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 Posted by Danny, on February 5th, 2010, at 9:55 am Our Sen. Richard Shelby (R) has taken the unusual step of placing a blanket hold on all of Obama’s nominees “in an effort to force presidential action on the Air Force refueling tanker and other matters,” according to FederalTimes.com.
Posted by Danny, on November 23rd, 2009, at 10:09 am Natalie Davis surveys the current political landscape in the nation, in the state, and with the Birmingham mayor’s race and declares it “Thanksiving Just in Time” in her new post here in the Purple Dot Connection. Posted by Danny, on November 20th, 2009, at 12:45 pm George Talbot’s article in the Press-Register gives us the morning update on the Jesse Jackson / Artur Davis story.
Posted by Danny, on November 5th, 2009, at 8:56 am Obama was elected a year ago this week and has been in office since January. What kind of politics is at work that has led Obama to nominate Joyce Vance to the U.S. Attorney spot in the Northern District in less than four months, but to leave Bush appointee Leura Canary as U.S. Attorney [...] Posted by waltm, on October 13th, 2009, at 8:26 amAccording to Politico, seems likely. Bank bashing is always good for votes and securing a legacy. Posted by Danny, on September 21st, 2009, at 4:50 pm From Eye on 2010 at CQ Politics:
Among the listed seats that are targeted by the PAC is [...] Posted by Danny, on September 15th, 2009, at 9:31 amReader John Crenshaw emails his amusement at the first sentence of this story from the Birmingham News site this morning:
And, you know, [...] Posted by Danny, on August 5th, 2009, at 12:22 pm According to an analysis of Gallup Poll Daily tracking data from the first six months of 2009, only five states in the country show a sizeable Republican advantage in party identification (Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Alaska) or lean Republican (Alabama). Alabama is the only state east of Wyoming even to lean Republican. Thirty states (including [...] Posted by Danny, on July 28th, 2009, at 7:45 am Though Alabama and Alaska are close only on alphabetical lists, some of our newspapers had Sarah Palin on the mind. The 2008 GOP VP candidate stepped down as Alaska’s governor Sunday. Here are some stories published around the state today. Tuscaloosa News – We haven’t seen the last of Sarah Palin Anniston Star – [...] Posted by Danny, on July 24th, 2009, at 12:59 pm The Center for Public Integrity reports that the Blue Dogs are hot.
Posted by Danny, on July 17th, 2009, at 2:14 pm Upon her confirmation, Regina Benjamin would actually become the third Alabamian to serve as U.S. Surgeon General. Alabamians Luther Terry (appointed in 1961) and David Satcher (appointed in 1998) also served in the role. Luther Terry is responsible for one of the more visible roles of the U.S. Surgeon General. From [...] Posted by Danny, on July 13th, 2009, at 10:59 am Another Alabamian has been tapped by President Obama for service in Washington. Dr. Regina Benjamin will be nominated for U.S. Surgeon General, according to the Associated Press this morning. From AP:
Posted by Danny, on June 27th, 2009, at 9:03 am Ken Rudin at NPR.org places Bob Riley 11th (out of 22) on his ranking of Republican governors most likely to reach the White House. Me? I would have put Riley ahead of Sarah Palin and Mark Sanford. Posted by Danny, on May 11th, 2009, at 1:57 pm SurveyUSA’s latest poll of Sen. Richard Shelby’s approval rating among Alabamians shows a third straight month of decline down to 51%, his lowest rating in the four years shown online. Not sure that there is a lot to be made about that as his seat is quite safe and 51% is certainly respectable. [...] Posted by Danny, on May 6th, 2009, at 4:34 pm Some Dems are not at all unhappy to have Sen. Jeff Sessions as the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee:
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ChangeI 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 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. Back in the Day... Union Avenue in Ozark in the 1920s |
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