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State Sen. Harri Anne Smith (R – Slocomb) gets the blessing this morning of the Wiregrass group seeking to find a strong Wiregrass candidate for the 2nd Congressional District.
To be seen… will the group get its wish and have a field clear of other Wiregrass candidates? Dothan Businessman Charles Nailen had said he would not run without the group’s support, and is asking his supporters to back Smith.
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It looks like Harri Anne Smith is the candidate to beat. Especially if Tim James stays out of it. On the Dem side, I hear Josh Segall is definitely running. If Bright does not get in, I imagine Segall will take the Democratic nod with strong Democratic support in Montgomery.
Josh Segall is not running for this seat. He has told me so himself.
I must be wrong. A friend of his told me he is running (but I have not talked to Josh about it).
Segall is running for the 3rd Congressional District against Mike Rogers.
Very interesting. Come to think of it, I was just told he was running for Congress (and I assumed it was for AL-02).
What a lackluster group of candidates. Wiregrass citizens are used to bad representation and are just gonna take what’s give at this point. Too bad.
Go Jay Love, I guess.
“Anonymous in the last post must be Terry Spicer. Get real.
If James is out then Smith may do well. Will be interesting to see who decides to give it a go.
Who the heck is this Wiregrass group, anyway? Do they have a name? Did they exist before Harri Anne Smith decided to run for Congress?
Au Contraire, post #9. I think the “Wiregrass Group” was formed by Billy Canary as a way to further the campaign of Charles Nailen and to derail Harri Anne. . .but like so many other things lately, it blew up in Billy’s face and forced his client out of the race before it even began . . . .
This smacks of backroom politics at it’s worst. I was hoping the days of cigar filled rooms determining what was “best” for Dothan were over. She may be popular in Geneva county but her campaign is already off to a bad start.
Agreed. Back room politics at its worst. Harri Anne will not do well outside of her niche here locally. It is ego gone wild. And the fool that believes this was a BCA group knows nothing of who participated in the group. If anything it was a local Mayors group.
I agree with GOPer. Senator Smith’s inability to grasp issues is only surpassed by her inflated ego. If she runs this race, my point will be proven time and time again.
She will not win this race. Her chances for other races are better in my opinion, that a shot at US Congress.
She may can win if Tim James (amd his money) stays out of the race and all of the montgomery area candidates jump in and split resources and votes. If all that happens and she wins big in her senate counties of geneva, houston and dale she will be in good shape. if she adds other wiregrass counties to the mix, she can win and possibly without a run off. She camapaigns well and is rather popular in the district. So without a candidate that will come to the southeat part of the district with a lot of money (i.e. advertising) she can take this with a little bit of effort.
http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/08/29/harri-anne-smith-in-the-political-parlor
Is no one paying attention to her true ambitions????????????????????? She has no interest in Congress just interest in promoting herself I believe. District 2 deserves better in my opinion. The parlor should follow up on this and see how she reconciles her interest now versus her answer two months ago. My how a poll and a back room decision can change some politicians. I want a candidate that is not in all of this double talk.
If you can’t use the link in the previous post, here it is the relevant part:
“Would you run for Terry Everett’s seat [representing Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District in Washington] if he retired?
You know, that is just not my interest. I love Alabama. I love being here. I don’t think I would.
I think Everett will run again. I think he is not ready to retire. He hasn’t talked about about retiring.
In the course of the conversation about the governor’s race, she said that she expected she would need 4 to 7 million dollars for the primary race.
Nice to have her in the Parlor. “
Imagine that…a politician says one thing and does another/
She has your eyes on Riley’s job. If that’s the case she should stick to state not federal politics. We don’t a one term representative in Congress!
Has James said one way or another of what he is going to do? I have not seen any poll numbers that he released only those that Sen. Smith has done.
I have not seen any polling James has done. Most of them do not release such numbers to the public as Smith did unless they are trying to bolster their case. I do know that he is very serious about the race and has been talking to a lot of people in Washington, Montgomery and around Alabama. There is a lot of good talk about him. He did well in Smith’s poll and he has money to finance a race. It will be interesting to see if he runs or if he holds off for an office in 2010.