GOP Propping up Grimes to Succeed Everett?

by: Trent Thompson

Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 11:37:31 AM CDT

On the front page of today's Montgomery Advertiser was a fluff piece about State Rep. David Grimes (R-Montgomery). The jist of the piece is that Grimes is an absolutely fantastic legislator, despite personal obstacles, who is thinking about running for Congress if Terry Everett (R) retires: 

"I couldn't move. I couldn't feed myself. I couldn't write," said Grimes, 54. "So, I made the promise at that moment that if I ever got back on my feet again, I was going to run for the House of Representatives."

The insurance broker not only fulfilled that dream, but is serving his second four-year term. He even talks about a possible bid for Congress in the future.

[...] 

Rep. Barry Mask, R-Wetumpka, praised Grimes' convictions.

"He's one of those foxhole guys," he said. "Someone you'd want to have in a foxhole with you (in battle). I'd want David with me."

Grimes looks to U.S. Rep. Terry Everett, R-Rehobeth, as a role model. He said he would even like to succeed Everett once Everett leaves office.

"I'd love to follow a man like that," he said.

[...]

Grimes maintains public service is the best medicine.

"I've never regretted one minute," he said. "That's why I'm not worried about looking at higher office."

I'd say that this article certainly adds fuel to the fire on rumors of Everett's retirement. It even appears that the GOP is already looking for a replacement.