March 9, 2022 – Incumbency Prevails in Secondary Constitutional Offices
Incumbency is a potent, powerful, inherent advantage in politics. That fact is playing out to the nines in this year’s Alabama secondary…
March 2, 2022 – Kay Ivey Still Favorite to Win Reelection
Usually in a gubernatorial year the Governor’s Race grabs the spotlight. However, our open Senate Seat with the avalanche of Washington dollars…
February 23, 2022 – 2022 Senate Race Will Be Most Expensive in State History
The marquee race in this big 2022 election year is for our open U.S. Senate seat. It is beginning to percolate. The race has been raging for over a…
February 16, 2022 – Significance of Trump Endorsements in Alabama Races
Former President Donald Trump was a very-popular president with Alabama Republican voters. Trump was a proven conservative president. He walked the…
February 2, 2022 – Groundhog Day
Happy Groundhog Day. It is an ironic juxtaposition that the State of the Union address by the president and Groundhog Day occur on the same day. One…
January 26, 2022 – Will Gambling Be Addressed in 2022?
As the final regular legislative session of the quadrennium evolves, it is apparent that the legislature will not touch any substantive or…
January 19, 2022 – Annual Legislative Session Underway
The 2022 annual regular session of the legislature has begun. It began January 11 and constitutionally can last three and one-half months, which…
January 12, 2022 – U.S. Senate Race is our 2022 Election Year Premier Contest
This year’s midterm congressional elections will be the political story of the year in American politics. The U.S. House of Representatives will be…
January 5, 2022 – Election Year is Here
Happy New Year. It is election year in the good ole Heart of Dixie. Alabama, like a good many southern states, has our monumental political year in…
December 29, 2021 – We Lost Some Good Ones in 2021
As has been my custom for 18 years, I like for my yearend column to be a remembrance of Alabama political figures who have passed away during the…