Alabama Line Considers Legislature, Supreme Court

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I don’t know that the Alabama Line will tackle the task of handicapping each state legislative race, and the three Supreme Court races haven’t firmed up enough that it would yet be practical to handicap them individually either. However, undaunted, the Alabama Line is willing to consider the odds of a Republican takeover in [...]

Bringing Back the Alabama Line - Updated

Originally posted Dec. 4
AG added Dec. 7
SoS, Treasurer, Auditor, PSC, Agriculture added Dec. 8
DC races added Dec. 9

What are the odds that your favorite candidate will be elected to state office in November 2010? Are you watching a longshot and wondering what his chances are? Many thanks to the elected officials, the party [...]

More Take Notice of Supreme Court Speed Report

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“Of course (it’s a problem),” Esdale explained. “When you have an aspirational target of 290 days and one justice has an average of over 400 days, it slows things [...]

Kelli Wise Seeks Supreme Court Seat

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Associated Press reports that Criminal Appeals Court Judge Kelli Wise has made it official: she’s running as a Republican for the Supreme Court seat being vacated by Patti Smith.

You can keep up with which candidates have announced and which ones are rumored at the 2010 Big List.

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Look at the Supreme Court Numbers

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Kudos to the state Supreme Court for transparency.

About 16 months ago I wrote here about my request of the state Supreme Court for “records showing the number of cases pending, the average number of days that cases have been pending, and the average number of days between assignment and disposition, for each Justice on [...]

Interest in Supreme Court Races Picking Up

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Chatter is picking up regarding the Supreme Court races… Here’s an update along with the basics for any latecomers…

We have three seats up in 2010, all held by Republicans. Patti Smith has announced that she is not running again. The other two are held by Mike Bolin and Tom Parker. You can [...]

Updates to Big List, Senate & House Campaign Lists

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Ok… so the 2010 Big List, House elections directory, and Senate elections directory have received overdue updates. You can ferret out the changes yourself, but I’ll call a few points to your attention.

  • On the 2010 Big List, I took out some of the names that were long ago mentioned as [...]

Two who are running, one who is not

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George Wallace, Jr. is expected to announce that he will run for the Republican nomination for state Treasurer to succeed Kay Ivey in the role. (Sorry, Terry Dunn.)

Circuit Judge Mac Parsons tells those around him that the Democrat is going to run for Republican Tom Parker’s seat on the Supreme Court. Win [...]

Considering the Open State Supreme Court Seat

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What we have been hearing for a couple of months is now official: Supreme Court Justice Patti Smith will not run for re-election.

We know Republican Kelli Wise intends to run from her seat on the Court of Criminal Appeals. It’s easy to imagine that Democrat Deborah Bell Paseur will jump in. [...]

Cobb’s Decision Still in the Air

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Decision in process… Please wait…

Democratic Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb put out a release this morning.

Her intention regarding the 2010 governor’s race has been a matter of intense speculation especially among Democrats, many of whom do not want her to give up her role on the Supreme Court to run for this race. [...]

Another State Supreme Court Open Seat – in 2012

What was supposed to be a very interesting story in this spot turned out to be a very ordinary story about Supreme Court Justice Champ Lyons being too old to run for re-election when his seat comes up for re-election in 2012.

Perhaps I’ll delete this non-story at some point, but I did want to attempt [...]

Main Expected in Court – Updated

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State Finance Director Jim Main is expected to be appointed as a Judge on the Court of Criminal Appeals today, according to a source in-the-know. The position became open when Greg Shaw was elected to the state Supreme Court last November.

Gov. Bob Riley has wanted Main to fill the spot but also [...]

Sue Bell Cobb: Will She or Won’t She?

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Those close to Sue Bell Cobb suggest to the Parlor that we shouldn’t expect a formal announcement on the Chief Justice’s intentions about running for the Democratic nomination for Governor until June.

Decision in process… Please wait…

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On Cobb, Judges, and Non-Judicial Races

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Because a judge in Alabama has to resign to become a candidate in a non-judicial race, many doubt that Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb would actually become a candidate for governor.

A lawyer has told me that when then-Chief Justice Roy Moore was considering a run for governor, there was a suggestion that [...]

Chief Justice Cobb Considering Governor’s Race

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I have heard a surprising rumor from three disparate sources: Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb is considering entering the 2010 race for governor. Supposedly AEA chief Paul Hubbert is trying to convince Cobb to jump into the Democratic field.

I also hear that those closest to her don’t necessarily think this [...]

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Legislative Dispatch

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I wish my friend Hinton Mitchem godspeed and good luck after his retirement from public service. Hinton, on Monday, announced what many had suspected — he will not seek re-election. I remember meeting Hinton for the first time while I was a student at Auburn University. He served the people of his [...]

Ten Minutes in the House, Senate Moves On

Riley and her friend Caroline joined Julie on the campaign trail in Isabella this past weekend.

Here is a quick preview of the upcoming week in Montgomery. This week will be a standard legislative schedule for the House. We will be in session on Tuesday and Thursday with committee meetings scheduled for Wednesday.
The House will take up a ten minute calendar this week. A ten minute calendar is [...]

Purple Dot Connection

MARCH MADNESS

TOP TEN INDICATIONS OF MARCH MADNESS

10.  Eric Massa inviting us to ask the 10,000 Navy men he served with whether he is gay.

9.  Larry Langford hitting the jackpot 33 times in one day and not remembering it.

8.  Ron Sparks being able to make payments on a $500,000 loan with an income of $80,000.

7.  Artur Davis [...]


Back in the Day...

Tent City at Camp Sheridan near Montgomery, ca 1918

Vintage postcard