Comments on: Cost of the Deal http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/01/10/cost-of-the-deal/ & Home of Lawn Mower Repair Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:51:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Straight Talk Alabama » Thirty pieces of silver http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/01/10/cost-of-the-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-1625 Straight Talk Alabama » Thirty pieces of silver Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:25:30 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/01/10/cost-of-the-deal/#comment-1625 [...] Politics in Alabama (PIA links to several other blogs as well.) Doc’s Political Parlor [...] [...] Politics in Alabama (PIA links to several other blogs as well.) Doc’s Political Parlor [...]

]]> By: Danny http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/01/10/cost-of-the-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-1623 Danny Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:19:32 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/01/10/cost-of-the-deal/#comment-1623 Interesting, Sally, interesting... You may be on to something... Your comment calls to my mind something in <a href="http://www.politicalparlor.net/sanders-senate-sketches/senate-sketches-1020/" rel="nofollow">Hank Sanders' column a few weeks back</a> that I initially overlooked but a friend pointed it out to me. Sanders wrote of his frustrations that Smitherman would "jump to the other side" and asserted that Sen. Smitherman's "decision will certainly affect [Carole Smitherman's] aspirations" to be mayor of Birmingham. She was on hand to watch the organizational session, btw. Interesting, Sally, interesting… You may be on to something… Your comment calls to my mind something in Hank Sanders’ column a few weeks back that I initially overlooked but a friend pointed it out to me. Sanders wrote of his frustrations that Smitherman would “jump to the other side” and asserted that Sen. Smitherman’s “decision will certainly affect [Carole Smitherman's] aspirations” to be mayor of Birmingham.

She was on hand to watch the organizational session, btw.

]]> By: BTL: http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/01/10/cost-of-the-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-1622 BTL: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:09:23 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/01/10/cost-of-the-deal/#comment-1622 [...] Media Roundup Doc’s Political Parlor Between The Links Flashpoint Straight Talk Alabama Loretta Nall Red State Diaries The Birmingham News Press Register The Huntsville Times The Montgomery Advertiser [...] [...] Media Roundup Doc’s Political Parlor Between The Links Flashpoint Straight Talk Alabama Loretta Nall Red State Diaries The Birmingham News Press Register The Huntsville Times The Montgomery Advertiser [...]

]]> By: Politics In Alabama http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/01/10/cost-of-the-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-1621 Politics In Alabama Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:05:43 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/01/10/cost-of-the-deal/#comment-1621 <strong>So Now We Know...</strong> So now we know exactly why Smitherman left the coalition yesterday, he is going to be awarded the job of Senate Pro Tem in 2009. Mitchem said he intends to be pro-tem for just two years. He said he plans to step down Jan. 1, 2009, and recommend that S... So Now We Know…

So now we know exactly why Smitherman left the coalition yesterday, he is going to be awarded the job of Senate Pro Tem in 2009.
Mitchem said he intends to be pro-tem for just two years. He said he plans to step down Jan. 1, 2009, and recommend that S…

]]> By: sally http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/01/10/cost-of-the-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 sally Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:14:54 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/01/10/cost-of-the-deal/#comment-1617 Look for Councilwoman Carol Smitherman to receive unprecedented financial backing in her upcoming bid for mayor of B'ham. Smitherman's actions in the Alabama Senate chamber yesterday weren't as much for his unlikely assumption of the pro tem's post in two years, as it was to garner the support from some "big gun" lobbyists to bankroll his wife's mayoral campaign. Sally Look for Councilwoman Carol Smitherman to receive unprecedented financial backing in her upcoming bid for mayor of B’ham. Smitherman’s actions in the Alabama Senate chamber yesterday weren’t as much for his unlikely assumption of the pro tem’s post in two years, as it was to garner the support from some “big gun” lobbyists to bankroll his wife’s mayoral campaign.

Sally

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