Comments on: Bright Confirms Serious Interest in AL-02 Race

By: NG

NG — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:47:35 +0000

The new mayor of Birmingham is not really a resident of Birmingham. It can be done.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:36:49 +0000

Checking back in. Still no actual issues raised here. Good to know that the petty politics will prevail when we need real leadership on serious issues facing the district, Alabama, and the country.

By: JT

JT — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:56:49 +0000

and your last comment made my point. It is not about smith or the wiregrass group to you – its about anyone that may identify as republican.

By: JT

JT — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:55:35 +0000

Ok – I agree it is a vast right wing conspiracy. Tell it to someone else Hillary…I mean Wiregrassguy.

By: WiregrassGuy

WiregrassGuy — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:30:14 +0000

That’s what Repubs do, or try to do, so I am sure they have something up their sleave, buddy.

You seem keen on making the group appear benign.

By: JT

JT — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:32:37 +0000

…there discussions and their decision was much more superficial than you believe…

By: JT

JT — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:31:12 +0000

Wiregrassguy…you poor soul. If yu are so paranoid that you refer to the group in Dothan as an anti social security and medicare group and you refer to a radical agenda…then you make my point with your own words that you really don’t know what is going on. I can assure you that social security, medicare and a radical agenda were not a part of their discussions. Granted, i wish substantive issues like the future of entitlement programs would have been discussed with Senator Smith. If they were, the result would have been different from that committee as I feel she would have been lost. You are giving the Dothan group and Senator Smith too much credit if you believe they have a radical dismantle of entitlement programs up their sleave.

By: WiregrassGuy

WiregrassGuy — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:39:05 +0000

JT — way to respond with ad hominem attacks, and zero substance. I hope this is a preview of things to come in the campaign.

By: JD

JD — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:09:36 +0000

Bobby Bright wants Montgomery to be another Birmingham. He is well on his way with 41 murders.

Bright doesn’t live in the Cong 3 District, but then the new mayor of Birmingham, Larry Langford doesn’t live in Birmingham. Laws are for losers.

Lets see, he has his shady land deal Baseball Stadium. But shady land deals (can we say Seiglemans home sale) are just part of doing business in Montgomery.

By: JT

JT — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:55:06 +0000

wiregrassguy’s post is the most whacked out one I have read recently. that post had nothing to do with harri anne smith and bobby bright but everything to do with being a democrat and anti republican. get real.

By: WiregrassGuy

WiregrassGuy — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:58:53 +0000

You make assumptions about people’s political prospects in certain districts at your peril.

I think that is why Harri Anne wanted to have her poll done by the time she met with the Wiregrass Backroom Republican Committee to Dismantle Social Security and Medicare. She wanted to show them that not only would she be willing to vote like an unreconstructed pre-New Deal Herbert Hoover Republican, but that she COULD WIN, and promote their radical agenda.

So, until someone posts a poll of Bright’s positives and negatives, I am inclined to think that the mayor of the largest city in the area, and the only major media market in the area could probably fare pretty well, party preference be damned.

By: Don

Don — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:39:46 +0000

dan t, a description of wiregrass is @ http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Wiregrass/wiregras.htm. I’m north of the wiregrass area of Alabama between Montgomery and Wetumpka, but apparently this is a wild grass common to certain areas of southeast Alabama, southern Georgia, and the Florida panhandle.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:27:34 +0000

wiregrass is actually a type of grass or weed that grows around here…so i am told. in terms of bright running as a dem – u are right – with hillary at the top of the ticket and district 2 being a republican district it is an uphill battle and he knows it. yet, he could easily win the dem primary and could get some dem financing to run a decent general election race and he would likely hope harri anne smith who i consider a weak candidate to be the republican nominee. if he runs as a republican he may worry that republican primary voters may reject him based on his previous affiliation with the democratic party. so, i can understand why he is unsure of what party to run in right now. and in terms of residency – it will nt be a big issue but it will come up and he needs to be ready to deal with it

By: dan t

dan t — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:26:35 +0000

Im up here on the Tennessee stateline so would someone be kind enough to tell me where the name “wiregrass” came from?

As far as Bright goes. Look given the make up of that district if he runs as a Dem the chances are 90% or better that he will lose. Hillary will be beaten like a drum in this state next year and that will have a negative impact on virtually all of the Democrats running next year at this time.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:24:45 +0000

Is residency all that the people of District 2 are worried about? Are any real issues important and is there any idea of those considering to run how well they will be on the issues for the district and Alabama and the country?

To me, the residency issue is a pretty weak argument for those that seem to be more anti-Bright than for the best interests of the District. I know there are issues that are district-wide, and it doesn’t need to be a Wiregrass vs. everyone else race.

This is not a race for the Mayor of the Wiregrass, Montgomery, or anywhere else. There are serious regional, state, and national issues at stake. May the best representative for the District, Alabama, and the country win regardless of where they live or what their political ideology is.