The World Around You

Lucy Baxley’s race for Governor officially came to an end tonight. Tonight was the night she needed to deliver something big in order to shake the race up.

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How many more times are they going to do this? Do they really think they’re getting a message to anyone?

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Loretta Nall must never have been taught about that “kind of attention you don’t want”, but is there really any such thing in politics?

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The latest poll for the statewide races in Alabama was released over the weekend. It has to be disconcerting to the Baxley campaign that while other races are shown as dead heats, Governor Riley has a substantial lead. On the flip side the Democratic party should be encouraged that even slime like Nancy Worley can be in contention. The only thing I find encouraging in this data is the race for Attorney General. I have said John Tyson Jr. should be elected on the first Tuesday in November, and I will continue to say it. Troy the Boy must go.

**Crossposted at Polstate.com

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I attended an amazing concert at Starwood Amphitheatre in Nashville on Sunday night. John Mayer and Sheryl Crow are performing a number of dates together and this was one of those shows. First, I was extremely impressed with the facility. You could get to what you needed (food, bathrooms, etc.) without long lines and the seating under the pavilion was comfortable.

The opening act was Marjorie Fair who was quite good. Then, John Mayer took the stage. I have been a fan for many years now, but to see him perform in person was quite an experience. He has a great stage prescence and is one of the great rock/blues guitarists of his age. He still has a lot of growth ahead of him, but to be where he is at this point in his life is pretty impressive.

Sheryl Crow was less impressive, in her song selections and attitude. Regular readers know my political leanings, but Sheryl was very much pushing an agenda that, though I may agree with her positions, came off as extremely preachy. It wasn’t, “Here’s what I believe”. It was, “Here’s what you should believe”.

The other problem with the double billing and an opening act was a concert that lasted over 4 hours. Even with comfortable seats on a night that was absolutely perfect weather, that’s a long haul. But all in all, it was an amazing experience. They were in Birmingham last night and have two dates remaining in Florida before John wraps up his tour in Atlanta.

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Well Russ and Dee have finally spoken on their firing. It couldn’t possibly be that the Fines had one of the lowest rated morning drive shows in the state could it? Nooooo, it had to be some big conspiracy. At least their voices have been silenced from the public airwaves…for now.

UPDATE: You want proof of the lack of a conspiracy? On the same day they posted their online diatribe, the ran a piece that got play in the Washington Post and all of the major state papers discussing their big issue. If Riley is a member of a “whites only” organization that’s a problem, but it certainly wouldn’t make him unique in this state and it’s certainly not a reason for the Fines to be fired. There are plenty of other good reasons for that.

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Anyone who knows Alabama politics would say a 16% lead more than a month out from election day for an incumbent is not exactly “comfortable”. Especially when the trend is that the race is closing. Remember, the lead in the same poll was 21 points just three weeks ago. I would say there is reason for Riley to be nervous.

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It’s about time a faith-based group came up with an alterntative voter guide to the one handed out each election season by the group formerly known as the Christian Coalition of Alabama (I haven’t bothered to find out what they choose to call themselves now). The line that cracked me up in the article came from everyone’s favorite Twinkle,

The chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh, has the opposite view of Redeem the Vote.

She calls Brinson “a Democrat propaganda machine” who “meets constantly with Democratic leaders on the national and state levels,” and she is encouraging Republican candidates not to respond to the questionnaire.

And Twinkle doesn’t have a standing lunch date with John Giles? Please…

And no one really expects most Republican candidates to respond to the questionnaire, but most Democrats don’t pander to the group formerly known as the CCA any longer by responding to theirs. Let’s get some honesty into this discussion folks. Just a little, that’s all I ask, then we can go back to lying our collective pants off.

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The Birmingham News” has posted a list of the campaign contributors to both candidates for Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. This was in response to charges by the Alabama GOP that Democratic candidate Sue Bell Cobb had taken money from shady individuals. Drayton’s contributors are pretty shady too, considering that the campaign finance laws in Alabama keep us from knowing who is behind some of the PACs from which he has received contributions.

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