Bradley Byrne 
Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 15:23:17 PM CST
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 Long time Alabama pol and pol-watcher Steve Flowers reiterates his 2010 primary predictions:
If you recall, in early August of 2009 I told you that Bradley Byrne and Tim James would be the top contenders in the Republican primary and that they would eventually be pitted in a GOP runoff to face Democrat Artur Davis in November. I stand solidly behind that scenario. My prediction at that time was based on intuition. Today’s confirmation prognosis is based on fact.
Flowers relies pretty heavily on end of year fundraising reports to back up his predictions. That may not be the case every time, but it's the way to bet. Candidates who can't afford to get their message out seldom win. He also predicts Jim Folsom, Jr. will win a 4th term as Lt. Governor and that "Sparks will benefit from the George Wallace admonition that more folks vote against someone than for someone." I think that idea is not lost on the Sparks campaign as their releases lately have been much more negative about Davis than positive about Sparks. How much mud will half a million buy? We may find out because so far the media isn't distributing it for free. From a considerably less esteemed/informed source, CasinoGamblingWeb says, "The leading candidate from the Democratic side is Ron Sparks." They also mention Republican Bill Johnson in a favorable light, although they didn't go so far out on the limb as to actually call him "the leading Republican."
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Fri Feb 26, 2010 at 06:55:00 AM CST
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Sen. Patty Murray (D, WA) is still operating under the mistaken impression that Alabama is not part of America. Emphasis emphatically mine. "Our state and nation need this contract now more than ever. The bottom line is that the tanker brings jobs. Not only on the assembly lines in Everett, but also to aerospace suppliers and businesses large and small across our state and nation. Especially now, America's tanker should be built by America's workers.
News Flash: Alabama has been a state longer than Washington, even though we did try to renege on the agreement once way back in 1861 ... but that whole episode is long forgotten. So far, gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne has gently called Murray out for her comments. This is a gift. Surely more Alabama officials will want to pile on.
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Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 23:06:58 PM CST
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 Tommy Stevenson has the entire Byrne flyer at Politibits ...
... a flyer that mysteriously showed up in my in mial box a few days ago linking former state senator and chairman of the Alabama Board of Education Bradley Byrne, considered one of the front-runners for his party’s nomination, with being a five-and-a-half generation Democrat and one-quarter generation Republican. (whatever that means).
... along with the check facsimile -- $500 to Bill Clinton. Conservatives across Alabama swoon at the very idea!
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Thu Feb 11, 2010 at 08:02:52 AM CST
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PSA commissioned Baselice & Associates, Inc. to poll the Alabama gubernatorial and AG races last week. They surveyed 1007 likely Republican voters on 2/3-4 and found: In the race for Governor of Alabama, Mr. Baselice’s firm found that, if the Republican primary were held today, 20% of voters would choose Bradley Byrne, 17% Roy Moore, 8% Tim James, 4% Robert Bentley, 3% Kay Ivey, and 2% Bill Johnson, with the remaining 46% undecided.
Wow, Byrne is really pulling away, huh? Not so fast. Look a little deeper, like at the market breakdown. I think this poll just reflects that Byrne has better name id than anyone besides Roy Moore, especially in the Mobile market. If you look at Huntsville or "Other," Byrne is neck and neck with Tim James, and Moore (who is well known across the state) beats all comers. 
This is more interesting since we know Byrne bought TV ads late last month in the Birmingham, Huntsville and Mobile markets. They were small buys and it sure looks like the Huntsville buy (just cable?) wasn't enough to do much for him. Statewide, about half of GOP voters are still undecided. Tim James needs to start spending some of that warchest to get his name out there ... PS: Kay Ivey is failing everywhere.
