Quarter Million (45)
- AL-02 Bits (44)
- AG, DA’s Up Rhetoric (42)
- Harri Anne Smith’s 1st TV Ad Airs Tonight (42)
- Birmingham News Story Foretold (41)
- Bright Confirms Serious Interest in AL-02 Race (41)
- Harri Anne Smith and the AL-02 Race (39)
- AL-02 Poll #’s (39)
- The Most Important Legislative Special Election in the History of Alabama (38)
- Follow-up to Grimes’ Comments (38)
- Tuesday 4/22/2008 DAILY NEWS DIGEST (37)
These are the most viewed posts in a given month as determined by the number of hits on individual posts in that month.
April 2008
- Smith Leaves Morning Forum Early
- Rogers’ Rank Disappointment
- Club for Growth Endorses Sen. Smith
- Segall Raises Quarter Million
- AL-02 Bits
- CD-2 Debates Scheduled
- Cavanaugh’s Inside Track
- Host Committee for Cavanaugh Fundraiser
- Grimes on House Filibuster, 2nd Congressional Race
- Horton Hears a Boo
March 2008
- Top 40 Most Influential Non-Elected Alabamians, Part 1
- State School Board Bans ‘Double-Dipping’
- Top 40 Most Influential Non-Elected Alabamians, Part 2
- Top 40 Most Influential Non-Elected Alabamians, Part 4
- Harri Anne Smith Trips Over a Poll
- Griffith’s Not-So Good Friday Announcement
- Top 40 Most Influential Non-Elected Alabamians, Part 3
- Butler Switching Parties for AL-05 Race
- Early Look at AL-05 Field
- John Hannah Drafted for GOP Primary?
February 2008
- State Rep in ‘Physical Altercation’
- 60 Minutes: Siegelman, Simpson and Rove
- Siegelman Piece Not on 60 Minutes Tonight - Updated
- State School Board Bans ‘Double-Dipping’
- State Representative’s Office Raided
- Representative Speaks After Co-Workers Subpoenaed
- Battle for Control of 2-Year College System Continues
- CBS News: Siegelman Piece On for Sunday
- AG Unhappy about McCain Event
- Continuing 2 Year College Investigation
January 2008
- The Most Important Legislative Special Election in the History of Alabama
- AG King Ready for Flak
- HD 12 Reports Coming In - Updated: Fields Wins
- HD 12: Who Had a Good Night?
- State Representative Arrested Today
- Bradley Byrne and AEA
- Why Alabama Democrats Should Vote for Obama
- Cavanaugh ‘Seriously Considering’ PSC Race
- Turnham Calls Riley Out
- Tim James on 2010 Governor’s Run
Note: Once again the page “AL-02 Big List” would be listed first if it were considered a post. I don’t think I’ll continue to note this every month. It’s a popular page.
December 2007
- Wallace in AL-02?
- AL-02: Bobby Bright is Running as a…
- BREAKING: Dem Senator Switches Parties
- Bobby Bright’s Marathon Party Dance
- Tim James on AL-02: ‘Not Made My Mind Up’
- Segall in AL-03
- Punch’s Impact Still Felt
- Huckabee and Brinson: Match Made in Heaven?
- Most Influential Alabamian?
- Hubbard Likely New State GOP Chair
Note: the page “AL-02 Big List” would be listed first in December if it were considered a post. The page “Christmas Wish List” would be listed as the second most viewed for December if it were considered a post.
November 2007
- Most Influential Alabamian?
- Wednesday 11/7/2007 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
- Harri Anne Smith and the AL-02 Race
- Observations on the AL-02 Race
- Considering Mac Gipson’s Retirement
- Tuesday 11/6/2007 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
- AL-02 Poll: New Numbers
- Bright Confirms Serious Interest in AL-02 Race
- Sen. Smith Gets Nod of Wiregrass Group
- Love Assembles Team for AL-02 Race
Note: the page “AL-02 Big List” would be listed first in November if it were considered a post.
October 2007
- Mike Hubbard in the Parlor, Part Two
- State GOP Chair Mike Hubbard Visits the Parlor
- Mike Hubbard in the Parlor, Part Three
- Sunday 10/7/2007 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
- Text of Simpson with House Judiciary Committee
- Birmingham Mayor’s Race Poll
- Former U.S. Atty Jones “Likely Witness” on Siegelman Matter
- Tim James Looks at AL-02
- Artur Davis: Truths & Consequences
- Langford Leading in Birmingham Mayor’s Race?
Note: the page “AL-02 Big List” would be listed first if it were considered a post. It had more views in October than the top four posts combined.
