September 06, 2006
While the Governor’s Race along with Legislative and local races are center stage in Alabama, this is also a national election year with all 435…
August 30, 2006
With Labor Day approaching it signifies that the long hot summer will soon be coming to an end. It seems that the summers are getting hotter and…
August 23, 2006
As late as forty years ago Alabama was still a no party state. Everybody ran as a Democrat out of tradition and convenience. Even though we started…
August 16, 2006
Among national voters there exists definitive long term voting patterns among demographic groups. The most obvious is that over 90% of all African…
August 09, 2006
As this campaign year develops there are several interesting observations. One is as I predicted the primaries were negative. However “you ain’t seen…
August 02, 2006
As we stroll through the dog days of summer the political scene is quiet. The opposing sides are girding up for battle in the fall. They are plotting…
July 26, 2006
Now that the field has crystallized and the race for Governor is down to two people the bout will get down and dirty if recent elections are any…
July 19, 2006
This week’s primary runoffs have very little luster. The Republican Lt. Governor nomination is the only marquee race yet to be decided. The…
July 12, 2006
In late May, two weeks prior to the primary, my column posed the question as to which primary, the Democratic or Republican, would attract the most…
July 05, 2006
An issue sidestepped this year, which will resurface in the future, is whether state judges should be appointed or elected. Alabama is currently one…