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Thu Feb 04, 2010 at 18:50:25 PM CST
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There's nuance and there's flip-flopping and Bradley Byrne is making quite a habit of the latter. The ADP has called him on it regarding the road bill that failed to pass the Alabama Senate yesterday: Byrne Now Opposes Proposal He Called “A Good Bill” MONTGOMERY – Bradley Byrne is changing his position on yet another issue facing Alabama families. This time, it’s a critical bill to rebuild Alabama’s crumbling roads and bridges. Last week, Bradley Byrne called Sen. Lowell Barron’s proposal “a good bill” that would be positive for the state (Byrne likes roads bill, ethics reform, Decatur Daily, 1/24/2010). Now, Byrne is changing his position, saying he does not endorse the plan and arguing that he supports only “the concept behind Senate Bill 121” (“Byrne says Barron is wrong on his support of SB121,” alabama.raycompolitics.com, 2/2/2010). The reversal is the latest in a series of Bradley Byrne’s embarrassing flip-flops. Earlier this year, Byrne told the Mobile Press-Register “I think there are parts of the Bible that are meant to be literally true and parts that are not” (GOP gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne says he believes 'every word is true' in Bible, Mobile Press-Register, 1/9/2010). After taking criticism, Byrne switched his position on the Bible and said “every word is true.” “Bradley Byrne’s flurry of flip-flops on issues ranging from jobs to the Bible is making Alabama voters dizzy,” said Alabama Democratic Party Executive Director Jim Spearman. “How can Bradley Byrne ask Alabama voters to trust him when he doesn’t even know where he stands?” Spearman continued, “Bradley Byrne is stumbling, bumbling, and ‘clarifying’ his way out of the race for governor.”
The time to do nuance is before you take a firm position, not afterwards. Even Kay Ivey has called Byrne out on his flip-flops. Governor is essentially an executive position and wishy-washy variability is the worst possible trait for an executive. Byrne was hyped to the heavens as Riley's natural successor, but he's making missteps on things that ought to be gimmees. Is Bradley Byrne more image than substance?
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Mon Feb 01, 2010 at 14:29:49 PM CST
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Wish I could give this the post it deserves, but I wanted to share this news out of the Bradley Byrne campaign -- he's released his fundraising numbers. Byrne was first out of the gate with a television buy, however unimpressive the numbers may have seemed, and this undoubtedly has a lot to do with it: the campaign raised $2.6 million between June 1 and December 31, 2009. In filings made with the Alabama Secretary of State, the Byrne for Alabama campaign reported receiving 2,796 contributions from counties all across Alabama. Among Byrne’s total contributions, 2,560, or 92%, came from individuals; and more than 98% came from Alabama sources. The Byrne campaign began the election year with more than $1.8 million dollars cash on hand.
Byrne's campaign manager gets to the heart of the matter: “This is a clear victory for our campaign,” added Byrne for Alabama Campaign Manager Evelyn McCafferty. “Broad and diverse financial support is an important early measure for gauging campaign strength. It speaks volumes when a candidate is able to raise the money needed, rather than making a personal contribution or otherwise transferring it to his or her campaign."
As countrycat reported earlier this month, Rep. Artur Davis raised $2.2 million for his campaign - quite a feat. To contrast, Davis has $1.4 million cash on hand, 75% of his donations came from inside Alabama, and 70% came from individuals. Nice to hear the two are roughly neck and neck in terms of spending money.
Byrne and Davis are the only candidates we've got fundraising filings for, at the moment -- and it'll be interesting to see how Byrne's fundraising announcement specifically impacts the crowded GOP primary field. Those are some tough numbers to live up to.
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Thu Jan 14, 2010 at 12:53:08 PM CST
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Who would believe that it was just a year ago that Alabama Treasurer (and candidate for governor), Kay Ivey, was touting Alabama's Affordable Prepaid College Tuition (PACT) program and encouraging parents and grandparents to invest?  Using her "folksy charm," Ivey told the Andalusia Chamber of Commerce banquet that they needed to buy more PACT contracts!
“There are 160 students in Covington County enrolled in the PACT program,” Ivey said. “Y’all have got mo’ chil’en than that,” she said, asking those present to encourage parents and grandparents to participate in the program.
What's happened to those "chill'en" enrolled in the program since then isn't so charming. So, in honor of Cowgirl Kay Ivey, here's a recap of the PACT program's history. Take a look and see if you agree with my assessment that Ivey and the PACT board are either totally delusional or just flat out lying when they blame the whole problem on the stock market fall.
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Wed Jan 06, 2010 at 15:51:08 PM CST
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Just how committed is former PACT board member Bradley Byrne to the Prepaid Affordable College Tuition program? How committed is present Treasurer Kay Ivey? (ASK HER! She's hosting the Dale Jackson show on WVNN in Athens (92.5 FM - 1-866-494-WVNN) from 6-9am tomorrow morning!)  Mooncat asked this question when she blogged about Byrne's contention that a "moral obligation" is "more important" than a legal obligation. Oh really? Hey, I can't wait to go to court and ask the judge to enforce someone's "moral obligation" to me. How about you?
