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BCA Gubernatorial Forum Recap

by: mooncat

Wed Aug 05, 2009 at 09:08:34 AM CDT


George Talbot of the Press-Register attended the BCA candidate forum last Saturday at Point Clear.  He shares his impressions of the 2010 gubernatorial field here.  It's well worth reading, not only for what is said, but for what is left unsaid. 

Although there are clearly 8 candidates on stage, Talbot makes no mention of three of them: Republicans Robert Bentley and Bill Johnson or Democrat Ron Sparks.  Did they make no lasting impression or is it a case of "if you can't say something nice ...?"

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The Register is known as in the tank for the GOP (0.00 / 0)
And given that most state GOP leaders want Davis because of their belief that Alabama won't elect a black man, of course the Register is going to oversell Davis and undersell Sparks, especially when Sparks position on gambling is more in line with Mobile voters positions on that issue

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