Eight Points About Campaign Polls

Telephone

One of the posts that is on my “one day I’ll do it” list would be something akin to a FAQ about campaign polls.

It would include points that are obvious to some of you and apparently not-so-obvious to others. For example, that someone commissioned the poll. That whether the results are [...]

Good Week / Bad Week with the honky-tonk hall-of-fame train

Graph Up

Coming in with the second edition of who had a good week in Alabama this week, and who didn’t.

Good Week

Troy King – yesterday the Alabama Attorney General found out he was cleared of a federal grand jury investigation. None of us really know what exactly the grand jury was investigating, but nonetheless has to [...]

Good Week / Bad Week

Graph Up

Glad to have the opportunity to chime in on the Parlor, and thought I’d start things off with a list. Lists are fun, easy, comprehensible, fulfill our desire for structure and order. For lack of a better term, we’ll call this one “Good Week/Bad Week” – who or what in Alabama has had a good [...]

Friday Bits

Taze Shepard Facebook Screenshot 14Feb2010

Let’s run through some items. Some of them have been lingering in the notebook longer than others, and I’m glad to see them go… It’s been a rocky week around here…

Friday Bits

Clearing out the notebook…

  • Elmore County Assistant DA James R. Houts will run in the GOP primary for the Alabama Supreme Court Place 3, currently held by Republican Tom Parker. He plans to announce formally on Wednesday, February 17, at 9:00 a.m., at the Elmore County Judicial Complex.
  • Emily’s List this week endorsed [...]

Friday Bits

Let’s clear out the notebook…

  • Hey, I fixed the phone! I junked the old service that caused me to miss voice mail from a reader. (I have never been able to retrieve that voice mail, I am sorry to say. I hope the reader will call back.) I now have set up a [...]

Re-District Alabama for us

Map from Re-districting app

Re-districting is looming on the horizon beyond this year’s census. (Natalie Davis gives us some good reading about the national implications here.)

Want to re-draw the state’s Congressional district lines? Maybe give Republican Mike Rogers a boost in AL-03, or add some Dems to AL-02? Some state politicos have been having a [...]

Farm-PAC Endorses for the Primaries

ALFA Farmers Logo

Farm-PAC (the PAC for the Alabama Farmers Federation, also known not quite correctly as ALFA) released its endorsements today for the June primaries.

They endorsed:

  • U.S. Senator: Richard Shelby
  • U.S. Representative, District 1: Jo Bonner
  • U.S. Representative, District 2: Bobby Bright
  • U.S. Representative, District 3: Mike Rogers
  • U.S. Representative, District 4: Robert Aderholt
  • U.S. Representative, District 6: Spencer Bachus
  • U.S. Representative, District [...]

Tuesday Notebook

Notebook, pen, computer

Not an unusual thing of late to find me playing catch up… let’s clear some things out of the notebook.

  • Chad Horrell returns to his home state of Indiana, leaving Josh Segall’s Congressional campaign in AL-03 where Horrell served as campaign manager. Horrell will again be on the campaign staff of Democratic Congressman [...]

For Some, the Index is the Best Reading

Eddie Curran book on Siegelman in front of Capitol

I get really interesting email. This one is about Eddie Curran and his new book The Governor of Goat Hill about former governor Don Siegelman.

Eddie set up a table on the main floor of the Alabama State House today [Wednesday] to sell and autograph his book. Many of the big players in the State [...]

Benefield's Out and Other Friday Bits

Always something to catch up on…

Reps Ward and Guin Respond to State of the State

Quill Pen, Ink Bottle, and Papers

This morning Representatives Cam Ward (here) and Ken Guin (here) respond for Political Parlor readers to Gov. Bob Riley’s State of the State address last [...]

Regarding BCA Changes, Riggins, and Archie

BCA logo

Regarding the changes in leadership at BCA that the Parlor passed along earlier this week, here is a BCA document [.pdf] that was distributed internally (including to Board members) that announces the changes.

Anita Archie is the new Senior VP of Governmental Affairs, and here, for example, is the paragraph on the new role [...]

'Any successful campaign requires a catfight...'

Alabama with the 6th Congressional District highlighted

Dr. Wally Retan, a Democrat, had planned to enter the race for the 6th Congressional District against incumbent Spencer Bachus (R).

He circulated an email explaining to friends his decision to withdraw. That email made its way to the Parlor, and he has given permission for me to reprint it here.

I suspect most of [...]

Riggins out, Archie in at BCA

BCA logo

Quentin Riggins has left the Business Council of Alabama where he served as its Senior Vice President for Governmental Affairs to open his own independent outfit. He will do government affairs lobbying on a contract basis for BCA and others.

Riggins’ successor at BCA has not been announced, but the Parlor has learned that [...]

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Legislative Dispatch

Change

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