Now, other candidates for governor and other statewide offices are asking the question that many PACT contract holders asked when they saw Byrne's comment: "Just how committed is Byrne to PACT? If there's no legal obligation, what recourse to contract holders have? Are they to be dependent solely on Byrne's good will if he's elected governor?" Candidate for Alabama Treasurer, Jeremy Sherer, is unequivocal in his support: “The recent actuarial study conducted by the Retirements System of Alabama found that Alabama had a legal obligation to honor all PACT contracts. Further the RSA reported that any compromise of PACT contractual benefits would amount to a breach of contract, resulting in litigation that the State of Alabama would likely lose. I share RSA’s opinion, and believe that today’s decision by the PACT Board is a step backwards in solving PACT”.
Now, Congressman Artur Davis has weighed in and is urging voters to sign a petition urging Bradley Byrne to keep his promises: Alabamians need to know we can trust our government. Bradley Byrne, show that you understand our legal responsibility to uphold Alabama's promise to the 48,000 families whose children need PACT money for college.
Byrne will no doubt try to write off this effort as "politics," but it's "politics" that's going to resolve this issue. His statements about "no legal obligation" call his support of PACT into doubt and he shouldn't whine when people criticize him for it. Davis' press release is on the flip. Ron Sparks hasn't issued a statement, but his speech to the Save Alabama PACT group in August had a succinct, "veni vidi vici" rythm to it: "You paid for it.
You ought to get it.
It's that simple."
Yes it is, Commissioner!
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Tue Jan 05, 2010 at 14:50:23 PM CST
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On New Year's Eve morning Bradley Byrne guest-hosted Dale Jackson's radio show and said the following, emphasis mine: "Now, I am not telling you there is a legal obligation on behalf of the state to fix this problem. There’s not. But there is a moral obligation, and in my judgment, and the way I look at things, a moral obligation is actually a lot more important than a legal obligation. So, I think the state does have moral obligation to fix this problem."
Byrne (who served on the PACT Board of Directors while the fund tanked) has maintained for some time that the state of Alabama has a moral obligation to the PACT families, but this is the first time I've heard him explicitly say there is no legal obligation. That's like saying the PACT contracts are just so much worthless paper and the folks who own them must depend on the mercy of the governor and the Legislature. As for his assertion that a moral obligation is more important than a legal obligation, which was repeated on his website, well, that's just mind-boggling. A moral obligation and a buck fifty will get you a cup of coffee -- and you can get the same thing for a buck fifty without the moral obligation. Sure, it may be important to have fulfilled your moral obligations before you show up at the Pearly Gates, but in terms of earthly transactions, the legal obligation trumps the moral every time. Imagine you give $15,000 to someone in exchange for a piece of jewelry to be delivered at some future time. Do you rely on that person's moral obligation, or do you expect them to sign a piece of paper (aka, contract) affirming the agreement? Paper, every time. If a PACT fix comes before the Legislature, do you think some vague, moral obligation will trump their legal obligation to balance the budget? Hell no! They'll apologize and use the money for something else if they possibly can. And a Governor Byrne would almost certainly do the same thing, perhaps rationalizing that St. Peter might be lenient since the moral obligation for PACT is spread over the whole state.
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Thu Dec 17, 2009 at 07:00:00 AM CST
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Faculty experts from the University of Alabama are offering Educated Guesses as to what 2010 will bring on a variety of fronts. On the governor's race: “I think there’s a strong chance that Artur Davis will win the Democratic nomination without a runoff,” says Dr. David Lanoue, chair of UA’s political science department. “Obviously, Ron Sparks is a formidable candidate who’s been shown to be a good statewide vote-getter, but I think Davis has a well-organized campaign. It’s expected that he’ll do well with African-American voters, and I think he will win the Democratic nomination.” ... “The Republican race is, of course, a little more complicated,” Lanoue says. “I think Davis will end up running against Bradley Byrne, who seems to be the establishment Republican choice. But there are enough big names in that race that, assuming nobody drops out, I imagine it will go to a runoff.”
