September 03, 2008

It is a proven fact that over the past fifty years of modern politics that negative advertising is very effective. It has been illustrated time and…


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August 20, 2008

Now that the primaries are over we have our menu selection for the general election in the fall. The presidential race has overshadowed all of the…


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August 13, 2008

During the summer I have been traveling around the state talking with civic clubs about Alabama politics. With it being a presidential year, an…


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August 06, 2008

All the national polling data this year points to the economy as being the major issue on voters’ minds. The prevailing issue of the War in Iraq is a…


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July 23, 2008

When we Alabamians change course politically we go from one extreme to the other. The facts are obvious. From 1916 through 1960 we voted for a…


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July 16, 2008

The protracted Democratic Presidential Race is finally over. Freshman Illinois Senator Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee. The 46 year old…


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July 09, 2008

Most political observers including myself have never seen a Governor in his second term work as hard as Gov. Bob Riley. The Constitution prohibits…


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July 02, 2008

When California Democrat Nancy Pelosi took the oath as the first female Speaker of the House it garnered enormous nationwide media attention. The…


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June 25, 2008

The American electorate blamed the great depression on the Republican Party. Herbert Hoover’s cavalier laissez faire attitude seared a burning…


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June 18, 2008

Now that the dust has settled from the June 3rd primaries, the news is there is no news. There were very few surprises. The results came out almost…


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