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Poll: Riley has broad lead; some other races tight 2006-10-12 03:40:59 The latest poll for the statewide races in Alabama was released over the weekend. It has to be disconcerting to the Baxley campaign that while other races are shown as dead heats, Governor Riley
has a substantial lead. On the flip side the Democratic party should be encouraged that even slime like Nancy [...] Read more:tight
John Mayer and Sheryl Crow 2006-10-10 15:13:22 I attended an amazing concert at Starwood Amphitheatre in Nashville on Sunday night. John Mayer
and Sheryl
Crow are performing a number of dates together and this was one of those shows. First, I was extremely impressed with the facility. You could get to what you needed (food, bathrooms, etc.) without long [...] Read more:John Mayer
The Grand Conspiracy Against Russ and Dee 2006-10-03 03:13:12 Well Russ and Dee have finally spoken on their firing. It couldn’t possibly be that the Fines had one of the lowest rated morning drive shows in the state could it? Nooooo, it had to be some big conspiracy. At least their voices have been silenced from the public airwaves…for now.
UPDATE: You [...] Read more:Grand
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Comfortable Lead? 2006-10-02 03:33:47 Anyone who knows Alabama politics would say a 16% lead more than a month out from election day for an incumbent is not exactly “comfortable”. Especially when the trend is that the race is closing. Remember, the lead in the same poll was 21 points just three weeks ago. I would say [...]
Alternative Voter Guide for Alabamians: It's About Time 2006-10-02 01:51:06 It’s about time a faith-based group came up with an alterntative voter guide to the one handed out each election season by the group formerly known as the Christian Coalition of Alabama (I haven’t bothered to find out what they choose to call themselves now). The line that cracked me up in the article [...] Read more:Alternative
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Campaign contributions 2006-10-02 00:44:09 The Birmingham News” has posted a list of the campaign contributors to both candidates for Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. This was in response to charges by the Alabama GOP that Democratic candidate Sue Bell Cobb had taken money from shady individuals. Drayton’s contributors are pretty shady too, considering that the [...] Read more:Campaign
, contributions
Purdue Falls To No. 12 Notre Dame, 35-21 2006-10-01 04:20:46 Purdue couldn’t keep it’s winning streak going against the Irish. Losses are always tough, but the Boilers still have the opportunity to run the table in the conference. Read more:Purdue
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, Notre Dame
R.I.P. Russ and Dee Fine 2006-09-28 03:32:29 Don’t celebrate too much, I don’t think Russ and Dee Fine have actually left this life yet. However, we can celebrate the fact that these piles of hate are no longer on the air. It is odd that I can find no online acknowledgement of the fact, but they are no longer listed [...]
Stephanie Bell says Bishop's Kennedy will be gone by end of month 2006-09-20 02:36:44 I’d bet good money that Yvonne Kennedy
will not be forced out at Bishop
State College by the end of the month. As slow as these kinds of things tend to move, I’d be shocked if she’s forced out by the end of the year. Put your money where your mouth is Ms. [...] Read more:Stephanie
Alabama candidate campaigns on cleavage 2006-10-26 01:02:20 Loretta Nall must never have been taught about that “kind of attention you don’t want”, but is there really any such thing in politics? Read more:Alabama
Close the Book on Baxley 2006-10-31 03:29:48 Lucy Baxley’s race for Governor officially came to an end tonight. Tonight was the night she needed to deliver something big in order to shake the race up. Read more:Close
TWAY Endorsements 2006-11-06 23:03:23 The final hours are ticking off this election year and I know you have been eagerly awaiting my endorsements for the Alabama races, so here they are.
GOVERNOR: Bob Riley (R) - I know, you’re shocked, but I have seen nothing from Lucy Baxley to indicate she will change things in a positive way. [...]
ELECTION NIGHT 2006-11-08 01:36:45 ***CHECK ALABAMA ELECTION RETURNS HERE***
***CHECK MONTGOMERY COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS HERE***
Watching CNN until the polls close here in Alabama:
6:35pm CST - The race has been called in the Ohio Governor’s race for the Democrat. The early exit poll results nationwide look pretty frightening for Republicans…only 54% of the people who thought terrorism was an important [...]
The Morning After 2006-11-08 13:41:35 The dust has settled in Alabama. There may still be some doubt about the national picture, but Alabama knows who will be serving them for the next four years.
**Bob Riley won a second term as Alabama’s governor…but there is already talk that he may not finish out the term, 2008 is just [...] Read more:Morning
6 Democrat senators propose coalition 2006-11-10 00:26:58 As the legislative branch in Washington shifts left, it appears the State House in Montgomery may shift power to a coalition
of Republicans and conservative Democrat
s. An attempt was made to do something similar at the start of the last session, so we’ll see how this one pans out, but it would certainly be [...] Read more:senators
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Lady Boilers Romp to WNIT Semi-Finals 2006-11-13 16:06:23 The Purdue women’s basketball team trounced Hartford yesterday to advance in the preseason WNIT. They will play NC State on Wednesday.
Because this is America… 2006-11-19 19:43:58 Crazy…
The Mobile County school board is considering a new meetings policy that would expel a speaker who attacks “any citizen’s good name,” and possibly bar that person from addressing the board again for a year.
That would include anyone who criticized a school board member, said the policy’s sponsor, Hazel Fournier.
“When we have a public meeting, [...] Read more:America
Rep. Rangel will seek to reinstate draft 2006-11-19 19:41:13 Idiot… This is the kind of thing that’s going to cause the Democrats to lose credibility before they’ve even started.
A Tough Road for Davis 2006-11-26 14:38:06 Artur Davis
(D-AL) is expressing an interest in a run for the US Senate seat held by Jeff Sessions. It isn’t surprising that Artur would be seeking higher office, he has a very similar background to Barack Obama and is one of the shining stars of the Alabama Democratic Party. However, challenging Sessions [...] Read more:Tough
Everyday Corruption 2006-11-26 14:47:21 This kind of thing goes on all the time, and hardly ever gets reported. Not just Troy “The Boy”, but other elected officials see no problem with seeking favors from other members of government to get friends employment. Most officials say they don’t think anything of it at the time, but when it [...] Read more:Corruption
Zero Patience 2006-11-27 17:32:59 Why would anyone take the head coaching job at Alabama? You get no opportunity to succeed, just a bunch of people waiting for you to fail. The SEC is not the conference it used to be and the difference between the top and the bottom is a matter of inches. Shula will [...]
Governor Pleads for Plan 2006-12-07 13:11:11 Governor Riley pleaded with legislators yesterday not to kill his 2010 Plan before it gets started. So much of what he wants to do depends on getting his proposals out of committee, and he has little confidence that will happen.
Hanging the success or failure of anything on action by the Alabama Legislature is suicide. Read more:Governor
Go Lions 2006-12-09 14:06:26 Good luck to the Prattville Lions
as they take on Hoover for the Alabama 6A football championship today.
GOP to Gain Power in Alabama Senate 2006-12-14 13:01:02 Lowell Barron will not be the majority leader in the state senate next session. It appears a bi-partisan coalition of senators, the majority of which are Republican, but led by a Democrat, will take control in January. This is the biggest shift in Alabama
legislative politics in many years. The coalition is [...] Read more:Senate
Talk About Reactionary 2006-12-31 22:29:28 It doesn’t get much more knee-jerk than this:
Minnesota has fired football coach Glen Mason and will announce it later Sunday, several sources said.
Minnesota athletic director Joel Maturi has called a news conference for 6 p.m. ET Sunday “regarding the future of the Golden Gopher football program.”
Minnesota (6-7) lost to Texas Tech in the Insight Bowl [...]
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