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Honk if You’re Running for Governor Posted by Danny, on June 27th, 2009, at 8:17 am
He joins Robert Bentley, Bradley Byrne, Kay Ivey, Tim James, and Roy Moore in the race for the GOP nomination. Related Articles: 28 comments to Honk if You’re Running for Governor |
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Bill Johnson resigned Friday as director of ADECA (”abruptly,” 
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genius. i think you should order those stickers and sell them on Docs. pretty sure you’d make a few bucks.
Charles Dean used “abruptly” because it is clear from the article that Riley forced Johnson to announce his intentions earlier than he had planned. In fact, the AP article quotes Johnson as saying his resignation was sooner than he had wanted but that the Gov told him to decide by Friday.
I think him and Ivey getting in the race is bad for Byrne.
What good is money doing right now… with this many people in the race? Gameplanning and word of mouth are effectives tools right now in hopes of snagging the primary. There, perhaps, was in issue that need to be looked into as far as the post a candidate might currently occupy and still be allowed or not allowed to run for Governor. Obviously, ADECA chief is not one of those that you can keep.
Is this crowded field on the Republican side a sign of interest, a sign of fragmentation, or a sign of weakness of the party? I can’t decide.
We’re just one shy of the Seven Dwarfs, is Snow White waiting in the wings? Talk about a lackluster group.
William, or is it a sign of the same in the state Democratic Party?
Or a sign that there is no incumbent nor a sitting Lt. Gov. running.
Johnson’s getting in means very little because he is a quirky guy with a quirky history. Ivey’s running means Kay has nothing better to do. The more interesting question is why heavy hitters like Bonner and Hawkins passed up this race when Byrne was hesitating this winter.
Bonner passed it up because he knew someone would need to be on Appropriations or Ways and Means from Alabama after Artur lost his race in 2010.
Danny, spot on with the no incumbent thing. I think Cam Ward or someone made the point that there hasn’t been a race without an incumbent since 1986. Same scenario played in the last Presidential election.
I seriously doubt that any of the Republican candidates will admit to plans to raise taxes, once in office. However, would be interesting to see which of these candidates supported the 2003 Amendment One tax plan that voters rejected by a 68-32 % margin.
I know that TIM JAMES was active in the effort to defeat Amendment One in 2003.
I also know that it is easy to be against a tax increase when you aren’t in charge of balancing a budget.
Look, I think that we are taxed more than enough already, but Tim James is going to have to come up with a reason for me to vote FOR him. Harping on a failed tax plan that occurred two terms ago isn’t going to cut it.
#13, you are right on. The GOP needs very much to focus on giving voters a reason to vote FOR them, not just continue to beat a dead horse by labeling their opponents with emotional buzzwords as “liberals” and “socialists.” That rhetoric is exhausted, and to think that voters do not know any better, is foolish.
Getting back to the original post about Bill Johnson, I barely know who he is, let alone what kind of plans he has for the state. I’m not saying it can’t be done, but he is the least known of all the candidates, so he will have to spend a ton of money to introduce himself to voters. Even Bentley has better name recognition than he.
I don’t want to underestimate the guy, but I just think that trying to jump from a no-name cabinet member to governor, is a daunting task.
I know a pretty well-known-to-the-”Doc’s community” consultant who always says Fridays are for dumping news.
Pretty weird announcement. And whoever said that the GOP field is weak is dead on.
post 12, thanks for once again bringing up an issue that has been beat to death and used time and time again by folks that have nothing else to argue about….amendment one…that was put to the voters and rejected. period. Get something more relevant to today please… If all a politician can say is “hey, way back, years ago, when this was proposed and put before the people, I would have never even let it go that far…..” It is sort of like the, don’t vote for that guy he loves that san fran liberal pelosi, talk. It does not give us a REASON to vote for anybody…. instead….tell us your own ideas, what you will do in the future instead of constantly going back to the past to discuss a non issue that was clearly put to the public and rejected. Yawn……………
Anonymous sez: “Johnson’s getting in means very little because he is a quirky guy with a quirky history.”
Hoo, boy, ain’t it the truth! Here’s how “quirky”:
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-am-passionate-conservative-republican.html
While I agree that a good candidate needs to promote a reason for support, I do hope that this does not mean more government involvement in our lives.
I went to hear a candidate recently (a fine individual) who promised more government at several levels.
Alabama needs a Governor who is FOR free enterprise, FOR investment and production, FOR careful spending of tax dollars, and FOR cutting the size of government.
A record of tax increases is not that which I am FOR.
Who are FOR Pastor Killian?
John, they need a Governor like Bob Riley, which Tim James is not. Tim James cracks on Riley’s policies every chance he gets. Tim James can focus on the past, but Bob Riley kicked his ass on the last couple of amendments and saved reading initiatives and science, technology and math initiatves for our children. I’m all for cutting government, but the parts Tim James would cut would take us back to 49th, and any head of an international corporation would laugh him out of any room in which economic development is discussed.
I agree with post 20 in that I fear James would not take us fwd – but instead move us back. Not something that Alabama needs.
I voted Riley last two times but am going for Moore this time around. I like how he stands his ground!
Moore is crazier than Bill Johnson. He’s finished. Anyone voting for Moore wastes a perfectly good vote.
#20 I find your comments amusing, in that James is actually IN international devlopment in business and has made a fortune at it. He’s done business projects all around the world. Strangely, you think that means – as he is the only candidate involved in inernational business – he’d be bad for international business.
I think the real hesitation I have in regards to Tim James is in the fact that he hasn’t done anything on his own. He ran his Dad’s business and is in the process of trying to be Governor on a record of being Fob James’ son and being against things. I’d actually like to be for him, because I think he believes a lot of what I believe. He doesn’t convey a vision for our state and the times that I have been around him, he has not presented himself well enough to overcome the negatives.
Yeah, but it’s the saddest thing when someone is good at something but acts so stupid. Fob James was one of the greatest combinations of smart and dumb-as-hell that the world has ever seen, and I’m not looking forward to the Foblet.
“Fob James was one of the greatest combinations of smart and dumb-as-hell that the world has ever seen, and I’m not looking forward to the Foblet.”
If ever there was a man determined to embrace his enemies and urinate on his friends, it was Fob.
He started out with such great promise and ended up up as a sad farce.
I agree with No. 1. Let’s get some stickers printed up. Danny, you can also use them to promo this site, and the proceeds (if you’re feeling generous) can go to that PAC you used to have to support candidates who support PAC-to-PAC reform.
That was a weird sentence. But I think you get the point. :)