February 07, 2007

Gov. Bob Riley’s second inauguration went off smoothly. It was truly a family affair. His son Rob Riley, a Birmingham lawyer, swore his father in for…


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January 31, 2007

Alabama has never really played much of a role in selecting the candidates that are the Democratic or Republican Party’s nominees for President. We…


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January 24, 2007

One of the things that is obvious to astute observers of the political system is how pervasive the abuse of PAC to PAC campaign contributions has…


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January 17, 2007

Last week’s organizational session of the Legislature played out with as much drama as expected. A few weeks ago it was an understatement when I…


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January 10, 2007

George Wallace was a product of rural Alabama and came of age during the Great Depression. Alabamians who knew the Depression days are dwindling…


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January 03, 2007

As the dust settles on the old year and we begin the new I will share a few political observations from the 2006 election year. First of all I was…


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December 27, 2006

As the year 2006 comes to a close let’s reminisce about what happened politically in our state. This being an election year the races for Governor…


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December 20, 2006

When the votes were counted on November 7th the results revealed very few surprises. Bob Riley was reelected Governor. Eight out of nine members of…


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December 13, 2006

Last week’s column expounded on the looming 2008 Presidential Race. It is obvious that the apparent GOP frontrunner is Sen. John McCain from Arizona…


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December 06, 2006

Now that our Alabama gubernatorial race has concluded the jockeying will begin for the next governor’s race in 2010 four years from now. In the same…


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