Byrne is the safe choice, but I think 2010 could be a year the far wingnuts of the right will flex their muscle so don't rule out a Moore/James type ideologically correct Republican nominee. Other interesting predictions:
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Wed Nov 18, 2009 at 16:02:19 PM CST
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Bradley Byrne finally rolled out his ethics reform plan for Alabama state government yesterday and -- surprise, surprise, surprise! -- it not only isn't "the most sweeping reform ever offered in Alabama," it's considerably less sweeping than the one offered seven months ago by Democrat Artur Davis. So much for Byrne's hope of being the ethics reform candidate in the governor's race next year and so much for Democrats being the party that loves corruption.
The whole scheme is unraveling a bit for Bradley Byrne. He's spent years positioning himself to run against a Democrat with ties to the "evil" AEA and "union boss" Paul Hubbert next year but, surprise again, neither of the likely Democratic nominees -- definitely not Davis -- is strongly associated with AEA or Hubbert. It's as though Byrne painstakingly prepared himself to slay the nasty, evil dragons but has suddenly been plopped down on a battlefield not only devoid of dragons -- they're off fighting some other battle in 2010 -- but filled with ... oh, maybe fighter planes carrying air to ground missiles instead. That shiny "I cleaned up the community colleges" sword and shield set looks distinctly less magical in the current environment. 
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Thu Nov 12, 2009 at 11:48:35 AM CST
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We've had some discussion on charter schools here and now the Birmingham News has more on the gubernatorial candidates and their stance, mostly supportive, on the issue. Pres. Obama is quoted as saying "If we're holding charter schools accountable and if we are holding them to a high standard of excellence, then I believe they can be a force for innovation in our public schools." I can agree with that to an extent. But who is going to be running these charter schools? No answer yet from Artur Davis that I have seen, but the leading Republican, Bradley Byrne, has stated time and again, "Jeb Bush" who has "agreed to help Byrne craft an Alabama-specific proposal for charter schools through Bush's nonprofit education foundation." The Foundation for Excellence in Education's treasurer is a big-time Republican fundraiser ("In 2000 and 2004, he was among President Bush's elite Pioneer and Ranger fundraisers."), Dr. Zachariah P. Zachariah. Now, seems he's in a wee bit of legal trouble with the SEC for alleged insider trading, though as usual the SEC will wimp out and settle. "Dr. Zachariah P. Zachariah, his physician brother and a third Fort Lauderdale doctor are accused of hauling down more than a half-million dollars in illegal profits during a fraudulent stock trading scheme in 2005." So, Bradley Byrne the anti-corruption candidate wants to bring in a foundation who's leadership engages in corruption? This is why I say to folks use caution before jumping on the charter school bandwagon. know who's driving the rig. Before our Republican readers go "here they go again" trashing our candidates, I'm not trashing Mr. Byrne. He is not responsible for the corruption of others. He is responsible for wanting to let them come in and feed at the expense of Alabama taxpayers and public school students.
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 00:25:35 AM CST
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When I can, but usually after the fact. I like to take in the Dale Jackson radio show. I know, I know, but I value free speech even when it makes my blood boil. I have a problem with the Let's Give Insurance Companies more Guaranteed Customers they can Charge through the Nose legislation currently in Congress and then I catch the tail end of a segment last week and Bradley Byrne of all people saying he wants us to have choices:
"I don't want the people of the State of Alabama to have one option and one option only [when it comes to health care]."
So i had to go listen this week to all the parts I missed, and of course Byrne was not talking about our Blue Cross behemouth when he said:
"...We can set the prices to anything we want and competition doesn't even have anything to do with it."
Oh no, that would be too much to ask of Bradley Byrne.
"By opting out we give a real choice to consumers in the State of Alabama. They'll have private-sector players who will be in the state and they'll [citizens]say, "You know something I'd rather be with this private-sector insurance company than that one." Where if the government comes in, we've got the government and nothing else.
Is Bradley Byrne intentionally doing an impersonation of Rip Van Winkle? Is he so out of touch he doesn't realize Alabama, right now, basically has one health care option and unless you or your company or the state can afford the highest of premiums you get a Yugo policy? And although Dale sometimes does occasionally challenge even Republican politicians he didn't ask that question. More below....