September 2007
- AG, DA’s Up Rhetoric
- On the Senate District 32 GOP Primary
- Birmingham News Story Foretold
- U.S. Rep. Terry Everett to Retire
- On the Blue Dot Ball
- Governor “Hit the Roof” (or Not)
- The Missing D.A.
- Langford Leading in Birmingham Mayor’s Race?
- Mayor’s Race in Birmingham Shaping Up
- Jay Love “Definitely Running” for AL-2
Note: the page “AL-02 Big List” would be listed first if it were considered a post.
August 2007
- Take Back Alabama’s Highways
- Rumors Fly on See’s Supreme Seat
- SD 32: the Race Behind the Race
- GOP Legislators “Sour” on Riley
- State School Board Bans “Double-Dipping”
- Mayor’s Race in Birmingham Shaping Up
- Randy McKinney in the Political Parlor
- Langford Leading in Birmingham Mayor’s Race?
- Districts, Parties, and the SBOE Ban
- Harri Anne Smith in the Political Parlor
July 2007
- SD 32: the Race Behind the Race
- Alabama Line Updated
- Supreme Court Justice See to Retire
- Ballot Access in Alabama Too Strict
- Battle Royale On to Replace Byrne in Baldwin
- Rumored Candidates for Major Posts
- Mayor’s Race in Birmingham Shaping Up
- Drug Courts Can Reduce Overcrowding
- Karl Rove’s Link to Siegelman’s Prosecution
- Barack the Vote in Alabama
June 2007
- The Karl Rove / Bob Riley Conspiracy
- Karl Rove’s Link to Siegelman’s Prosecution
- Sen. Bishop “Coldcocks” Sen. Barron
- Siegelman Sentence Sends Riley to DC
- House Minority Leader’s Special Interest in Resolution
- Bama U.S. Attorney Investigated for Perjury
- Sunday 5/27/2007 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
- Senate Fight Almost Becomes Literal
- Sessions’ Democratic Challenger(s)
- Notes from the GOP Red State Summer Dinner
May 2007
- Wednesday 11/29/2006 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
- Party-Hopping with a Party of Ten
- On Siegelman, DoJ, and a Lesson from Dad
- Blogger Headaches
- Senate District 22
- BREAKING: ALFA Declines to Endorse…
- Old Posts Showing As New
- What’s Behind the Curtain of Giles’ Christian Coalition?
- Sunday 5/27/2007 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
- Sessions’ Democratic Challengers
April 2007
- BCA’s Money on Wrong Horses
- The kind of week political junkies live for!
- I trust the people and other musings on post secondary
- Ron Sparks: More “in the next few weeks”
- Who Sent the Fax Why?
- Wednesday 11/29/2006 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
- AL-2 Rumors and Facts
- The Internet Legend of Ron Sparks Grows
- Rudy ! Rudy ! Rudy ! and other Presidential observations
- Blogger Headaches
March 2007
- Payday Loans Attract Interest
- Shocked !!!… I tell you… Shocked !!!
- Former SoS Nancy Worley Indicted
- Pondering the Pay Raise
- Putting their mouths where their money is – A Small Profile in Political Courage
- The State of the State
- Blogger Headaches
- Introducing the Alabama Line
- Mr. Kettle, Please Meet Mr. Pot. Mr. Pot, Mr. Kettle.
- I think any other post just couldn’t describe this day accurately enough…
February 2007
- Introducing the Alabama Line
- Blogger Headaches
- In Defense of Mike Hubbard
- News to Him
- Hubbard Likely New State GOP Chair
- Alabama Feeling Blue?
- Dial Named Head of State’s Rural Development
- Wednesday 11/29/2006 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
- Dial to Head Rural Development
- PAC Mentality
January 2007
- Blogger Headaches
- “It’s Not Done Until It’s Done”
- New Senate President Pro Tem is Hinton Mitchem
- Matrix LLC
- Troy King – The New Nancy Worley
- Bully for them
- Sunday 7/23/2006 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
- Cost of the Deal
- On Electing the President Pro Tem
- New Senate Committee Assignments
Jan. - Dec., 2006
- Experience At What?
- Top 10 Most Interesting Questions: #4
- Thursday 10/19/2006 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
- Top 10 Most Interesting Questions: #3
- Top 10 Most Interesting Questions: #6
- Matrix LLC
- Top Ten Summary
- Top 10 Most Interesting Questions: #1
- Top 10 Most Interesting Questions: #10
- “Definitely” a Write-In Candidate for HD 54

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