Comments on: Artur Davis and Barack Obama

by: bhmhomeboy

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:31:54 +0000

What’s wrong with being a liberal?

by: SamfordDem

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:31:50 +0000

I would also say he has a more moderate voting record than Ford did. However, he has been outspoken against gay marriage and has come down on the blue dog side on several other divisive issues. He’d have a decent shot at an open Senate seat. I don’t think he’s any more liberal than Siegelman or Folsom.

by: JT

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:18:00 +0000

anyone that thinks davis can win statewide in alabama has not been paying attention to his votes in congress. he is a liberal - without any debate about it.

by: SamfordDem

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:07:38 +0000

Davis has a lot of opportunities before him right now. Could he get elected governor of Alabama? I think that would be tough because of the Folsoms; I would argue that he’d have a better shot at winning an open seat in the Senate should Shelby retire. I think he’s more electable than Harold Ford Jr. was in Tennessee. Maybe the name recognition and organization is not quite as strong, but he can build those over time. He doesn’t have the same problems as Ford (corrupt family and sleazy white women) and those don’t go away. Or he may be Obama’s number one choice for AG. Imagine Barack and Artur instead of Jack and Bobby. My guess would be that he will be out of the House by 2010 one way or another should Obama win the Democratic nomination. Should Hillary win, he’ll hang around and build towards an eventual shot at becoming the first black Speaker of the House.

by: walt moffett

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:33:16 +0000

I think Davis would do better to use his clout with Obama to help his district. Speaker of the House Davis (given time) also sounds good.

by: Fo-fiver

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:44:57 +0000

While I think Artur Davis would have significant appeal in a statewide run, race is still a factor in a statewide race. Not to say that race would be the determinig factor, but to assert it is no longer a factor is a bit naive.

by: ALmod

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:53:01 +0000

Davis and Obama have been friends for some time. So a cabinet position in the Obama White House isn’t that far-fetched an idea. I’m even willing to bet that Davis is gearing up for a potential VP run, though I’ve been called insane for speculating as much.

by: JD

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:05:45 +0000

You don’t have to go all the way to Mississippi. There are several black Judges currently elected in Jefferson Co., including one who won a Republican Primary in the Bessemer Cutoff.

by: dan t

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:56:25 +0000

Oh and look at that state senate district in northeast Mississippi(Iuka and Corinth). Two months ago a black democrat named Eric Powell won that seat despite it being nearly 90% white. Times have changed folks….

by: dan t

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:50:48 +0000

Davis is very electable in my opinion. I don’t think skin color matters that much anymore. Look at Harold Ford Jr in Memphis. The only reason he lost that US Senate race in ‘06 was because of his familys bad habit of committing felonies.