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Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 13:22:00 PM CST
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Alabama's troubled Prepaid Affordable College Tuition board met yesterday to discuss the health of the program, review investments, and discuss working with the Alabama Legislature to fix the program. Immediately following the meeting, members of Save Alabama PACT met to plot strategy and hear from Lt. Governor Folsom, Treasurer Kay Ivey, and the three announced candidates for Treasurer: Jeremy Sherer (D), Charles Grimsley (D) no Web site yet , and George Wallace, Jr. (R). Although the PACT board meeting was "packed" with TV and print reporters, most drifted away quickly after Lt. Governor Folsom addressed the Save Alabama PACT meeting. Lacking the deadlines (or dinner plans?) of traditional media, Mooncat and I stayed throughout the meeting and got excellent footage of the treasurer candidates and even got the chance to grill Cowgirl Kay Ivey on her lackluster performance managing the program. News accounts in today's papers are rather, well, dry. Not to mention short. Bob Lowry covered the meeting for the Huntsville Times and Stan Diel was there for the Birmingham News. (Note: I'm not criticizing the reporters who sat through the entire meeting, but rather the editors who don't give them enough space to adequately report what they saw.) Want more? On the flip, we have video and turn a rather more acerbic eye on the proceedings, players, and decisions made.
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Thu Oct 29, 2009 at 14:53:09 PM CDT
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Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bradley Byrne issued a statement today saying he'd take advantage of Senator Reid's recently announced public option 'opt out'.
Obviously this is no surprise. The odds of any Congressional Democrat in Alabama supporting a public option on its own merits is slim. As Rep. Artur Davis pointed out at the recent NAACP Democratic gubernatorial candidates' forum, he's not committed to the public option as the best way to get reform, and Commissioner Sparks has been for it or against it or ready to fight for it (I'm down) depending on who, or where, or when you ask.
But would either of them take advantage of the opt-out? Are either of them going to admit that they wouldn't?
This far out from the election it's easy for Byrne to play games with Alabamans' health - what's he going to say to the hundred or so people who lose their insurance every day in Alabama? What's he got to say about our 19% increase in uninsured citizens in the last two years? Not much, evidently.
And how does he feel about being suckered in by the same tax hike bugaboo Democrat Parker Griffith embraced? As mooncat pointed out, the 'devastating debt' bugaboo is a sham - debunked by the same Congressional Budget Office Byrne sites in his press release.
Bradley Byrne opposes programs that 'restricts choice and limits options' - which he'd demonstrate by denying Alabamans access to an option that finally gives them choices they can afford.
Again, it's not a shock, but I've heard more than one liberal say the opt-out is a win/win because no one would ever take advantage of it. Evidently Bradley Byrne would be eager to prove them wrong - and I'm hoping one of the Democratic candidates will push back on this sooner rather than later.
Edit: I'm so disappointed I missed this line the first time around - part of Byrne's criticism of the public option? It will "open the door to a single-payer government-run health care system -- an expensive new entitlement program." Holy socialism, Batman!
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Fri Oct 23, 2009 at 11:16:28 AM CDT
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Alabama's troubled Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) program was in the news yesterday as some legislators search for ways to fix the program. Representative Greg Wren (R-Montgomery) held a press conference yesterday to announce a package of PACT-related bills: State Rep. Greg Wren plans to introduce a three-bill legislative package that, if passed, would make it state policy to honor all of the existing 48,000 PACT contracts. [...] Wren's package would also redesign the PACT board, make that board report to the state Legislature on an annual basis and report to a new 25-member advisory task force on a quarterly basis. The task force would include legislators and two PACT contract holders from each of the seven congressional districts. Legislators also would serve on the new PACT board.
That's the good news. The bad news? Huntsville Times reporter, Bob Lowry, covered the State Board of Education meeting yesterday: The state Board of Education Thursday approved tuition increases of 19.7 percent for all of Alabama's two-year community and technical colleges.
As the four-year colleges and universities have increased tuition at rates approaching 10% per year (or more!), the community colleges and two-year colleges have been been the only bright spot as PACT writes tuition checks for contract holders. On the flip, Alabama Treasurer candidate, Jeremy Sherer, shares his thoughts and Kay Ivey changes her tune and welcomes PACT contract holder involvement!
