Comments on: Petelos Considering Gubernatorial Run

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:03:17 +0000

Petelos has wanted to run for governor for three years-that is not news. The question is could he raise money? To one of the early posters, the only Jefferson County suburb that is a money base is Mountain Brook and Petelos has no special appeal there.

By: SamfordDem

SamfordDem — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:05:59 +0000

Petelos would struggle in the general, but as the GOP primary is becoming a circular firing squad, anyone who could run strong in the Bham suburbs could win. That said, I’m not sure Petelos is as popular in the suburbs outside Hoover as he thinks.

Of course, the same is true on the Dem side. This is like one of those primaries you read about from the forties and fifties where everybody and their brother would run and you saw stuff like former governors finishing outside the top five.

By: princeliberty

princeliberty — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:58:41 +0000

That’s why I bet he runs. Anybody who makes the runoff has to figure that will have a shot at winning the run-off.

And ANY Republican nominee would defeat Davis.

Of course Cobb would be a different matter.

But likely they get Davis.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:05:23 +0000

If he gets the bulk of the Shelby County votes in the Primary he will be in the run off.

By: princeliberty

princeliberty — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:41:25 +0000

The base line for making the run off could be looking so low that it could start producing regional candidates.

Prehaps a local Republican player from Hunstville could jump in?

By: ?

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:42:10 +0000

Jefferson County suburbs IS a fundraising base, is it not?

By: del

del — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:06:22 +0000

Petelos will not catch on outside Jefferson County suburbs. No fundraising base, no statewide message. Petelos also has a quirkiness that would not wear well in rural areas.

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:18:20 +0000

He should run. No one from B-ham area is running.

By: JD

JD — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:14:23 +0000

Isn’t Petelos too honest for Governor?

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:57:51 +0000

I heard this on WBHM today and thought I must have been imagining things. Petelos? Really? I guess he can run on the “hatin’ illegals” ticket. It worked in Hoover.

By: William

William — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:47:46 +0000

This just in: campaign slogan to be “AMAZIN’ ALABAMA”!!!

By: 2010

2010 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:20:39 +0000

who? i repeat….. who?

By: Von Buskirk

Von Buskirk — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:27:47 +0000

Will be an also ran. My knee jerk tells me that he knows he will be an also ran but has aspirations down the road and is hoping to get some needed around the state exposure.

His cheesy TV ads with the thumbs up while saying “Hoover’s happenin’” might be cute in a gubernatorial ad though.