 Posted by Zac McCrary, on June 2nd, 2011, at 8:00 am 
Bob Riley should run for President. Seriously.
Or Jeff Sessions. No, seriously.
I, personally, wouldn’t vote for either, and the chance they’d become president or even the GOP nominee is next to nil – but the existing field of Republican presidential candidates is undoubtedly missing a Southern candidate.
Of course, on paper Newt Gingrich could be classified as “Southern”. That myth can be debunked solely by noting Gingrich’s self-proclaimed favorite band (ABBA). Indeed, Gingrich was so desperate to get to out of the South that he ran and lost for Congress twice, before finally getting his ticket punched to DC on his third bid. And after leaving Congress in 1998, he’s lived in McLean, VA (a posh hamlet in Northern Virginia) – currently with his third wife (a Midwesterner). Newt Gingrich may have technically represented suburban Atlanta in Congress, but he’s about as “Southern” as …well, ABBA.
And Herman Cain and Buddy Roemer may be credible Southerners, but I do not believe them to be credible presidential candidates.
Mike Huckabee, who carried several Southern states in the ’08 primaries, would have entered the 2012 primary process counting the Southeast among his expected base. And some – like Haley Barbour, Rick Perry (perhaps still a possibility), Jim Demint (perhaps still a possibility), Jeb Bush or Bobby Jindal – who could have filled the Southern-sized vacuum left by Huckabee’s withdrawal, appear to have likewise taken a pass.
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Posted by Danny, on June 1st, 2011, at 11:29 am Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone has a piece (“The Continual Screwing of Jefferson County, Alabama“) that picks up on a Bloomberg News story from last week (“Bachus Comforts Wall Street While Assailing Dodd-Frank to Voters Back Home“). Neither portrays U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R – Vestavia Hills), the House Financial Services Committee [...]
Posted by Zac McCrary, on April 27th, 2011, at 8:00 am 
Though the Republican field has been slow to gel, it seems as if we now know the field of potential candidates. A few like Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, and Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels seem genuinely undecided on whether or not to take the plunge. But beyond those, we generally know who’s running (Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, Michelle Bachman, Ron Paul) and who’s not (Haley Barbour, Jeb Bush, Bobby Jindal, Chris Christie, John Thune, among others). Barring a surprise (which is a possibility according to some influential Republicans), the Republican field has only (to adopt a Rumsfeldian construct) its “known knowns” (those already in) and its “unknown knowns (those publicly considering) – meaning it’s not too early to handicap the field*.
Continue reading “Dueling web videos… and what they tell us about the Republican Presidential Primary”
Posted by Danny, on April 26th, 2011, at 8:52 am 
Why is U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R) introducing legislation to delay the regulation of derivatives for two years?
After his home county’s disastrous dealings with derivatives (specifically in the form of interest rate swaps), Jefferson County is now preparing for the possibility of the largest municipal bankruptcy in history.
Somewhat related: [...]
Posted by Danny, on April 7th, 2011, at 9:17 am Republican Tim Pawlenty was the first presidential candidate to hire a full-time staffer in Iowa, and that hire was Alabamian Ben Foster. The 2009 University of Alabama graduate had served as an aide to Bradley Byrne during Byrne’s gubernatorial campaign last year.
Wednesday morning, he was arrested after trying to get into [...]
Posted by Danny, on March 28th, 2011, at 1:09 pm 
The Washington Wire blog at the Wall Street Journal reports that “according to multiple Iowa GOP officials,” former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore is about to enter the Iowa presidential primary race.
You don’t have to go too far in Alabama to find folks who believe such campaigns are about keeping [...]
Posted by Danny, on March 25th, 2011, at 2:41 pm 
I am pleased to tell you that Zac McCrary, a Democratic pollster with the firm of Anzalone Liszt Research, has agreed to offer Parlor readers his occasional take on the 2012 presidential race and perhaps, if we are lucky, other topics as well. Many readers know (and most Alabamians probably don’t) that Alabama is [...]
Posted by waltm, on February 16th, 2011, at 6:30 pm Been letting this slip for some reason…
From last week’s Elba Clipper, Presidential candidate John Davis makes brief stop in Elba. Mr Davis, of course, has a website.
While it is easy to dismiss his candidacy, at least he has opted to do something besides stew and fret.
Any word from [...]
Posted by waltm, on February 11th, 2011, at 4:38 pm Dale Peterson for America with a hat tip to The Hill. Should be interesting to see the sales of lever action rifles.
Vox populi, vox dei
Posted by waltm, on February 7th, 2011, at 5:01 pm The mills are grinding overtime on this, so, lets open the subject up.
My own thought is that until we hear from the man himself, lets keep the rpms low so we don’t burn out the bearings. As a candidate, Riley does have some positives and negatives. He can give a good [...]
Posted by Danny, on January 22nd, 2011, at 9:03 am 
Bobby Bright, the recently defeated Democratic Congressman and former Montgomery mayor, has emerged as a candidate to replace Leura Canary as U.S. Attorney in the Middle District, the Political Parlor has learned. The White House is still considering Montgomery attorney George Beck as a potential successor, according to Alabamians familiar with the process, [...]
Posted by Danny, on December 3rd, 2010, at 4:18 pm 
Anzalone-Liszt Research held a “Beat the Pollsters” contest for contestants competing for a $1000 prize by picking who was going to win in a selection of Senate, Gubernatorial, and House races across the country.
Turns out that Political Parlor readers are among their most accurate election prognosticators. From this morning’s newsletter from Anzalone-Liszt [...]
Posted by Danny, on November 10th, 2010, at 1:13 pm 
U.S. Congressman Spencer Bachus picks up criticism from the right after saying that Sarah Palin cost Republicans the U.S. Senate.
Associated Press reported that Bachus spokesman Tim Johnson said the remarks were taken out of context though I can’t quite figure how any other context mitigates his comments.
Might it cost [...]
Posted by Danny, on October 1st, 2010, at 4:44 pm Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert Bentley says, ‘No thanks’ to Mitt Romney’s offer of an endorsement.
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Posted by Danny, on September 12th, 2010, at 4:04 pm Here is the ad that the NRCC will be airing in the 2nd Congressional District this week as part of its ad blitz in the districts of 11 Congressional Democrats. Freshman incumbent Bobby Bright faces a challenge there from Republican Martha Roby.
I confess that I expected the ad to be [...]
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Legislative DispatchBy Joe Hubbard on June 8, 2011 This Thursday will mark the last day of the legislative Session. For some, it was a Session that seemed would never end. For others, it was one that ended much too quickly. It may be early, yet, to write an obit on this Session, but as we approach the finish line, some perspective may be in order.
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AL House, AL Senate, Legislative Dispatch, Uncategorized | By John Merrill on May 24, 2011 As you know, a very important piece of legislation will be presented for our consideration in the House tomorrow in Montgomery – Senate Bill 310 – the “Students First” tenure and fair dismissal reform bill. Like me, many House members have been inundated with phone calls and emails from opponents of this bill, and some have been [...]
Legislative Dispatch | By Cam Ward on May 17, 2011 There are a lot of issues to debate before we begin the final days of this session. In fact, I am quite certain there will be some comments on this post debating many of them. Before we get into the last seven day of the session I wanted to bring up a topic that [...]
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