More on the GOP Debate and Dinner: 'Riley was hot'

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A member of the ALGOP Executive Committee passes this along:

You need to know the back story on last weekend’s ALGOP meeting. In fact Mike Hubbard and the ALGOP are trying to do everything they can to stay neutral in this run-off. [Robert] Bentley is making it very difficult. During the recount they [...]

Bob Riley at the GOP Summer Dinner

I have heard readers (for example, in the comments here) say that at the GOP Summer Dinner Gov. Bob Riley also expressed his preference for Bradley Byrne over Robert Bentley with remarks similar to those made by the evening’s keynote speaker, Dick Morris.

In the clip below, Riley says:

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As you are aware by now, Don Siegleman’s appeal to the US Supreme Court has been sent back to the Court of Appeals with its judgment vacated for reconsideration (AKA “remanded”) in view of their decison of what constitutes honest services.

While some hope this whole matter will dropped, who knows, [...]

Hear the Bentley-Byrne Debate, Question by Question

Here is Friday night’s debate between GOP gubernatorial runoff candidates Robert Bentley and Bradley Byrne with the audio broken down by question. The original audio came from WAPI’s live internet stream of the debate. (WAPI has the debate available for download or streaming here.)

I very much wanted to throw in some comments below. Perhaps I’ll have a chance to do that yet, but I wanted to go ahead and make this available before we got too far removed from the event and while people were still thinking about it.

Opening Statement

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Question 1

The first question asks the candidates if they will support iniatitive & referendum, citing what it has done in California.

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Question 2

Do you plan to continue Gov. Riley’s Task Force on illegal gambling, and how do you feel about the people’s right to vote on allowing slot machines in the state of Alabama?

Continue reading “Hear the Bentley-Byrne Debate, Question by Question”

Party Partially Parts with Primary Impartiality

I find it rather remarkable that the keynote speaker at the GOP Summer Dinner, Dick Morris, urged the crowd to vote for one gubernatorial candidate over another in the GOP primary runoff with these words:

I think it’s important that in your gubernatorial Republican primary you support a candidate who supports charter schools. The [...]

Byrne Back on Bentley in New Ad

Bradley Byrne gives you more of his reasons not to vote for Robert Bentley in the GOP runoff for governor in this new ad from the campaign. [...]

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RollCall Congressional baseball game 2010

Baseball… politics… hot summer night… it’s Roll Call’s Congressional baseball game. Tonight.

Will any Alabamians play? Bobby Bright in a Biscuit uniform perhaps?

SD 9 Candidate Don Spurlin Airs Ads for Runoff

Republican Senate District 9 candidate Don Spurlin has two new TV ads for his runoff campaign against Clay Scofield.

The first one touches on the issue of jobs:

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The second one taps into south Huntsville’s frustration with the Huntsville Housing Authority:

Continue reading “SD 9 Candidate Don Spurlin Airs Ads for Runoff”

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Legislative Dispatch

A Look from the Rearview Mirror

This Thursday will mark the last day of the legislative Session.  For some, it was a Session that seemed would never end.  For others, it was one that ended much too quickly.  It may be early, yet, to write an obit on this Session, but as we approach the finish line, some perspective may be in order.

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Legislative Transparency

There are a lot of issues to debate before we begin the final days of this session. In fact, I am quite certain there will be some comments on this post debating many of them. Before we get into the last seven day of the session I wanted to bring up a topic that [...]


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