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Mon Oct 19, 2009 at 05:00:00 AM CDT
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Bad for Byrne, good for Moore and Davis. On Friday, Democracy Corps released a new study of voter attitudes, "The Very Separate World of Conservative Republicans." This Was a national study, but perhaps it has some implications for Alabama in 2010. The Republican base voters are not part of the continuum leading to the center of the electorate: they truly stand apart. ... Despite this growing disconnect, the base voters remain relevant – particularly for Republican elected officials who must face them at home. The conservative Republican base represents almost one-in-five voters in the electorate, and nearly two out of every three self-identified Republicans.
Two out of every three Republican voters comes from this hard-core conservative base. In contrast, only one out of three Democratic voters are from the liberal base. And according to this study, the conservative base is very energized and very dissatisfied with their party -- and living in a fantasy world where Barack Obama is part of some conspiracy to destroy America. As James Carville said when discussing these findings, compromise won't win any points with these voters. In the GOP gubernatorial field, I think this is clearly bad news for Bradley Byrne. He's positioned himself as a "moderate," business friendly Republican and he needs to do a delicate dance to pander far enough to the far right to survive the GOP primary. If the far-right base are the most motivated and most numerous voters next June, Byrne will have a big problem. Conversely, a big turnout of poorly informed, paranoid, hard right voters is probably a dream scenario for Roy Moore. Ron Brownstein (Atlantic) and David Corn (Mother Jones) joined Chris Matthews on Hardball Friday to discuss the implications of the study. Brownstein admits that there is a racial element to our politics, but it is not the principle engine of the ideological resistance to Obama. Video is below the fold. Certainly in the 60s and 70s the initial wave of realigment of white Southerners from the Democratic to the Republican party was overwhelmingly driven by race. But now the attachment to the Republican party goes way beyond that. You're talking about cultural values, evangelican Christians, ... views on national security, views on the role of government. Race is no longer, I believe, the principle reason why conservative Southerners identify with the Republican party. If you had to pick one reason I would say it is religious values and cultural values rooted in evangelical Christitanity far more than race. [Emphasis mine.]
This is great news for Artur Davis since it says voters, even conservative voters are looking past skin color in candidates. For the past year we've heard objections to a Davis candidacy on the basis that "Alabama isn't ready to elect an African-American governor." This study pretty well puts that to bed, clearly indicating the conservative base's dislike of Obama -- outright rejection of him, in fact -- is rooted in ideology, not skin color. These are the people who aren't likely to vote for any Democrat no matter what color, and they are further than ever from the mainstream of American thought and from the moderates and independents who frequently decide our elections. It's a positive development for Davis because, while he can't do anything about skin color, he can engage voters (especially the all important swing/persuadable voters) with reasonable plans and policies for Alabama's future. The more familiar he becomes to swing voters, the harder it will be to paint him as someone being propped up by shadowy forces and bent on the destruction of Alabama, as was done with Obama.
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Wed Oct 07, 2009 at 15:47:52 PM CDT
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As Mooncat discussed earlier, Bradley Byrne (R anti-AEA) is running for governor, but appears to think that the Alabama Education Association is a rival for the nomination, not Tim James, Kay Ivey, Roy Moore, or any of those other guys. Byrne's claim: "I don't think AEA stands for the best of their profession. AEA stands for the worst of it," drew the attention of Democratic rivals, Congressman Artur Davis and Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks. Their statements about the AEA and Alabama teachers are on the flip.
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Governor:
Artur Davis
Ron Sparks
Congress, AL-03:
Josh Segall
Congress, AL-05:
Taze Shepard
Mitchell Howie
Parker Griffith
Congress, AL-07:
Martha Bozeman
Earl Hilliard
Patricia Evans Mokolo
Terri Sewell
Shelia Smoot
Eddison Walters
Alabama Attorney General:
James Anderson
Michel Nicrosi
Giles Perkins
Alabama State Treasurer:
Jeremy Sherer
Public Service Commission:
Susan Parker, PSC Place 2
Alabama House of Rep.:
Nathaniel Ledbetter, HD24
Virginia Sweet, HD43
Patricia Todd, HD54
Susan Pace Hamill, HD63
Joe Hubbard, HD73
Alabama Senate:
Tammy Irons, SD1
Greg Varner, SD13
Alabama Supreme Court:
Mac Parsons
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